Skip to content

Kirk A. Cullimore

Republican · UT · State Senator, District 19

Official website

Senate majority leader in the Utah Legislature since 2025 and an attorney and business owner. He points to income tax cuts and school funding, and works on public safety and family policy.

Where Kirk A. Cullimore stands, based on their records

Supports

AI Regulation (1 record), Anti-Corruption (1 record), Public Safety and Crime Control (4 records),

Opposes

Labor Rights (2 records), Immigration (1 record), Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties (1 record),

Mixed record

Environment and Public Health (3 support · 5 oppose), Data Privacy (1 support · 1 oppose), Civil Rights (3 support · 4 oppose)

Track record

Track record — AI Regulation

AI Regulation · 1 support
  • Presented S.B. 226, Artificial Intelligence Consumer Protection Amendments, and moved its second substitute out of the Utah Senate Business and Labor Standing Committee favorably.

    February 14, 2025Supports AI Regulation

    Source: le.utah.gov

Track record — Environment and Public Health

Environment and Public Health · 3 support · 5 oppose
  • Voted for House Bill 76, which requires large data centers to report their water use. The Utah Senate passed it 19-5 and it was signed into law.

    March 5, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted for House Bill 185, which sets up a fund the attorney general may use to fight federal climate rules. The Utah Senate passed it 19-6 and it was signed into law.

    March 4, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted for Senate Bill 234, which bars state pollution limits stricter than federal standards. The Utah Senate passed it 20-7 and it was signed into law.

    February 23, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted for House Bill 60, which narrows the reasons the state engineer may use to deny a new water right. The Utah Senate passed it 18-7 and it was signed into law.

    February 20, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted for House Bill 222, which shields people and companies from lawsuits over climate change. The Utah Senate passed it 20-6 and it was signed into law.

    February 20, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted for House Bill 355, which widens what sand, gravel and rock quarries may do over local government objections. The Utah Senate passed it 17-7 and it was signed into law.

    March 7, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted for House Bill 402, which bans nine food additives, including Red No. 3, from school food from the 2026-2027 school year. The Utah Senate passed it 16-6 and it was signed into law.

    March 6, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted for House Bill 119, which stops homeowners associations banning rooftop solar outright on detached houses. The Utah Senate passed it 19-10 and it was signed into law.

    March 4, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — Labor Rights

Labor Rights · 2 oppose
  • Voted for Senate Bill 327, which said state collective bargaining protections cover private-sector workers. The Utah Senate passed it 19-5 and it was signed into law. It was tied to House Bill 267, which lawmakers repealed in a December 2025 special session.

    March 7, 2025Opposes Labor Rights

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted for House Bill 267, which barred state and local governments from bargaining with public worker unions. The Utah Senate passed it 16-13 and it was signed into law. Lawmakers repealed it in a December 2025 special session.

    February 6, 2025Opposes Labor Rights

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — Anti-Corruption

Anti-Corruption · 1 support
  • Voted for House Bill 540, which requires one searchable website for all public court records from 2027. The Utah Senate passed it 20-6 and it was signed into law.

    March 4, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — Immigration

Immigration · 1 oppose
  • Voted for House Bill 226, which requires jails to tell immigration agents before releasing certain people in the country unlawfully. The Utah Senate passed it 21-8 and it was signed into law.

    March 6, 2025Opposes Immigration

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control

Public Safety and Crime Control · 4 support
  • Voted for House Bill 136, which requires police to tow a car when the driver has no license and none can be confirmed. The Utah Senate passed it 20-6 and it was signed into law.

    March 5, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted for House Bill 48, which lets a court send a teen convicted of aggravated murder to an adult prison. The Utah Senate passed it 20-7 and it was signed into law.

    March 5, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted for House Bill 331, which widens the terrorism crime to cover acts, not just threats, and bans masks to hide from police. The Utah Senate passed it 21-6 and it was signed into law.

    March 5, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted for House Bill 207, which adds five years to sentences for each earlier sex crime conviction. The Utah Senate passed it 16-10 and it was signed into law.

    March 5, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 1 oppose
  • Voted for House Bill 252, which bars jails and prisons from starting cross-sex hormones or surgery for people in custody. The Utah Senate passed it 19-6 and it was signed into law.

    February 20, 2025Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — Housing Affordability

Housing Affordability · 2 support
  • Voted for House Bill 436, which gives cities whose housing grew 2.5% or more extra priority for state road money. The Utah Senate passed it 20-8 and it was signed into law.

    March 6, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted for House Bill 37, which lets cities grant density bonuses for owner-occupied homes to meet housing rules. The Utah Senate passed it 22-6 and it was signed into law.

