Dan Johnson excited to represent Logan residents in Utah Legislature

Dan Johnson has been in the field of education his entire adult life, either as a teacher in the classroom or as an administrator. The long time educator is now the student and the Utah Legislature is about to become Johnson’s classroom.

Johnson was recently elected by Logan residents to represent House District 4 in the Utah Legislature and will be sworn in next month.

“I just realized there’s a lot to learn,” said Johnson, a Republican.

The retired principal has been assigned by House leadership to the Public Education Committee, the Education Appropriations Committee and the Transportation Committee.

He says he is looking forward to serving the citizens of Logan.

“I’ve spent my whole life serving kids, families and communities through education,” Johnson said. “Now I get to take that background and experience and have the opportunity with the committees I’ve been assigned to help us locally, but also across the state.” He added, “It’s a great privilege and I’m excited for it.”

Johnson recently attended the special session of the Utah State Legislature where lawmakers voted to replace Proposition 2, the medical cannabis ballot initiative approved by voters in November.

The Utah Medical Cannabis Act was signed into law in December by Governor Gary Herbert despite resistance from a number of proponents of medical marijuana.

Johnson admits the bill is not perfect, but said he would have voted for it. He said he is not in favor of recreational marijuana but has no problem approving medical cannabis for people with heath issues.

“I think it’s really good that we are being thoughtful about how we approach this and how we get this available to people who need it,” Johnson explained. “There’s a prescribed way for people to access it. I’m in favor of it, but I’m in favor of it with controls.”

Johnson said he is a fiscal conservative and will be carefully monitoring the way the state spends its current budget surplus. He said, “I’m not in favor of voting for a lot of increases in taxation on the backs of people.”

“I think education, air quality, school safety, health and human services, and transportation are where the money needs to be spent,”  He emphasized, “But it needs to be done in a very thoughtful way.”

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