occupational licensure

2018 Bills

SB 129: Lowering the Barrier to Entry for Private Investigators

This bill cuts in half the amount of time one must have in experience to start their own private investigator business.

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2018 Bills

HB 170: Removing Occupational Cost Barriers to Entry

This bill waives occupational license fees for those on government assistance, reducing the barrier to entry for those who want to work.

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2018 Bills

HB 173: Occupational Licensure Portability

This bill allows people licensed in a profession by another state to more easily obtain a license in that same profession in Utah.

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Op-Eds

Utah should protect the right to work

Utah's Constitution needs to protect what judges no longer do—the right to pursue a peaceful occupation of one's choosing.

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Policy Analysis

The Right to Work: Taming Occupational Licensure

Utah's Constitution should recognize and protect each person's right to work, helping ensure that occupational licensure laws be narrowly tailored and reasonable.

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Free Market

Occupational Licensure: Public Safety, or Something More?

The state's interest in protecting public safety is too often used as justification for regulations that exceed that limited scope.

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