Universal occupational licensing is the way for the future in Utah
Universal licensing refers to a state honoring an occupational license obtained in another state if an individual meets common-sense standards in the new state for which they are seeking a license.
HB 243: Consolidating and Streamlining Utah’s Regulatory Sandboxes
This bill consolidates Utah's insurance and fintech sandboxes into the universal sandbox created last year.
Unfair Competition: Government in the Marketplace
What happens when the government competes with the free market to provide non essential services? The practice is all too common and it sabotages both the government and the people.
HB235: Reducing the Burden of Occupational Licensure
This bill passed out of committee but was not considered by the House of Representatives. Libertas Institute supports this bill. We believe in the right of an individual to engage in an occupation free from government restriction...
HB126: Licensure for Interior Designers
This bill passed out of committee but was not considered by the House of Representatives. Libertas Institute opposes this bill. In Utah, the independent practice of interior design, when seeking building permits to make...
Crony Capitalism: America’s Cancer Epidemic
America has cancer. I’m not talking about the various forms of deadly and debilitating biological cancer that many American’s suffer and die from, like those often related to years of smoking. No, I am talking about a cancer...