Libertas Legislator Profiles

Legislator Profile: Representative Karen Peterson

Name: Karen Peterson
Type: Representative
Party: Republican
District: 13
Email: kpeterson@le.utah.gov
Mobile: 385-285-6790

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.

20222023202420252026 Overall Rating
63%78%78%60.5%80% 71.5%

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.

  • HB236: Truth in Taxation Amendments (2026)
    This bill required local taxing entities to make preliminary public statements about property tax increases and present alternative budgets showing operations with and without the proposed tax increase.

    This bill passed the House 72-0 and passed the Senate 28-0. Libertas supports a 'yea' vote.

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