2016 Bills
HB67: Weapons on Public Transportation
This bill passed the House 59-12 and passed the Senate 24-2. Libertas Institute supports this bill. Under current law, a person who boards a bus with a firearm—except for law enforcement officials and concealed weapon permit...
Free Market
Legislative Overstepping? Firearms, Breastfeeding, and More
Under Utah law, cities are authorized to require permits of business owners—including home business owners—for “purposes of regulation and revenue.” A bill attempting to restrict that authority, specifically carving...
Property Rights
Permission Slips to Exercise Fundamental Rights
Article 1 Section 6 of Utah’s constitution states, “The individual right of the people to keep and bear arms for security and defense of self, family, others, property, or the state, as well as for other lawful...