2026 HJR 14 - Voted Yes. This bill would amend the Utah Constitution to require that statewide ballot initiatives that propose new taxes or tax increases receive at least 60% approval to pass. It is a direct response to the passage of Prop 4, aimed at restricting the right of the people to petition an unresponsive legislature through future ballot initiatives.

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2026 28 - Voted No. This bill would allow registered voters assisting with emergencies on election day to cast an electronic ballot if the area affected by the emergency is located outside the voter’s county of residence.

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2026 HB 261 - Voted Yes. This bill broadly prohibits “diversity, equity, and inclusion” statements based on “prohibited discriminatory practices” in state and local government entities, including public higher education institutions.

 

2025 HB 209 - Voted Yes. This amendment attempted to simplify homeschooling by removing affidavit requirements, including criminal background attestations. Opponents felt the bill protected potentially problematic parents (e.g., those with child abuse convictions) rather than the child, fearing it removed crucial safeguards.

 

2025 HB 267 - Voted Yes. This bill would've banned collective bargaining by public employee unions, preventing teachers, police, firemen, and other government workers from petitioning for better wages and workplace conditions.

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2024 HB 29 - Voted Yes. This bill allows for the statewide ban of books determined to contain “objective sensitive material” by just three school districts or two school districts and five charter schools. Opponents argue that this promotes partisan censorship in public schools by unelected officials.

 

2024 HB 303 - Voted Yes. This bill would've banned the "woke curriculum", restricting teachers from introducing the diverse perspectives that exist on gender, sexuality, race, religion, and politics in the classroom. Education advocates worried the bills vague language limited academic freedom, violated the 1st Amendment, discouraged inclusivity, and would lead to subjective enforcement.

 

2024 HB 290 - Voted Yes. This bill would have ended the ability of localities to implement Ranked Choice Voting. RCV helps voters choose the best candidate in elections, undermining the two-party system by allowing voters to rank all the candidates in an election from favorite to least favorite, with their vote automatically transferring to their next favorite candidate if their first favorite candidate cannot secure the votes required to win.

 

2024 HB 261 - Voted Yes. This bill would have taken away the right of the unhoused to possess a firearm in a homeless shelter, in direct violation of the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution.

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2020 HB 271 - Voted Yes. This bill would have taken away the right of the unhoused to possess a firearm in a homeless shelter, in direct violation of the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution.

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2021 HB 102 - Voted No. This bill, signed into law 3/16/21, provided continuation of contraceptive care to inmates.

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2021 HB 31 - Voted No. This bill would have created a workgroup to study issues related to unaccompanied minors in autonomous vehicles.

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2021 HB 18 - Voted No originally. This bill, signed into law 3/17/21, extended the time for a driver's ed learner's permit from 12 to 18 months, removed unnecessary additional monitored ours, and changed the terminology from gender to sex for conformity with ID cards. Originally voted no when it was to change terminology from sex to gender.

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2020 SJR 12 - Voted No. This is simply a resolution asking for a repository of ordinances for diversion rate & reuse of construction materials and make recommendations to local governing bodies about potential ordinances. Voting against means let's *not* get them all in a single easily-found place for construction companies, or maybe just not making recommendations. 

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2020 SB 248 - Voted No. This bill, signed into law 3/28/20, allows time served in jail to count toward probation.

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2020 SB 213 - Voted No. This bill, signed into law 3/30/20, allows hospitals to develop sepsis protocols and gives guidance on using current evidence-based guidelines to create those protocols. Additionally gives the department of health the right to request a copy of the sepsis protocols during an inspection.

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2020 SB 198 - Voted No. This bill would have required substitute teachers hired through temp agencies to complete a training program for the district in which they're subbing, including code of ethics or code of conduct training. Excluded small counties, as they are often not relying on temp agencies.

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2020 SB 183 - Voted No. This bill, signed into law 3/30/20, limited the ability for HOAs to foreclose on a property - allowing it if the homeowner had not paid their assessed fees, but not if the homeowner had not paid HOA-instituted fines. It also provided a homeowner a chance to argue their case through the judicial process, rather than a non-judicial foreclosure.

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2020 SB 118 - Voted No. This bill, signed into law 3/28/20, expanded the Industrial Assistance Account to cover not only conferences, but festivals of over 10,000 people.

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2020 SB 83 - Voted No on Amendment 5. This bill, signed into law 3/28/20, gave access to certain voting information to political parties to allow caucuses to work correctly. This amendment, specifically, made it so government officials could not be exempted simply because they were government officials.

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2020 HB 5007 - Voted No. This bill, signed into law 6/25/20, banned choke hold usage by police officers.

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2020 HB 431 - Voted No. This bill, signed into law 3/30/20, extended energy efficiency rebates to end-use customers on new builds when regulations or standards are changed after the build is planned.

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2020 HB 349 - Voted No. This bill, signed into law 3/24/20, made it so insurance companies couldn't deny coverage or charge a higher premium based on an individual donating an organ.

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2020 HB 348 - Voted No. This bill, signed into law 3/24/20, closed a loophole where insurance agents didn't need a business license from a city.

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2020 HB 283 - Voted No. This bill, signed into law 3/28/20, created the Utah Outdoor Adventure Commission, designed to be a short-term (expiring in 2025) commission to create a strategy to preserve our recreational areas clean and keep our state beautiful and appealing for outdoor enthusiasts.

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2020 HB 262 - Voted No. This bill, signed into law 3/30/20, simply made it so juveniles under 12 years old would not be prosecuted unless a crime was severe (e.g. murder) or rehabilitation attempts failed. Example: A 5 year old taking a package from a neighbor's porch could be criminally prosecuted, instead of being told why we don't do that. Shipp voted "no", meaning he was more interested in prosecuting / jailing kids than in rehabilitating.

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2020 HB 222 - Voted No. This bill, signed into law 3/24/20, requires schools that take part in the National School Lunch Program to also participate in the School Breakfast Program

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2020 HB 108 - Voted No. This bill, signed into law 3/30/20, allows schools to hire medical specialists at a market rate for the specialty.

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2020 HB 236 - Voted No. This bill would have given schools a standardized opportunity to request safety issues on bus routes be addressed. No requirement that a city, county, UDOT, etc. do anything with the request - it just opens up an avenue of communication when a bus route has an issue.

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2020 HB 88 - Voted No. This bill would have required public schools to test their drinking fountains for lead regularly.

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2020 HB 377 - Voted Yes. This bill, signed into law 3/28/20, made it so Title X grants from the federal government were prioritized away from any organizations that provided healthcare services to low income areas if those healthcare services didn't provide family planning services or didn't "emphasize the health and viability of the fetus" - in essence, away from any organizations that treated abortion as a viable option.

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2020 HB 364 - Voted Yes. This bill would have made getting an abortion significantly more traumatic for a person by forcing them to see ultrasounds, hear "heartbeats", and hear the current dimensions of a fetus at least 72 hours before getting abortion care.

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2020 SB 174 - This bill bans abortion in most instances. Rep. Shipp voted against making the penalty an "infraction" instead of a "second degree felony." Doing so would have made it so someone who attempted an abortion at home and had a complication could seek medical care without risk of being imprisoned for 1-15 years. Then voted against an amendment that would have removed the requirement of a physician to validate with law enforcement that an illegal act (rape, etc.) was reported. This makes it so a woman could not go for an abortion after a rape if she did not file a police report on the rape, and a physician could not take her word for it that she reported. He then voted to make abortion illegal after implantation.