Steve Handy, who was defeated in his 2022 re-election bid, has been confirmed for the DABS commission.
Former Utah Rep. Steve Handy, R-Layton — seen here launching his failed write-in campaign to keep his seat in 2022 — has been confirmed as the newest member of the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Services commission, which implements liquor policy in the state.A former Utah state legislator is now a member of the state’s liquor commission.Department of Alcoholic Beverage ServicesHandy is scheduled to serve a four-year term.
Handy is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whose members traditionally abstain from alcohol as a tenet of their faith. According to a DABS spokesperson, Handy will join two other commissioners, Jacquelyn Orton and Natalie Randall, who do not drink alcohol. The remaining four — chairwoman Tara Thue, and members Juliette Tennert, Jennifer Tarazon and Thomas Jacobsen — make up a majority of the seven-member board who imbibe.
The DABS commission oversees the implementation of Utah’s sometimes complicated liquor policies. The board decides which businesses will receive liquor licenses, and whether businesses that violate liquor laws should forfeit those licenses. They also oversee a government agency that was responsible forHandy lost his bid for re-election to the Utah House of Representatives in 2022, having mountedafter he was ousted at the Davis County GOP convention by the seat’s current occupant, Trevor Lee.
Before his 2010 election to the Utah Legislature, Handy served two terms on the Layton City Council. He owns a public relations and marketing communications consulting business, and at different times was marketing director for both the Standard-Examiner and the Deseret News.
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