Libertas Legislator Profiles

Legislator Profile: Senator Scott Jenkins

Name: Scott Jenkins
Type: Senator
Party: Republican
No longer in office

Libertas Legislator Index Rankings

The following rating measures how consistently this legislator votes in support of individual liberty, private property, and free enterprise. To learn more, see the main index page.

201420152016 Overall Rating
65%93%75% 78%

To see the specific votes used to rank this legislator, click the link in the table above for any of the yearly percentages listed.

Sponsored Ranked Bills

This legislator was the sponsor of the following bills, which were ranked by Libertas Institute in their respective year's Legislator Index.

  • SJR2: Proposal to Amend Utah Constitution -- Rights of Political Parties (2015)
    This bill would have submitted a constitutional amendment proposal to Utah voters that would have protected the right of political parties to determine the process for selection of their nominees free from interference by the government.

    This bill failed in the Senate on a 14-15 vote. Libertas supports a "yea" vote.

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