Timothy D. Hawkes is an American attorney, lobbyist and politician who served as a member of the

Utah House of Representatives The Utah House of Representatives is the lower house of the Utah State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Utah. The House is composed of 75 representatives elected from single member constituent districts. Each district conta ...

from the 18th district. Elected in November 2014, he assumed office on January 1, 2015.

Education

Hawkes earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from

Brigham Young University Brigham Young University (BYU, sometimes referred to colloquially as The Y) is a private research university in Provo, Utah. It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young and is sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-d ...

and a Juris Doctor from

Columbia Law School Columbia Law School (Columbia Law or CLS) is the law school of Columbia University, a private Ivy League university in New York City. Columbia Law is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious law schools in the world and has always ranked i ...

Career

Hawkes works as a Public Interest Lawyer. He also works as the state director for

Trout Unlimited Trout Unlimited (TU) is a US non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of freshwater streams, rivers, and associated upland habitats for trout, salmon, other aquatic species, and people. It is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. T ...

. He was first elected to the

Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...

House of Representatives in 2014 and began serving on January 1, 2015. Currently his legislative career, Hawkes serves as the House Rules Chair. He serves on the House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee, House Business and Labor Committee, House Rules Committee, Natural Resources, and the Agriculture, and Environmental Quality Appropriations Subcommittee. Since 2019, Hawkes has served as chair of the House Rules Committee. He has expressed concern about the potential for the Great Salt Lake to dry up, comparing the effect to California's

Owens Lake Owens Lake is a mostly dry lake in the Owens Valley on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada in Inyo County, California. It is about south of Lone Pine, California. Unlike most dry lakes in the Basin and Range Province that have been dry for ...

Current legislation

In 2022, Hawkes announced that he would be retiring from the legislature after his fourth consecutive term.

Personal life

Hawkes lives in

Centerville, Utah Centerville is a city in southeastern Davis County, Utah, United States. Centerville is part of the Ogden-Clearfield Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 15,335 at the 2010 census. It is located adjacent to the easternmost part of ...

with his wife, Rebecca, and their four children.

References

Republican Party members of the Utah House of Representatives Living people Brigham Young University alumni Columbia Law School alumni 21st-century American politicians People from Centerville, Utah Year of birth missing (living people) Utah lawyers American lobbyists {{Utah-politician-stub