Libertas Legislator Profiles

Name: Matt MacPherson
Type: Representative
Party: Republican
District: 26
Email: mmacpherson@le.utah.gov
Mobile: 801-520-2974
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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.

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.

• HB477: School Trespass Amendments (2025)
  This bill prohibited school districts from issuing trespass notices to parents and other citizens for participating in public comment.
  
  This bill passed the House 49-19 and passed the Senate 17-7. Libertas supports a "yea" vote.
• HB392: Unlicensed Driver Amendments (2025)
  This bill would have allowed law enforcement to seize a person’s vehicle without a warrant and force them to submit to fingerprinting if they fail to provide a physical driver’s license, even if they pose no public safety risk.
  
  This bill passed the House 55-14 and failed in the Senate 12-17. Libertas supports a "nay" vote.

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