Follow the LWV Utah work at the 2024 Utah Legislature on our webpage: 2024 Legislative Session.
RESOURCES
The State of Utah has a comprehensive website that can be used to find your legislators, follow committees, track bills, watch and/or listen to sessions visit le.utah.gov.
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LWV Positions:
2024 PUBLIC POLICY PRIORITIES
Public policy positions are the foundation for action by the League of Women Voters. Each year LWV establishes the priorities for the Utah Legislative General Session to focus work and resources. Priorities are drawn from the annual program and leadership.
REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT
Promote an open governmental system that is representative, accountable and responsive.
VOTING RIGHTS
Protect the right of all citizens to vote through free and fair elections.
Protect the citizen’s right to know and facilitate informed understanding and public participation in government decision-making by protecting the citizens’ ballot initiative and referendum process.
ELECTION PROCESS
Support campaign finance/money in politics regulations that enhance political equality for all citizens, ensure transparency, protect representative democracy.
Support redistricting processes and enforceable standards that promote fair and effective representation.
NATURAL RESOURCES
Promote an environment beneficial to life through the protection and wise management of natural resources in the public interest.
Water: Support measures to reduce pollution to protect surface water, groundwater, and drinking water.
Strengthen conservation efforts to protect and preserve Great Salt Lake as the keystone ecosystem in the Western Hemisphere.
Climate: Support climate goals and policies that are consistent with the best available climate science and that will ensure a stable climate system for further generations.
Clean Energy: Support environmentally sound policies that reduce energy growth rates, emphasize energy conservation and encourage the use of renewable energies.
SOCIAL POLICY
Secure equal rights and equal opportunity for all. Promote social and economic justice and the health and safety of all Americans.
EDUCATION
Support adequate financing of the public schools to ensure quality education.
Support policies and programs that promote equal access to education.
Support accountability, evaluation and transparency of publicly funded education, including various forms of school choice.
HEALTHCARE
Promote a health care system that provides affordable access to a basic level of quality care including behavioral health that is integrated with and achieves parity with the physical health care system.
Support programs and policies to expand the supply of affordable, quality childcare for all who need it.
Protect the constitutional right of privacy of the individual to make reproductive choices.
EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Support voting on and passage of the Equal Rights Amendment in Utah.
Support equal rights for all under state law regardless of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation or disability.
GUN POLICY
Protect the health and safety of citizens through limiting the accessibility and regulating the ownership of handguns and semi-automatic weapons.
Support regulation of firearms for consumer safety.
LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY
Legislative advocacy is a cornerstone of the League of Women Voters. League advocacy is based on member study and agreement on selected issues and involves concerted efforts to achieve public policies consistent with League positions. League advocacy promotes or opposes specific pieces of legislation. We then use them to prioritize and track specific bills during the regular and interim sessions.
Interested in becoming more involved? Active members of the League of Women Voters can participate in the Legislative Action Corps. If you are interested, follow this link to get connected.