{{short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2011}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = Bramble (cropped).png | name = Curtis S. Bramble | caption = Bramble in July 2014 | office = Member of the Utah Senate | constituency = 16th district (2001–2023)<br />24th district (2023–2024) | term_start = January 1, 2001 | term_end = December 31, 2024 | predecessor = Howard C. Nielson | successor = Keven Stratton | office1 = President of the National Conference of State Legislatures | term_start1 = 2015 | term_end1 = 2016 | predecessor1 = Debbie Smith | successor1 = Mike Gronstal | birth_date = | birth_place = Chicago, Illinois | party = Republican | spouse = Susan | children = 6 | occupation = Certified Public Accountant | alma_mater = Brigham Young University (BS, MS) | website = [http://www.utahsenate.org/perl/spage/distbio2007.pl?dist16 Legislative Website]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} }} '''Curtis Scott Bramble''' is an American politician and Certified Public Accountant who served as a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state's 24th senate district. Prior to redistricting he represented the 16th senate district in Provo. On March 18, 2024, he announced that he would retire from the legislature at the end of 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Beal-Cvetko |first=Bridger |last2=March 18 |first2=KSL com {{!}} Posted- |last3=P.m |first3=2024 at 2:29 |title=Curt Bramble, longtime Republican state senator from Provo, will retire at the end of 2024 |url=https://www.ksl.com/article/50954010/curt-bramble-longtime-republican-state-senator-from-provo-will-retire-at-the-end-of-2024 |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=www.ksl.com |language=en}}</ref>
==Early life and career== Bramble was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, where he graduated from Crown High School.<ref name="senate">{{cite web |url=http://www.utahsenate.org/aspx/senmember.aspx?dist=16 |title=Bramble, Curtis S. |publisher=Utah State Senate |access-date=April 13, 2014 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415040250/http://www.utahsenate.org/aspx/senmember.aspx?dist=16 |archive-date=April 15, 2014 }}</ref> He grew up as a Methodist and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints while attending Notre Dame University.<ref name="senate" /> After Notre Dame, Bramble attended Brigham Young University, where he graduated with a B.S in and M.S. in accounting.<ref name="senate" />
== Career == Bramble worked as a Certified Public Accountant in Utah.<ref name="senate" /> Bramble was appointed as the Advisory Committee Chairman for Medical Cannabis Payment Solutions, a Las Vegas Company specializing in providing end-to-end management, across multiple management systems, for medicinal marijuana operations.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Utah senator joins board of medical marijuana company|url=https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=57502435&itype=cmsid|access-date=2020-07-27|website=The Salt Lake Tribune|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release|last=Solutions|first=Medical Cannabis Payment|date=2018-07-16|title=Former Senate President Joins Medical Cannabis Payment Solutions (REFG) Advisory Board|url=http://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/07/16/1537582/0/en/Former-Senate-President-Joins-Medical-Cannabis-Payment-Solutions-REFG-Advisory-Board.html|access-date=2020-07-27|website=GlobeNewswire News Room}}</ref>
=== Utah Senate === Bramble was elected to the Utah Senate in 2000 and took office in January 2001. He initially served on the Business, Labor and Economic Development, and Revenue and Taxation Standing Committees; and on the Health and Human Services Joint Appropriation Committee. In 2004, Bramble became the Majority Leader of the Utah Senate for the 57th Utah Legislature and the Co-Chair of the Retirement and Independent Entities Joint Appropriation Committee. He also served on the Executive Offices and Criminal Justice, and Higher Education Joint Appropriations committees and Chaired the Retirement and Independent Entities Standing Committee. He also served on the Revenue and Taxation Committee for the 57th Utah State Legislature. Bramble was reelected to his third term to the Utah Senate in November 2008, defeating Democrat Radene Hatfield.
