{{short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Jon Stanard | image = | state_house = Utah | district = 62nd | term_start = January 1, 2013 | term_end = February 7, 2018 | predecessor = Christopher Herrod | successor = Travis Seegmiller | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | party = Republican | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = Dixie State College | profession = | website = {{URL|jonstanard.com}} }}
'''Jon E. Stanard'''<ref name="UL">{{cite web |url= http://le.utah.gov/house2/detail.jsp?i=STANAJE |title= Jon E. Stanard (R) |publisher= Utah State Legislature |location= Salt Lake City, Utah |accessdate= January 30, 2014}}</ref> is an American politician. He was a Republican member of the Utah House of Representatives representing District 62<ref name="PVS">{{cite web |url= http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/137538 |title= Jon Stanard's Biography |publisher= Project Vote Smart |accessdate= January 30, 2014}}</ref> from January 1, 2013, until February 7, 2018, when he resigned.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2018/02/07/utah-legislator-resigns-abruptly/|title=Rep. Jon Stanard resigns abruptly with little explanation}}</ref> He lives in St. George, Utah.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://votesmart.org/ |title= Jon Stanard |publisher= Project Vote Smart |location= Philipsburg, MT |accessdate= April 10, 2014}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Stanard earned his bachelor's degree in computer information technology from Dixie State College (now Utah Tech University). He continued his education over the years by taking additional classes on government and history, as well as courses from the Leadership Institute, a training program for conservatives headed by Morton Blackwell.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jonstanard.com |title=Jon Stanard, About Jon |publisher=Jon Stanard |location= Salt Lake City, UT |accessdate= April 10, 2014}}</ref>
==Political career== Stanard was first elected on November 6, 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://votesmart.org/ |title= Jon Stanard |publisher= Project Vote Smart |location= Philipsburg, MT |accessdate= April 10, 2014}}</ref> During the 2016 Legislative Session, he served on the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee, House Rules Committee, House Business and Labor Committee and the House Revenue and Taxation Committee.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://le.utah.gov/house2/detail.jsp?i=STANAJE|title=Jon E. Stanard|publisher=Utah State Legislature|location=Salt Lake City, Utah|accessdate=April 11, 2016}}</ref>
Stanard resigned from the Utah House of Representatives February 7, 2018 citing "personal and family concerns."<ref>{{cite news |last=Davidson |first=Lee |url=https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2018/02/07/utah-legislator-resigns-abruptly/ |title=Rep. Republican lawmaker Utah John Stannard, resigned. (AP Photo / Rick Boomer). Salt Lake City – Taxpayer funds were used to pay at least two rooms in the hotel that a lawmaker in Utah who resigned this week alleges he used a meeting with a prostitute. As a result Stanard resigned abruptly with little explanation |work=The Salt Lake Tribune |accessdate=February 9, 2018}}</ref> The next day, the ''Daily Mail'', a British tabloid, published a report alleging Stanard paid $250 for each of two sexual encounters with a Salt Lake City call girl.<ref>{{cite news |last=Winslow |first=Ben |url=http://fox13now.com/2018/02/08/tabloid-claims-st-george-lawmaker-who-quit-the-utah-legislature-solicited-sex/ |title=Tabloid claims St. George lawmaker who quit the Utah Legislature solicited sex |date=February 8, 2018 |publisher=Fox 13 |accessdate=February 9, 2018}}</ref> The Utah House of Representatives opened an investigation into these allegations.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Price |first=Michelle |url=http://time.com/5140468/jon-stanard-utah-prostitute-investigation/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210042006/http://time.com/5140468/jon-stanard-utah-prostitute-investigation/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 10, 2018 |title=Utah House Investigating Claims That Lawmaker Resigned After Meeting Prostitute |magazine=Time |agency=AP |date=February 9, 2018 |accessdate=February 9, 2018}}</ref> The investigation was closed since Stanard was no longer a public lawmaker.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2018/02/08/jon-standard-prostitution-allegations/|title=Taxpayer funds used to pay for hotel that Utah lawmaker allegedly used to meet up with prostitute|date=9 February 2018}}</ref>
==2016 sponsored legislation== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Bill !! Status |- | [http://le.utah.gov/~2016/bills/static/HB0023.html HB 23]- Privilege Tax Amendments || Passed, signed by Governor on 3/29/16 |- | [http://le.utah.gov/~2016/bills/static/HB0024.html HB 24]- Aeronautics Restricted Account Amendments || Passed, signed by Governor on 3/18/16 |- | [http://le.utah.gov/~2016/bills/static/HB0044.html HB 44]- Occupational and Professional Licensure Review Committee Amendments || House/ filed 3/10/16 |- |[http://le.utah.gov/~2016/bills/static/HB0177.html HB 177] - Mortgage Lending Amendments |Passed, signed by Governor on 3/21/16 |- |[http://le.utah.gov/~2016/bills/static/HB0301.html HB 301] - School Bus Route Grant Program |Passed, signed by Governor on 3/23/16 |}Representative Stanard floor sponsored [http://le.utah.gov/~2016/bills/static/SB0041.html SB 41 Appointment of County Assessors], [http://le.utah.gov/~2016/bills/static/SB0042.html SB 42 Public Notice of Court Recording], and [http://le.utah.gov/~2016/bills/static/SCR0006.html SCR 6 Concurrent Resolution Recognizing the 20th Anniversary of the Utah Educational Savings Plan]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://le.utah.gov/asp/billsintro/RepResults.asp?Listbox3=STANAJE|title=Jon Stanard, Current Legislation|publisher=Utah State Legislature|location=Salt Lake City, Utah|accessdate=April 10, 2016}}</ref> ==Elections== *2012 When District 62 incumbent Republican representative Christopher Herrod left the Legislature, Stanard was chosen from among four candidates at the Republican convention and won the November 6, 2012, general election with 9,774 votes (74.2%) against Democratic nominee Brent Holloway.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://elections.utah.gov/Media/Default/2012%20Canvass/2012%20General%20Canvass%20Report.xls |title= 2012 General Canvass Report |publisher= Lieutenant Governor of Utah |location= Salt Lake City, Utah |accessdate= January 30, 2014 |archive-date= March 4, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140304164434/http://elections.utah.gov/Media/Default/2012%20Canvass/2012%20General%20Canvass%20Report.xls |url-status= dead }}</ref> *2014 Stanard was unopposed in the Republican convention and won the November 4, 2014 general election against Democratic nominee Shirley J. Nelson with 5,391 votes (81.1%).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Utah_House_of_Representatives_District_62|title=2014 Election results|last=|first=|date=|website=Ballotpedia|publisher=|access-date=April 11, 2016}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://le.utah.gov/house2/detail.jsp?i=STANAJE Official page] at the Utah State Legislature *[http://jonstanard.com/ Campaign site]{{CongLinks | congbio = | votesmart = 137538 | fec = | congress = }} *[http://ballotpedia.org/Jon_Stanard Jon Stanard] at Ballotpedia *[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/uniquecandidate.phtml?uc=1411487 Jon Stanard] at OpenSecrets *[http://le.utah.gov/asp/billsintro/RepResults.asp?Listbox3=STANAJE For information on bills sponsored by Rep. Stanard during 2014]
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