In their 2008 Grading the States report, the non-partisan Pew Research Center named Utah the Best Managed State in the Nation. Not only that, but Utah is recognized as a low corruption state; any claims to the contrary are only measuring the number of ethics rules in Utah government, not the actual behavior of lawmakers. Good government and ethical government go hand in hand.

Utahns should oppose the "Government Ethics Reform" initiative, and support the Utah state legislature's actions to update their processes to uphold the highest standard of ethical conduct.

The state of ethics legislation in Utah:

Legislative Rules 2008(see Table of Contents - Joint Rules Chapter 6 [JR6] establishes Ethics Rules)

Ethics laws as of 2008 [Summary] [Complete]

New ethics laws passed in 2009

Interim Ethics Committee

Ethics reform bills for Ytah's 2010 legislative session: [HJR008] [SJR003]. Also, see News Articles for updates.