Background
Senator Madsen is the grandson of Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture under President Eisenhower.
Senator Madsen is the grandson of Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture under President Eisenhower.
George Mason University. Brigham Young University.
Madsen received his bachelors from George Mason University and his Juris Doctor from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University. In 1994, Mark met Erin Michele Allen, an Idaho native, working in Washington, District of Columbia Since relocating to Utah, Madsen has worked for Larry H. Miller Management in the Legal Department, as Project Manager in the commercial real estate division, and on other assorted projects as assigned by Mr. Miller. In March of 2000, Madsen was elected as the first resident president of the North Ranch Homeowners Association.
Mark"s first priorities are his faith and his family.
He and Erin have five children. Madsen nearly died in 2007, when he accidentally overdosed on prescription pain medication.
His doctor prescribed him a fentanyl patch for back pain. The patch burst, sending the medication right into his bloodstream.
His kids found him on the couch.
He was cold and not breathing. His family revived him with the help of 911. That"s when he first became concerned about finding safer alternatives to opioids or prescription pain medications.
Background
Eagle Mountain City Council Member
Americas 100 Emerging Political Leaders
State Legislative Leaders Foundation
Support of Excellence Award (Utah Highway Patrol)
Kentucky Colonel
International Election Observer (Panama 1988 and Guatemala)
Representative for National Convention 2008
Madsen started his political career in 1984 when he lived and worked in the Washington, District of Columbia area.
He began in January 1984, as an intern for Utah Senator, Orrin Hatch. He then went on to work for lobbying organizations promoting Ronald Reagan"s Strategic Defense Initiative and a federal Balanced Budget Amendment.
Madsen was elected to City Council in 2001. He was sworn in January 7, 2002.
He then ran for State Senate, and was first elected in 2004.
Madsen is affiliated with the Federalist Society and the American Leadership Academy in Spanish Fork. In 2014, Madsen served on the following committees:
Executive Offices and Criminal Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee
Senate Education Committee
Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee (Chair)
Senate Rules Committeex
2014 Sponsored Legislation
Pivotal bills
In the 2008 session of the state legislature, Madsen was chief sponsor of Bachelor of Science 210, a bill that required proof of citizenship to be presented in order for Utahns to register to vote. Local Salt Lake City media erroneously reported that South.B. 247, which Madsen sponsored, would honor Utah native gun creator John M. Browning on the current Martin Luther King Junior. holiday, as Madsen had originally proposed.
He was criticized greatly for this.
However, the language that Madsen ultimately put into the bill, South.B. 247803, which passed both houses of the Utah Legislature and was signed into law, recognized John M. Browning on January 24, 2011. Medical Marijuana Bill
Utah Senator Mark Madsen said fighting old perceptions about cannabis have made his efforts to legalize marijuana usage in Utah an uphill battle.
Plus, people with serious medical conditions could really use the pain relief. "lieutenant would be immoral to back down," he said.
Nonetheless, subsequent to the defeat of the "medical marijuana" bill, Madsen announced that he no longer planned to run for office but would instead leave the United States of America to reside in South America.
A Republican, he is a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state"s 13th senate district in Utah, and Tooele Counties including the city of Lehi.