Lyle William Hillyard

Background

Hillyard, Lyle William was born on September 25, 1940 in Logan, Utah, United States. Son of Alma Lowell Hillyard and Lucille H. Rosenbaum.

Education

Utah State University (Bachelor of Science, with honors, 1965). University of Utah (Juris Doctor, 1967).

Career

Hillyard is a graduate of North Cache High School and Utah State University. He also got his Juris Doctor from the University of Utah College of Law. Hillyard is a lawyer by profession.

He works at Hillyard, Anderson & Olsen law offices, which has been providing quality legal representation to clients across northern Utah since the 1960s.

Cache Chamber of Commerce (past president)

Cache County Republican Party (Chair)

Utah Education Strategic Planning Commission

Utah State Office of Education (vice chair)

Utah Highway Patrol (Honorary Colonels )

ALEC voted one of eight outstanding state legislators

Senator Hillyard was first elected to the House in 1980. He was elected to the Senate in 1984 and has served there since.

As a Utah State Senator, Hillyard is well-positioned to influence Utah legislation relating to education and to state revenues. In 2014, Senator Hillyard served on the following committees:

Executive Appropriations Committee (Senate Chair)

Infrastructure and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee

Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee

Senate Ethics Committee

Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee

Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee

Senator Hillyard also floor sponsored the following bills:

HB0002 New Fiscal Year Supplemental Appropriations Acting

HB0003 Appropriations Adjustments

HB0004 Current School Year Supplemental Public Education Budget Amendments

HB0007 State Agency and Higher Education Compensation Appropriations

HB0064801 Utah History Day

HB0174 Uniform Powers of Appointment Acting

HB0176 Food Handler Permit Amendments

HB0203 Bail Bond Recovery Licensure Board Amendments

HB0226801 Severance Tax Amendments

HB0254801 Human Trafficking Victim Amendments

HB0334 Bail Bondsmen Amendments

HB0349 Repeal of Transportation Related Funds

HB0353 Repeal of Agriculture Conservation Easement Account

HB0365 Natural Resources Related Account Repeals

HB0380 Repeal of Housing Relief Expendable Special Revenue Fund

HB0386 Repeal of Utah History Endowment Fund

HB0411 Victim Restitution Amendments

HB0427 Asset Forfeiture Revisions

HCR011 Concurrent Resolution Recognizing 100th Anniversary of Logan Regional Hospital

In 2014, Senator Hillyard Sponsored South.B. 205 Controlled Substance Penalty Amendment, which made it so that in certain circumstances, those with illegal substances would not be charged with anything more than a second degree felony.

This encourages people who are using illegal substances to call 911 if someone with them overdoses or gets hurt without the fear of getting in trouble.

Achievements

• Lyle William Hillyard has been listed as a noteworthy state legislator by Marquis Who's Who.

Politics

Utah Republican Party, Republican Party.

Views

Human beings get salvation both through the grace of God and their own actions. Part of the work of salvation has been done by the atonement of Jesus Christ, in that all human beings are guaranteed resurrection, but to attain the full quality of eternal life, human beings also have work to do.

Membership

A Republican, he is a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state"s 25th senate district in Cache and Rich Counties including the city of Logan. In 2009, Hillyard was the chair of the Senate"s Executive Appropriations Committee and a member of the Public Education Appropriations committee. He was also a member of two standing senate committees: the Education Committee, and the Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee.

Connections

Married Alice Thorpe, June 24, 1964. Children: Carrie, Lisa, Holly, Todd, Matthew.

Father:

Alma Lowell Hillyard

Mother:

Lucille (Rosenbaum) Hillyard

Spouse:

Alice Thorpe

child:

Matthew Hillyard

child:

Holly Hillyard

child:

Lisa Hillyard

child:

Carrie Hillyard

child:

Todd Hillyard