    March 7, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — Social Programs and Welfare

Social Programs and Welfare · 1 oppose
  • Voted for House Bill 403, which orders the state to seek federal permission to stop food stamps being spent on soft drinks. The Utah Senate passed it 15-13 and it was signed into law.

    March 5, 2025Opposes Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — Gun Control

Gun Control · 2 oppose
  • Voted for House Bill 84, which lets adults 21 and older carry a hidden gun at a college without a permit. The Utah Senate passed it 18-5 and it was signed into law.

    March 6, 2026Opposes Gun Control

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted for House Bill 214, which makes it harder to sue gun makers and sellers when someone misuses a gun. The Utah Senate passed it 19-6 and it was signed into law.

    February 20, 2026Opposes Gun Control

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights

Women's Reproductive Rights · 2 oppose
  • Voted for Senate Bill 174, which lets health care workers refuse services that go against their religious beliefs or conscience. The Utah Senate passed it 22-7 and it was signed into law.

    March 2, 2026Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted for House Bill 233, which bars schools from letting groups that perform abortions teach any health lesson. The Utah Senate passed it 18-8 and it was signed into law.

    March 7, 2025Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — Election Integrity

Election Integrity · 3 support
  • Voted for Senate Bill 153, which made most private voter records public on May 25, 2026. The Utah Senate passed it 22-7 and it was signed into law.

    March 4, 2026Supports Election Integrity

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted for House Bill 263, which makes the video of ballot processing a public record. The Utah Senate passed it 19-6 and it was signed into law.

    March 7, 2025Supports Election Integrity

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted for House Bill 300, which makes mail voters write ID digits on the envelope and requires opting in to mail ballots from 2029. The Utah Senate passed it 19-10 and it was signed into law.

    March 6, 2025Supports Election Integrity

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — Personal Income Tax Reduction

Personal Income Tax Reduction · 2 support
  • Voted for Senate Bill 60, which cuts Utah's income tax rate for people and companies from 4.5 to 4.45 percent from the 2026 tax year. The Utah Senate passed it 22-7 and it was signed into law.

    February 10, 2026Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted for House Bill 106, which cuts the income tax rate from 4.55 to 4.5 percent and widens the child tax credit. The Utah Senate passed it 23-6 and it was signed into law.

    March 5, 2025Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — Data Privacy

Data Privacy · 1 support · 1 oppose
  • Voted for House Bill 357, which extends the consumer privacy law to carmakers from model year 2030. The Utah Senate passed it 19-10 and it was signed into law.

    March 6, 2026Supports Data Privacy

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted for House Bill 259, which gives parents the right to see all of their minor child's medical records. The Utah Senate passed it 22-6 and it was signed into law.

    March 5, 2026Opposes Data Privacy

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — Civil Rights

Civil Rights · 3 support · 4 oppose
  • Voted for House Bill 204, which requires public colleges to excuse students from tests that clash with sincere religious beliefs. The Utah Senate passed it 17-5 and it was signed into law.

    March 6, 2026Supports Civil Rights

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted for House Bill 174, which ends the path that let some minors start cross-sex hormones from January 2027. The Utah Senate passed it 20-6 and it was signed into law.

    February 27, 2026Opposes Civil Rights

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted for House Bill 404, which lets landlords set aside shared housing for one sex at birth. The Utah Senate passed it 19-7 and it was signed into law.

    February 20, 2026Opposes Civil Rights

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted for Senate Bill 68, which lets businesses sued over inaccessible websites sue back if the lawsuit was abusive. The Utah Senate passed it 20-6 and it was signed into law.

    February 17, 2026Opposes Civil Rights

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted for House Bill 390, which bars public colleges from treating religious or political student groups worse. The Utah Senate passed it 21-6 and it was signed into law.

    March 7, 2025Supports Civil Rights

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted for House Bill 477, which says speaking at a school board meeting cannot by itself count as school trespass. The Utah Senate passed it 17-7 and it was signed into law.

    March 7, 2025Supports Civil Rights

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted for House Bill 269, which requires public colleges to assign single-sex dorm units by sex at birth. The Utah Senate passed it 20-7 and it was signed into law.

    February 6, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — General

General · 3 records
  • Presented S.B. 267, Software in Education Amendments, to the Utah Senate Education Standing Committee, which passed a substitute recommendation.

    February 19, 2026

    Source: le.utah.gov

  • Presented S.B. 226, Artificial Intelligence Consumer Protection Amendments, and moved its second substitute out of the Utah Senate Business and Labor Standing Committee favorably.

    February 14, 2025

    Source: le.utah.gov

  • Presented S.B. 250, Community Development Modifications, and moved its first substitute out of the Utah Senate Revenue and Taxation Standing Committee favorably.

    February 12, 2025

    Source: le.utah.gov

Past race Kirk A. Cullimore ran in: