New Poll: Half of Utahns Affected by Prescription Drug Overdoses
Every month in Utah, 24 individuals die from overdosing on legal, prescription drugs. This alarming trend ranked Utah as 4th in the U.S. for drug poisoning deaths from 2012-2014, outpacing deaths from firearms, falls, and motor...
HB 390: Augmenting Utah’s Unique Law Enforcement Transparency
This bill passed the House unanimously but was not considered in the Senate for lack of time. Libertas Institute supports this bill. Legislation proposed by our organization two years ago resulted in the nation’s only law...
HB 405: A Potential Second Chance for Juvenile Offenders
This bill passed the House 64-3 and passed the Senate unanimously. Libertas Institute supports this bill. Adult brains function differently than those of children; the latter group processes information through a portion of the...
HB 409: Putting a Pause on Short-Term Rental Restrictions
This bill was not considered by the legislature. Libertas Institute supports this bill. Our first-of-a-kind Freest Cities Index analyzed municipalities throughout Utah on a number of important issues. One metric upon which cities...
SB 189: Repealing The Death Penalty In Utah
This bill passed the Senate 15-12 but was not considered by the House. Libertas Institute supports this bill. We have written extensively about the problems associated with the death penalty in our policy brief and recent op-ed....
HB 384: Legalizing Direct Sales for Tesla, Vanderhall, and Other Manufacturers
This bill was referred by a House committee to interim study. Libertas Institute supports this bill. Last year, Representative Kim Coleman sponsored legislation designed to legalize the direct sales of vehicles from manufacturer...