Val L. Peterson is an American politician and a Republican member of the Utah House of Representatives representing District 56 (Orem, Utah) and lives there with his wife, Ann. He currently serves as Vice President of Administration and Legislative Affairs at Utah Valley University.
Peterson earned his BA in communications and public relations, his MA in mass communications, and his PhD in educational leadership from Brigham Young University, and his MS in strategic studies from the United States Army War College.
During the 2022 legislative session, Peterson served on the House Business, Economic Development, and Labor Appropriations Subcommittee, Executive Appropriations Committee, House Education Committee, House Government Operations Committee, and the Legislative Management Committee.
Peterson was first elected on November 2, 2010. In 2022, Representative Peterson ran HB 242 which addressed secondary water metering and imposed requirements related to metering pressurized secondary water sources. He also ran HB 355 which changes the Public Safety Officer Career Advancement Reimbursement Program to a grant program and addressed the amount of money the Utah Board of Higher Education may use for administrative costs and overhead related to the Opportunity Scholarship Program.
