Libertas Institute Libertas Institute Each year we read each of the 800+ bills that are proposed and curate a list of the best and worst for you to track and help influence.
Salt Lake City and the Airport are criminalizing Utahns who share their vehicle using Turo.
Earlier this week the Deseret News published an op-ed from the Sutherland Institute advocating some rather odd policies with regards to alcohol. Clothed in a cloak of “compromise” were the following proposals: Allow grocery stores to sell beer...
Business owners in Utah need to be freed from the double taxation and burdensome compliance costs of the Tangible Personal Property Tax.
As the economy continues to become more service-oriented rather than goods-oriented, Utah needs to adapt by taxing services and reducing overall tax rates. The result could mean a net win for Utah taxpayers—something for which we are a bit overdue.
The term “big government” typically invokes images of Congress or the Legislature, but it is likewise applicable, in many ways, to laws that affect our lives in a far more direct manner, at a local level. Hitting close to home, the rules and regulations...
This bill would require the state to purge identifying information about an individual in the drug database after 24 months.
This bill would increase tax incentives for film production while expanding the program to include post-production work.
This bill would criminalize 19 and 20-year-olds for possessing and using tobacco products.
This bill creates a scholarship program so families of special needs children can provide them the best education possible.
This bill creates a new regulatory approach for peer-to-peer companies and exempts incidental commercial activity at an airport from regulation.
This bill allows nurse practitioners to prescribe schedule II drugs.
This bill aims to fix numerous issues with the current immunity law in order to keep government accountable.
This bill requires police officers to keep body cameras on when consulting with other officers or supervisors.
This bill makes several technical and minor revisions to Utah's medical cannabis law.
This bill provides taxpayer-funded grants to purchase electric battery storage in the home or office.