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Apr 18, 2025
Apr 18, 2025
ACLU and Disability Law Center File Lawsuit to Block Creation of New Restrictive Guardianships for Utahns with Disabilities
SB199 creates a separate guardianship system for those with a “severe” intellectual disability. But for a court to agree to use this guardianship, a physician or psychologist must merely describe an intellectual disability as “severe.”
Issue Areas:
Disability Rights
Mar 20, 2025
Mar 18, 2025
Mar 18, 2025
Veto Letter to Governor Cox on HB300
Utah has long been a leader in safe, reliable elections that are free from fraud and unnecessary barriers. HB300 threatens that reality by adding burdensome voting requirements.
Mar 18, 2025
Mar 18, 2025
Veto Letter to Governor Cox on SB199
The American Civil Liberties Union of Utah (ACLU of Utah) strongly urges Gov. Spencer Cox to veto SB199, Guardianship Amendments, a sweeping and damaging bill that threatens to strip critical rights from Utahns with disabilities.
Mar 07, 2025
Mar 06, 2025
Mar 06, 2025
ACLU of Utah Urges Gov. Cox to veto HB77
This isn’t about flags but about othering and erasing LGBTQ+ people from public life. Read Here.
Mar 04, 2025
Mar 04, 2025
Comment on HB77 (Flag Display Amendments)
Rep. Lee’s obsession with banning Pride symbols makes it clear: this isn’t just about flags, but about othering and erasing LGBTQ+ people from public life. Read Here.
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ+ Equality
Mar 04, 2025
Mar 04, 2025
Veto Letter to Governor Cox on HB252
HB252 is a direct attack on the rights of incarcerated people and a clear violation of established legal protections. You have a constitutional duty to veto this bill, not just a political choice.
Feb 27, 2025
Feb 27, 2025
SB199 Leter urging the House to vote no on this expansive and harmful bill
The undersigned disability and civil rights organizations write to express our grave concerns about S.B. 199, “Guardianship Amendments” and urge the House to vote no on this expansive and harmful bill.
Issue Areas:
Disability Rights
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