Lt. Governor's News

The Utah Firefighter Cancer Initiative Health and Wellness Center will be the most comprehensive firefighter cancer screening program in the country. Lieutenant Governor Deidre Henderson toured the facility and spoke at the official hose-cutting ceremony. Early screenings, education and funding will help save the lives of those who save ours.

The inaugural convening will showcase Utah’s successes in aerospace, aviation and defense.

Utah’s Lieutenant Governor Deidre M. Henderson will lead a delegation of business development, policy, and energy experts to the United Kingdom (U.K.) to discuss nuclear power generation.

I, Deidre M. Henderson, Lieutenant Governor of the State of Utah, in accordance with Utah Code 20A-7-311 (1 ), do hereby issue a temporary stay of the effective date of HB 267: Public Sector Labor Union Amendments, passed in the 2025 general session of the Utah Legislature.

Four years ago, I was sworn in as Utah’s ninth lieutenant governor with little understanding of this role. Today, I have a better idea of what it means to be the state’s number two. To paraphrase Shakespeare, “A [lieutenant governor] shines as brightly as a [governor], until the [governor is near]. So doth the greater glory dim the less.”

Several years ago, a mother brought her young daughter to visit the Utah State Capitol building and showed her a framed portrait of all the state senators hanging on the wall outside the senate chamber. After studying the pictures for a few moments, the exasperated daughter said, “No fair! Where are the girls?”