Utah law

The Sundance Film Festival has always called Utah home, but it could pack up and move out of state after 2027.

The move to enshrine Utahn as the state demonym isn’t so much for residents as it is for national news outlets.

“Just the sheer number of bills that have created new rules, programs and reports for districts, it’s become overwhelming, especially in the last few years,” said Utah School Boards Association President Teri Rhodes.

Starting Jan. 1, 2025, the Beehive State says goodbye to front license plates. It’s one of the changes brought by SB45, which the Utah State Tax Commission says will reduce the need for in-person DMV visits.

“You do have a legal and ethical duty to stop,” said Jason Mettmann of the Utah Department of Public Safety.

Utah’s new school safety law requires an armed individual to be at every K-12 school to protect the kids inside. That includes thousands of young children who attend pre-K or daycare in K-12 school buildings.

Lawmakers say recent tweaks to Utah’s strict social media laws “absolutely” led to a judge’s dismissal of a portion of the legal challenge to them.

The Utah State Board of Education will send out a list by Aug. 5 of any books that need to be removed from public schools statewide under the new law.

The new rules officially broaden the interpretation of Title IX to include gay and transgender students. The changes conflict with Utah’s new bathroom access law and have already prompted the state to sue.

Voters have until Jan. 9 to declare their party ahead of the 2024 primary elections.

The initiative is asking voters to take the pricing and distribution of liquor, beer and wine out of state hands and privatize the industry.

Utah OB-GYNs are now trying to resolve what their world looks like in a post-Roe shifting legal landscape.