State Advocacy

The ACLU of Utah strongly urges Governor Cox to veto House Bill 495, Capital Felony Case Amendments.

The ACLU of Utah strongly urges Governor Cox to veto House Bill 209, Voting Amendments.

HB315 promotes “Baby Olivia,” a medically inaccurate, computer-generated fetus video produced by extremists pushing abortion bans.

Public Urged to Help Defeat New Law that Would Further Censor Books in Schools

HB366 is deeply intertwined with HB392. HB366 makes several changes to the transfer process in HB392 and adds a fallback option in case the Utah Supreme Court rules the transfer to a three-judge panel unconstitutional.

HB315 would have required public schools to show students an ultrasound video and a video depicting fetal development twice between grades 7-12 in a health education class. The specific goal of this bill was to require schools to show “Baby Olivia”, a medically misleading video produced by an extreme anti-abortion group called Live Action.  

SJR7 would have called on the Governor to reconsider the Disability Law Center’s status as the state’s Protection & Advocacy Agency. This designation provides the organization with federal funding to serve people with disabilities in Utah. The timing of this bill was particularly concerning, given that the Disability Law Center had just filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of SB199. This 2025 law created a new ultra-guardianship for severely disabled individuals.  

HB517 would have made it harder for guardians, students, educators, and authors to sue to protect their First Amendment rights, as it attempted to extend government immunity to state and local officials (including school districts), prohibit class actions, and allow school districts to require guardians to sign arbitration agreements.