The National Federation of Independent Businesses has released its report on the voting records of Utah lawmakers. The results give the state’s Legislature a claim to being the most pro-small-business state in the nation, the NFIB said.
At the end of every two-year legislative session, the NFIB releases the report. This year’s record measured every lawmaker’s vote on seven issues of small-business importance taken during the 2021-2022 session of the Utah State Legislature.
“Our voting records have one purpose, and that is to show the true friends of small business from those who merely claim to be,” said Casey Hill, NFIB’s Utah state director. “It makes me proud to report that Utah’s friends of small business have a great starting lineup and a deep bench. I think we can rightly claim to be the most Main Street-friendly state in the nation.”
Fourteen Utah state senators and 36 representatives scored perfect voting records in the NFIB survey. Another nine senators and 18 representatives racked up voting records above 80 percent. The lowest senator score was 71 percent and the lowest representative score was 43 percent.
“When 74 percent of entire legislature has pro-small-business voting records of 80 percent or above, I believe any other state would be hard-pressed to match or beat that,” said Hill.