More Freedom in the Beehive State

With over a decade of experience and dozens of major reforms passed, we provide Utah lawmakers with ideas and opportunities to better secure our inalienable rights.

Recent Articles

Headlines say Gen Z cannot find work to support themselves. At the same time, hundreds of thousands of high-paying jobs go unfilled every month.
Public schools need to adapt. In the meantime, policymakers should expand school choice so families can find learning environments that fit their children.
If the United Kingdom, once the richest country in the world, were an American state, it would now be the poorest one.
Public disorder concerns are real, and residents deserve effective responses. But overcriminalization is at its most counterproductive reaches people not causing harm while leaving the underlying disorder untouched.
Utah's top 25% most-arrested homeless individuals cost Salt Lake City $51 million annually in shelter, police, court, and medical expenses. As lawmakers pour another $45.6 million into the system, organizations like The Other Side Village are already breaking the cycle through sobriety, accountability, and employment, without taxpayer funding. The data makes the case: expanding a broken system isn't the answer.
No, rent control doesn't work as supporters believe. Rather it treat symptoms while suppressing the signals that prompt more building, and lower costs.
POLICIES

Our Policy Briefs

Thoughtful Policy Papers Driving Change for a More Free and Prosperous Future

Gain valuable insights from policy papers that provide a deeper understanding of the issues shaping our society. Each paper offers a thorough examination of critical topics, aiming to drive effective change and progress.

Local Government Toolkit

When it comes to government, we all have areas of both understanding and ignorance. This is especially true of local government, the realm of city councils, county commissions, and local ordinances. It is simply impossible for one person to have researched everything. Furthermore, topics related to local government can be the trickiest to navigate and often reveal gray areas when it comes to political philosophy.

Our Toolkit also provides valuable clarification and perspective for the general public.

Libertas
Legislation Tracker

Out of the 800+ bills introduced each year, Libertas Institute highlights those that have a particular interest to our mission.

NOTE: New bills are regularly added, and as the session progresses we will update the status of each bill here on the Tracker. Check back often!

2026 Libertas Legislator Index

Libertas Institute has compiled legislator indexes since 2014 to rank Representatives and Senators based on how well they voted in accordance with individual liberty, private property, and free enterprise.

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