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Rep. Eric K. Hutchings

House Chair, Executive Offices and Criminal Justice Appropriations Subcommittee, Utah House of Representatives, UT

Representative Eric Hutchings has served in the Utah House of Representatives since 2001. He serves on the Executive Offices and Criminal Justice Appropriations Subcommittee, the House Education Committee, and House Revenue and Taxation Committee, among other committees and commissions. Rep. Hutchings is a member of the Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice and the Salt Lake County Commission on Youth, and is the co-chair of the Utah Reads Alliance Community. He has received the Community Leadership Award from the Utah Advisory Board on Children’s Justice and an Outstanding Public Service award from the Utah Sentencing Commission, among other honors. Rep. Hutchings received his BA in Asian Studies from Brigham Young University.

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