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Do you unlock your phone with your finger or face? Many people do. However, should law enforcement be allowed to compel you to unlock your phone using these features?
Herriman staff violated the law, and have now been told they were wrong.
What are regulatory sandboxes? They are unique legal classifications that create space for regulators to temporarily freeze regulations and criminal penalties for a defined time period. This allows private companies to develop or introduce an innovative...
UPDATE: This article now reflects the final Senate Bill 2001, that was passed in special session on December 12, 2019. The following is a commentary on the tax reform proposal passed out by the Tax Restructuring and Equalization Task Force on December 9,...
While Americans are not directly compensated for the data they provide to the companies they interact with, they have been the benefactors of cheaper goods and services at a higher quality—an indirect benefit that cannot be discounted. Regulating this...
This bill removes a requirement for police officers to obtain a warrant before accessing a person's prescription drug history.
This bill allocates 30 million taxpayer dollars, and 10 million dollars every year in the future, to be spent on subsidizing "affordable housing" for individuals who qualify.
This bill prohibits driver license suspensions for failure to pay court debt, and failure to appear in many non-driving related offenses.
This bill would create a criminal penalty for gun owners who do not securely store their firearms in the home so minors may not access them.
This bill would allow local governments to create "rent control" laws that arbitrarily impose price restrictions on the cost of renting property.
Do you unlock your phone with your finger or face? Many people do. However, should law enforcement be allowed to compel you to unlock your phone using these features?
Herriman staff violated the law, and have now been told they were wrong.
Innocent people should be protected against mass searches by law enforcement in DNA databases.
This bill improves parental rights in education by ensuring that truancy punishments do not apply to younger children, and that parents of older children are not criminalized for their truancy.
This bill would re-introduce mandatory vehicle safety inspections for vehicles sold by a used car dealer.