Our Lawsuit Over HB43 Settled: A Victory for Free Association in Utah
Last November, along with the Utah Taxpayers Association, we sued the state seeking to overturn a clearly unconstitutional law requiring disclosure of information about our donors. Today, due to the great work of attorneys from...
New Report Shows Why Utah Police and Prosecutors are Taking Property
Utah has a controversial history with civil asset forfeiture—a tool allowing the government to confiscate property from people not charged with, let alone convicted of, a crime. Last Friday, the Commission on Criminal and...
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...
HB386: Creating Statewide Guidelines for Police Body Cameras
This bill was not considered by the legislature. Libertas Institute supports this bill. Libertas Institute spent hundreds of man hours over the past year working on a comprehensive proposal for the use of body cameras in Utah....
SB52: Reporting Requirements for Forfeiture of Property
This bill passed unanimously in both chambers of the legislature and was signed into law by the Governor. Libertas Institute supports this bill. Whenever we have the opportunity to discuss our legislative priorities and successes...
Police shootings must be addressed to restore public trust
The following op-ed was published this weekend in the Salt Lake Tribune. Last weekend, The Salt Lake Tribune revealed an alarming data point: In recent years, police officers have killed more Utahns than have gang members. As a...