HB 333: Growing Government through an 86% E-Cigarette Tax
This bill was defeated in committee on a 5-7 vote. Libertas Institute opposes this bill. Last year, Representative Paul Ray introduced legislation, which passed the legislature and was signed into law, that imposes restrictions...
HB 264: Allowing Terminally Ill Patients Access to End-of-Life Options
This bill was not considered by the legislature. Libertas Institute supports this bill. Representative Rebecca Chavez-Houck is sponsoring House Bill 264 to allow terminally ill patients the option of using life-ending drugs to...
HB 315: Protectionism for Commercial Beekeepers
This bill was not considered by the legislature. Libertas Institute opposes this bill. Representative Kay McIff is sponsoring House Bill 315, written by a commercial beekeeper, which would impose barriers to entry by making it...
HB 155: Prosecuting Technicians for Not Reporting Child Pornography
This bill passed the House 60-13 and passed the Senate unanimously. Libertas Institute opposes this bill. The production of child pornography is perhaps one of the most detestable of activities, and should be vehemently...
SB 153: Encouraging Self Reliance As A Gateway Out Of Poverty
This bill passed the Senate 20-5 and passed the House 45-28. Libertas Institute supports this bill. People in poverty need more than a handout—they need a hand up. Moreover, the best way to fight poverty is as a community of...
HB 319: Repealing Vehicle Safety Inspections
This bill was not considered by the legislature. Libertas Institute supports this bill. Over the past few decades, several states have repealed the requirement for drivers to have their vehicles annually tested for safety; at...
SB 141: Tearing Down the Zion Curtain
This bill was not considered by the legislature. Libertas Institute supports this bill. One of Utah’s infamously odd liquor laws is the so-called “Zion Curtain”—a requirement that restaurants serving alcohol may...
HB 302: Expanding Medicaid in Utah
This bill was not considered by the legislature. Libertas Institute opposes this bill. We have written extensively (here, here, and here) about the problems associated with expanding the Medicaid program in Utah under the...
HB 160: Ensuring Justice Court Judges Are Trained In The Law
This bill passed the House 44-28 and passed the Senate 24-4. Libertas Institute supports this bill. Most people who interact with the legal system do so through one of the state’s many justice courts. However, justice...
SB 77: Expanding Medicaid Under Obamacare
This bill passed out of its Senate committee but was not voted on by the full Senate. Libertas Institute opposes this bill. We have written extensively (here, here, and here) about the problems associated with expanding the...