IMMEDIATE ACTION on HB529: Food Shopping History Requirements; UPDATES on Other Bills

Dear Friends,

We need IMMEDIATE ACTION on

HB529: Food Shopping History Requirements.

Action NOW through Tuesday, 2.28.23!

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The final week of the session is the most dangerous, because bills are flying everywhere and legislators are overwhelmed. They need you to draw their attention to important items, or things may get passed without anyone realizing what's happened.

Stay with us for one more week! It ends Friday, March 3, at midnight!

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ACTION now through Tuesday 2.28.2023!

SAMPLE EMAIL (Please: Use your own words. Proofread. Be brief, polite, and factual. Stay on tone and on message.)

Subject Line: Please vote NO on HB529 Food Shopping History Requirements

Body

SAMPLE OPTION ONE:

Dear Representative___________,

Please vote NO on HB529 Food Shopping History Requirements.

Thank you,

[Your Name]

[Your City]

Body

SAMPLE OPTION TWO:

(Using your own words, using any of the talking points below):

Dear Representative _____________,

Please vote NO on HB529.

While I understand the language of the bill and the stated intent, I am also painfully aware of abuse of power by the both the executive and the health departments over the past few years. Let's not further blur the lines between the public and private sectors--compromising personal data privacy in the bargain. Instead, now is the time to deepen the divide between the public and private sectors, and to bolster protections for personal privacy in the marketplace.

Thank you for working to protect our freedom and privacy!

Sincerely,

[Your Name]

[Your City]

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Please email your own Utah State House Representative first. (le.utah.gov > scroll to "Find Your Legislator" --to the right of "Quick Links").

If you have time, you can work through the others, below.

Email addresses (first initial with last name). Individual emails would be awesome, if you can do that.

nabbott@le.utah.gov

bbolinder@le.utah.gov

jcobb@le.utah.gov

cjack@le.utah.gov

tlee@le.utah.gov

cmusselman@le.utah.gov

jrohner@le.utah.gov

jteuscher@le.utah.gov

bradwilson@le.utah.gov

karilisonbee@le.utah.gov

mpetersen@le.utah.gov

mikeschultz@le.utah.gov

carlalbrecht@le.utah.gov

kpeterson@le.utah.gov

scottchew@le.utah.gov

plyman@le.utah.gov

tpeterson@le.utah.gov

kstratton@le.utah.gov

swhyte@le.utah.gov

kbirkeland@le.utah.gov

tclancy@le.utah.gov

kivory@le.utah.gov

jkyle@le.utah.gov

jeffersonmoss@le.utah.gov

cpierucci@le.utah.gov

mstrong@le.utah.gov

ryanwilcox@le.utah.gov

kchristofferson@le.utah.gov

csnider@le.utah.gov

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Background/Talking Points

Yes, this bill is very carefully drafted to take into account personal privacy concerns and voluntary participation. However, "voluntary" in state code is one step away from "mandatory." Government access to private shopping histories should not be in code at all.

We have recent, very painful examples of executive and agency suspension of personal and business permissions, under "emergency authority."

And, despite the usual assurances that the data will be very carefully protected, we know that the Utah Department of Health has a history of sharing data with the University of Utah, and others, for research purposes. And, since there are Uniformed Federal Public Health Officers working in the Utah Department of Health and Human Services, we must ask whether that data will be accessible by the Federal government. Furthermore, the Utah Department of Health and the University of Utah have a history of data breaches (see flier, below). There is no database that is "breach-proof." The bigger the database, the more likely it is to be breached, and the more personal data will be lost.

This bill leans the wrong direction. In the ESG/social credit score age we need to be quickly moving toward LESS data sharing, not more.

Listen to the audio of the committee hearing here.

BILL UPDATES

Senator Kirk Cullimore is running an excellent bill (SB171) to give doctors latitude to heal patients, rather than being confined solely to "standard of care." This bill passed the final senate vote with 28 yes votes, 0 no votes, and 2 absent. It is now in the House! Representative Karianne Lisonbee will carry it through the House! One committee and one floor vote to go!

Senator Mike Kennedy is the floor sponsor for House Bill 131 Vaccine Passport Prohibition (Walt Brooks)

This bill is in "fiscal note jail" until Tuesday. There is every reason to believe it will be funded and passed (Senate 3rd readings) before the end of the session on Friday, March 3, at midnight.

We are very grateful to these legislators and several others who have been rockstars this session, on many fronts!

Thanks to you all for all your hard work during this session!

You're amazing and loved!

Sincerely,

Kristen Chevrier

Director, Your Health Freedom Utah

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