Casey Snider
State representative, House District 5 · Republican
Office held
| State representative | House District 5 | Source |
On the Nov. 3, 2026 ballot
Casey Snider is a candidate for Utah House, District 5. The ballot lists Casey Snider, Republican. The district covers all or part of Cache County.
Everyone on the ballot for this seat
| Candidate | Party |
|---|---|
| Kendra Penry | Democratic |
| Casey Snider | Republican |
Voting record
Utah House, 2026 sessions
The official record lists Casey Snider's vote on 838 roll calls in the 2026 sessions. The latest:
- Voted: Yea6th Sub. HB 492: Transportation, Infrastructure, and Housing Amendments
- Voted: Absent or not voting1st Sub. SB 156: Constable Amendments
- Voted: Yea1st Sub. SB 47: Reauthorization of Administrative Rules
- Voted: Absent or not voting3rd Sub. HB 125: Department of Natural Resources Related Modifications Amendments
- Voted: Absent or not voting3rd Sub. HB 377: Real Estate Amendments
- Voted: Absent or not voting5th Sub. HB 119: Automotive Repair Business Amendments
- Voted: Yea3rd Sub. SB 181: School Discipline Amendments
- Voted: Absent or not voting3rd Sub. HB 591: Nuisance Amendments
- Voted: Absent or not voting4th Sub. HB 535: Disposition of Public Property Modifications
- Voted: Absent or not voting2nd Sub. SB 165: Economic Mobility Initiative
Environmental education and rural life
Casey Snider earned undergraduate qualifications in conservation and restoration ecology and law and constitutional studies at Utah State University, followed by a master's degree in environmental science and policy at Johns Hopkins. His House biography describes farming in Paradise and service as a volunteer firefighter and EMT. That combination brings environmental study, agriculture and emergency response into his background outside the Legislature. [2]
An appointment followed by election
A winter 2018 Johns Hopkins program newsletter records Snider's October 15 appointment to represent District 5, his upbringing farming in Liberty and earlier work in the U.S. House and Senate. It also describes natural-resource policy work in government and nonprofit organizations. The contemporary university account documents his transition into state office, separately from his later election and rise to House leadership. [1]
Majority leadership and water policy
The current member record identifies Snider as House majority leader. His House biography emphasizes natural resources and Utah's future water supply as legislative interests. His assignments include House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment, House Public Utilities and Energy, and the Legislative Water Development Commission. Those records connect his stated water focus with the committees and commission responsible for reviewing resource and infrastructure policy. [2]
In the 2026 General Session, Casey Snider was chief sponsor of H.B. 430, Adult Probation and Parole Reimbursement Amendments. It would have required the Department of Corrections to sign agreements reimbursing local agencies that a court orders to supervise felony probationers. It never reached a floor vote: a House committee returned it to the Rules Committee, and it was filed on March 6, 2026. [3]
In the 2026 General Session, Casey Snider was chief sponsor of H.B. 523, Homeless Services Land Use Amendments. It would have barred the Office of Homeless Services from spending state money to open a large-scale, low-barrier shelter and repealed eminent domain over certain unincorporated city-owned land. It did not become law, and it was filed on March 6, 2026. [4]
Appropriations and institutional oversight
Snider serves on Executive Appropriations and Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environmental Quality Appropriations. Additional assignments include Legislative Management, the Legislative Audit Subcommittee, House Legislative Expense Oversight and the Subcommittee on Oversight. The portfolio combines caucus leadership with budget and institutional scrutiny, making spending review and agency accountability significant parts of his duties alongside the resource-policy subjects highlighted in his biography. [2]
Profile sources
From the Legislature's roster
- Profession
- Executive Director
- Education
- B.S., Conservation and Restoration Ecology and Law and Constitutional Studies, Utah State University; M.S., Environmental Science and Policy, Johns Hopkins University
- Committees
- Executive Appropriations Committee
- Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environmental Quality Appropriations Subcommittee
- House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
- House Public Utilities and Energy Committee
- Business and Labor Interim Committee
- Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee
- Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Interim Committee
- Legislative Audit Subcommittee
- House Legislative Expense Oversight Committee
- Legislative Management Committee
- Legislative Water Development Commission
- Subcommittee on Oversight
In the news
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