Utah Senate consents to appointment of Todd Hilbig as Third District Court judge
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Summary
The Utah State Senate voted unanimously present to consent to Governor Spencer J. Cox’s appointment of Todd Hilbig to the Third District Court after a favorable recommendation from the Senate Judicial Confirmation Committee. Hilbig addressed the chamber and pledged to uphold the law.
The Utah State Senate consented to Governor Spencer J. Cox’s appointment of Todd Hilbig as a judge of the Third District Court by a roll-call vote of 24 ayes, 0 nays and five senators absent.
The confirmation followed a favorable report from the Senate Judicial Confirmation Committee and a brief presentation by Senator Todd Wyler, the committee chair, summarizing Hilbig’s legal career. Hilbig then addressed the Senate in the Committee of the Whole, introduced family members in the gallery and thanked the governor and lieutenant governor for their support.
Wyler told senators the committee had met on Oct. 10, 2025, and recommended consent. He summarized Hilbig’s roughly 30 years of legal experience, including service as an assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Utah beginning in 2018, work representing federal departments and agencies in federal district court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, and nearly two decades as a partner at the Salt Lake firm Morgan, Minnock, Rice & Minor. Wyler noted Hilbig holds two bachelor’s degrees (economics and German) from Brigham Young University and a law degree from BYU’s J. Reuben Clark Law School, where Hilbig served as editor in chief of the BYU Journal of Public Law.
Todd Hilbig spoke to the chamber after the formal consent vote and said, “I commit now as the newest judge in the state of Utah to do my very best to contribute to the positive reputation and work of the judiciary, to promote justice, to apply and uphold the law.” He thanked his family, former law partners and colleagues at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, and the Senate for its consent.
Senate President Adams called for the roll call on the motion to consent. The motion to consent to Hilbig’s appointment was offered by Senator Wyler; no second is recorded in the transcript. The Senate announced the tally as 24 yay votes, 0 nay votes, and five absent; the president declared the appointment consented and invited Hilbig to stand and be recognized.
The governor transmitted the appointment to the Senate in a written communication dated Sept. 3, 2025. The Senate’s judicial confirmation committee filed its favorable report to the chamber on Oct. 10, 2025.
