Libertas Legislator Profiles

Libertas Legislator Index Rankings

The following rating measures how consistently this legislator votes in support of individual liberty, private property, and free enterprise. To learn more, see the main index page.

2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	Overall Rating
58%	91%	52%	42%	47%	69%	79.5%	63%

To see the specific votes used to rank this legislator, click the link in the table above for any of the yearly percentages listed.

Sponsored Ranked Bills

This legislator was the sponsor of the following bills, which were ranked by Libertas Institute in their respective year's Legislator Index.

• SB54: Marriage and Premarital Counseling and Education Amendments (2018)
  This bill takes an additional $20 from marriage licensure applicants and only returns it if they undergo pre-marital counseling or education.
  
  This bill passed the Senate 23-4 and passed the House 44-24. Libertas supports a "nay" vote.
• SB29: Utah Marriage Commission Amendments (2017)
  This bill would have increased the marriage license fee by $20, allowing individuals to receive their money back if they took a pre-marital counseling course.
  
  This bill failed in the Senate on a tie 14-14 vote. Libertas supports a "nay" vote.

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