Promises Kept
More local control and equitable funding in education
SB196 (2017) Removed administrative bureaucratic reporting requirements
SB240* (2017) Would have increased school-level control of budgets and spending
HB368 (2017) Requires review of education funding streams to increase efficiency and increase local control
HB293 (2018) Provided the Equity Pupil Unit so that low property-value districts with many students (like Jordan) will receive equitable funding; also gave local principals more control over education dollars
SB104 (2020) Local Education Levy State Guarantee Amendments - Another step toward equity funding for students in lower funded districts like Jordan
SB195 (2020) Background Checks for Minor Employees - Addresses the problem if schools want to hire someone under 18 years old, by law no one can see the results of the required background check.
Do better at helping those who can’t help themselves
SB153 (2016) Self-Reliance Training in Public Welfare Programs
SB242 (2016) Directs more money to school children with intensive special needs
SB75 (2017) Enhances protection for children’s welfare
SB39 (2019) Provides new community- and family-based treatment options to people with mental illness at lower cost to taxpayers
HB332 (2020) Special Needs Scholarship Amendments - Creates income tax credit for corporations that donate to a scholarship granting organization that provides scholarships to students with special needs
Push back against federal intrusion and control
SB209 (2017) Makes the state less dependent on federal dollars
HB363 (2017) Requires local approval and accountability for new federal applications
Chair of the Federalism Commission
Give you more control over your life and government less
SB94 (2017) Making property taxes more transparent and accountable
SB154 (2017) Expanded the rights of homeowners on their own property related to generating energy
HB82 (2017) Allows for the local use of street-legal ATVs
SB65 (2018) Free Range Kids—allows parents to be parents without fear of government interference
SB101 (2018) Limits government ability to make a major adjustment to property assessment
SB86 (2019) Allows for new kinds of savings accounts by easing regulations on banks and account holders
SB107* (2019) Would have eased local government restrictions on how you use your own property
SB179 (2019) Increases transparency and accountability when local governments consider tax increases
HB198 (2020) Eminent Domain Limitations - Limits the use of eminent domain for a public park in the case of a century farm, which is a farm that has been in the same family for 100 years or more.
HB202 (2020) Local Government Nuisance Ordinance Reform - Decriminalizes local code violations (like an overgrown lawn, dog getting out) that are not injurious to others
SB142 (2020) Delivery Driver Age Requirements - Changes the age for delivery drivers from 19 to 18
SCR10 (2020) Concurrent Resolution on State Employee Benefits and Providing Refund from the State Health Insurance Pool - Allows state employees more flexibility in how they are compensated and returns to the state over eighteen million dollars in excess money held in reserve by the state health insurance pool
Be open, accessible, and responsive to you (Each of these bills was initiated on behalf of a constituent or citizen who raised a problem):
SB52 (2017) Balances the interests of landlords and tenants in rental disputes
SB64 (2017) Allows a deferral of a state scholarship program
SB75 (2017) Enhances protections for children’s welfare
SB124 (2017) Updates regulations for child care providers
SB146* (2017) Would have removed “constables” from political interference
SB41 (2018) Will bring back the black and white Utah license plates
SB60 (2018) Allows an occupational license to be placed on hold for military service
SB102* (2018) Would have allowed darker tinting on a car’s windows
SB135 (2018) Limits insurance companies from denying claims without supporting evidence
SB47 (2019) Gives older children more say in their placement when parental rights are terminated
SB100 (2019) Will create digital driver licenses you can carry on your phone
SB106 (2019) Allows schools to bill a students’ insurance company for clinical services provided at
school
SB182 (2019) Protects dog owners against claims of injury by trespassers
* Did not pass