Senator Bramble is currently up for reelection and has two challengers in the primary.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Curtis Bramble - Ballotpedia|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Curtis_Bramble|access-date=2016-04-01|website=ballotpedia.org}}</ref>
==== Committee assignments ==== * Business, Economic Development, and Labor Appropriations Subcommittee * Executive Offices and Criminal Justice Appropriations Subcommittee * Retirement and Independent Entities Appropriations Subcommittee * Senate Business and Labor Committee (Chair) * Senate Retirement and Independent Entities Committee * Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee
In 2008, Bramble received the National Legislator of the Year Award from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and he has served on the board of directors of ALEC.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alec.org/about-alec/board-of-directors/ |title=Board of Directors - ALEC |access-date=April 17, 2012}}</ref> Bramble served as president of the National Conference of State Legislatures from 2015 to 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.sltrib.com/story.php?ref=/sltrib/politics/56741003-90/bramble-president-utah-ncsl.html.csp|title=Bio |access-date=December 17, 2016}}</ref>
=== Notable legislation === In 2014, Bramble sponsored S.B. 54 Second Substitute Elections Amendments.<ref>[http://le.utah.gov/~2014/bills/static/SB0054.html S.B. 54 Second Substitute Elections Amendments]</ref> The enacted bill allows for an optional open primary.<ref name="GOP">{{cite web |url=http://utahpolicy.com/index.php/features/today-at-utah-policy/2117-gop-mulling-lawsuit-over-count-my-vote-compromise |title=GOP Mulling Lawsuit Over 'Count My Vote' Compromise |author= Bob Bernick |date=March 25, 2014 |publisher=Today at Utah Policy |location=Salt Lake City |access-date=April 14, 2014}}</ref> During the 2016 legislative session Senator Bramble passed a bill that would require doctors to give anesthesia to fetuses during an abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/03/28/utah-governor-signs-abortion-anesthesia-bill/82365170/|title=Utah gov. signs bill requiring anesthesia in certain abortions|website=USA TODAY|access-date=2016-03-31}}</ref>
===Float building controversy=== The ''Deseret Morning News'' and ''Salt Lake Tribune'' called for an ethics investigation into an incident involving Bramble, Representative Becky Lockhart and Mountainland Technical College (known at time as the Mountainland Applied Technology College). Allegedly Bramble and Lockhart asked the college to build the Republican party a float to use in parades. The college used its money to pay for the float which, the papers alleged, violated Utah law, e.g., that "a public entity may not make expenditures from public funds for political purposes." When questions arose, college President Clay Christensen told State Auditor Auston Johnson he was under "tremendous pressure" by the Utah County GOP and lawmakers to build the float, but later that same day, after a conversation with Bramble, he changed his statement. Bramble first denied speaking with Christiansen but later acknowledged he "may have called," but couldn't "recall what was said."<ref>{{cite news |title= State audit cites questionable transactions by Mountainland Applied Technology College officials |url= http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695203289,00.html |archive-url= https://archive.today/20120719152934/http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695203289,00.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= July 19, 2012 |first1= Wendy |last1= Leonard |first2= Bob Jr. |last2= Bernick |date= August 22, 2007 |newspaper= Deseret News}}</ref> No investigation ensued.
== Personal life == Bramble lives in Provo with his wife Susan.<ref name="senate" /> He has six children and 12 grandchildren.<ref name="senate" />
==Electoral results== Senator Bramble is up for election in 2016 and currently has two challengers in the primary.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Curtis_Bramble|title=Curtis Bramble - Ballotpedia|website=ballotpedia.org|access-date=2016-03-31}}</ref>{{Further|16th Utah Senate District}}
{{Election box begin | title=Utah State Senate election, 2008 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Republican Party (US) |candidate = Curt Bramble |votes = 11,717 |percentage = 62 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Democratic Party (US) |candidate = RaDene Hatfield |votes = 7,314 |percentage = 38 |change = }}
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{{Election box begin | title=Utah State Senate election, 2004 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Republican Party (US) |candidate = Curt Bramble |votes = 15,778 |percentage = 77 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Democratic Party (US) |candidate = Fred D. Posorio |votes = 4,227 |percentage = 21 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Libertarian Party (US) |candidate = Brady Fackrell |votes = 535 |percentage = 2 |change = }} {{Election box end}}
==See also== * 54th Utah State Legislature
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://curtbramble.org/}} * {{C-SPAN|73153}}
;Legislative Information * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20081120063547/http://se16.utahsenate.org/perl/spage/distmap16.pl Map of Utah Senate District 16]}} * [http://www.utahsenate.org/perl/spage/distbio2007.pl?dist16 Official Legislative Biography]{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071010054510/http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=MUT20905 Project Vote Smart Biography]
;Voting Record * [http://votesmart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=MUT20905 Interest Group Ratings at Project Vote Smart] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071012150012/http://votesmart.org/voting_category.php?can_id=MUT20905 Voting Record at Project Vote-Smart]
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