Background
Lee B. Perry was born on August 10, 1966 in Brigham City, Utah, and attended Columbia College, where he received his Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice Administration in 1999.
Lee B. Perry was born on August 10, 1966 in Brigham City, Utah, and attended Columbia College, where he received his Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice Administration in 1999.
He was also certified as Police Officer in 1990. He has worked for the Utah Highway Patrol/ Department of Public Safety since 1998. Political Lee Perry was first elected on November 2, 2010, and was last elected on November 6, 2012.
During the 2014 General Legislative Session, he served on the House Government Operations Committee, the House Judiciary Committee, and the House Rules Committee.
Representative Perry also floor sponsored three bills during the 2014 Legislative Session: South.B. 36 (Senator Mayne), South.B. 162 (Senator Thatcher), and South.B. 170 (Senator Knudson). One of the bills that Representative Perry floor sponsored, South.B. 36, attracted a lot of constituent and media attention.
The bill had five substitutes, and now that it has been passed in both chambers and signed by the Governor, protects voter registration information. South.B. 36 classifies the birth date information as a private record, and allows for civil and criminal penalties for those that abuse the voter registration information (anyone that is not using it for governmental or journalistic purposes).
2012 Redistricted to District 29, and with incumbent Democratic Representative Janice Fisher redistricted to District 30, Perry and incumbent Representative Brad Galvez, who had been redistricted from District 6, were opponents for the June 26, 2012 Republican Primary, which Perry won with 2,387 votes (607%). Perry won the November 6, 2012 General election with 11,525 votes (798%) against Democratic nominee Heidi Bitton. 2010 Perry challenged incumbent Republican Representative Ben Ferry and was chosen by the Republican convention for the November 2, 2010 general election. Perry won with 7,160 votes (802%) against Constitution Party candidate Becky Maddox.
