Ryan Wilcox

Ryan D. Wilcox is an American politician who serves as a Representative in the Utah House of Representatives for District 7. Recently re-elected to the position in 2021, he previously held the same seat from 2009 to 2014.

Political career Wilcox has supported 2nd amendment protections cosponsoring HB 357, which strengthens Second Amendment rights regardless of conceal-carry status. He also sponsored HB 134, which helps facilitate the transfer of firearms that have federally mandated requirements to be transferred. Additionally, Wilcox has worked to protect 4th amendment rights sponsoring HB 128 which protects personal electronic devices from searches without a proper warrant. Wilcox is also an advocate for knife rights, sponsoring HB 271 which restricts political subdivisions from issuing knife restrictions unless specifically authorized to do so. He has also received a great deal of press coverage for the opinion that certain changes need to be made to the Utah alcohol laws. He has run legislation that required improvements on the availability of reports brought from the Alcohol Abuse Tracking Committee to legislators so that it might be used more effectively.

During 2014, Wilcox served as Chair of the House Revenue and Taxation Committee and on the Business, Economic Development, and Labor Appropriations Subcommittee, The Commission on Federalism, The House Natural Resources and Environment Committee, and the Utah Tax Review Commission as well as several interim committees.

In the 2025 General Session Representative Wilcox serves as the Chair of the Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee and as a member of the House Rules Committee, the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee, the House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee, the Legislative Process Committee, and the School Security Task Force.

In national politics Representative Wilcox has continuously supported the ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty working with the congressional delegation from Utah and traveling to Washington to lobby for the effort.

Family and personal life Wilcox was born and raised in Ogden, Utah and is a lifetime resident of Weber County. In 1999, married Kristina Beckstrom, in the Latter-day Saint Bountiful Utah Temple. He is the father of five children.

Sponsored Legislation 2024 Session

HB0014: School Threat Penalty Amendments HB0067S01: First Responder Mental Health Services Grant Program Amendments HB0069S05: DUI Testing Amendments HB0084S05: School Safety Amendments HB0086S02: Public Safety Data Amendments HB0142S01: Railroad Drone Amendments HB0176: Elected Official Vacancy Amendments HB0369: Defensive Force Amendments HB0372: Legislative Committee Staff Requirements HB0378S01: First Responder Mental Health Services Amendments HB0469S02: Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Amendments HB0490: Elections Office HB0493: Concurrent Enrollment Participation Amendments HB0508: Occupational Licensing Amendments HB0553: Reverse-keyword Information Prohibition HB0562S02: Utah Fairpark Area Investment and Restoration District

2023 Session

HB0057S01: Law Enforcement Investigation Amendments HB0059S03: First Responder Mental Health Amendments HB0061S04: School Safety Requirements HB0062S01: Driving Under the Influence Modifications HB0225S01: Firearm Possession Amendments HB0266: Amber Alert Amendments HB0278: First Responder Mental Health Services Grant Program HB0330S01: Civil Commitment Amendments HB0335S02: Alternative Concurrent Enrollment Options for Capacity Flexibility HB0362: Criminal Justice Data Management Task Force Sunset Extension HB0383S01: Indigent Defense Amendments HB0439: Railroad Drone Amendments HB0450S01: Landscaping Requirements HB0457: State Property Transfer Amendments HB0474: Paratransit Services Amendments HB0486: Joinder of Criminal Offenses HB0492: Abuse of Personal Identity Act Amendments HB0506: Government Entity Compliance Amendments HB0518S03: Human Trafficking Prevention Program HB0523: Egg Retailer Amendments HB0528: Utah Energy Act Amendments HB0556: Legislative Committee Staff Requirements HJR016: Joint Resolution to Review Railroad Authority HR0002S01: House Rules Resolution - Public Comment Amendments

2022 Session

HB0023S02: First Responder Mental Health Services Amendments HB0038: Catalytic Converter Amendments HB0038S01: Property Theft Amendments HB0171S02: Custodial Interrogation Amendments HB0259: Law Enforcement Use of Unmanned Aircraft HB0282S01: Water Wise Landscaping Amendments HB0293: Ground Ambulance Interfacility Transport Licensing HB0345S01: Public Safety Employee Personal Data Amendments HB0370: Mental Health Professional Amendments HB0399: Government Record Amendments HB0403S02: Justice Reinvestment Initiative Modifications HB0460: State Employee Retirement Amendments HB0491: Law Enforcement Court Order Reporting Amendments

2021 Session

HB0058S01: Riot Amendments HB0251S01: Electronic Location Amendments HB0252S01: State Pay Plan Amendments HB0291S01: Residential Picketing Prohibition

2014 Session

HB0031: Pollution Control Amendments HB0128S01: Electronic Device Location Amendments HB0209: Extension of Sales and Use Tax Exemption HB0217: Service Animals HB0306: Licensure Modifications HB0373S01: Firearm Transfer Certification Amendments HB0376: Alcohol Revisions HB0379: Proposed Tax Increase and Bond Proposition Amendments HB0379S03: Transparency of Ballot Propositions HB0430: Revisions to Tax

2013 Session

HB0106S03: Medicaid Inspector General Amendments HB0215: Water Quality Amendments HB0216: Wasting Wildlife Amendments HB0228S04: Alcoholic Beverage Control Act Amendments HB0336S01: Amendments to Economic Development HB0360: Water and Irrigation Revisions

2012 Session

HB0088: Custody Amendments HB0159S01: Unlawful Detention Amendments HB0354S02: Alcoholic Beverage Amendments HB0427: Tax Law Modifications HB0485S01: Change Application Amendments HB0500: Education Reporting Efficiency Amendments

2011 Session

HB0040S01: Bonding Requirements for Government Officers and Employees HB0114: Utah Time Standardization Act HB0159: Operational Amendments HB0160: Efficiency Amendments HB0175: Condominium Ownership Act Modifications HB0271: Restrictions on Political Subdivisions Regarding the Regulation of Knives

2010 Session

HB0053S01: Foreclosure Rescue and Loan Modification Amendments HB0098: State Engineer Bonding Requirements

2009 Session

HB0182: Revisions to Government Law HB0295: Money Laundering Amendments HB0375: Local Government Records Amendments