Voting Record
Stuart Adams
Trip to Qatar (2022)
Qatar-Funded World Cup Trip — Foreign Influence
▶Accepted a trip to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, paid for by the Qatari government — a foreign government funded a luxury trip for Utah’s most powerful state legislator
Child Sex Crime Law
Alleged Influence Over Criminal Law for Family Benefit
▶Pushed to change Utah law when his own family faced serious criminal charges involving sexual activity with a 13-year-old child
▶His granddaughter was arrested in April 2023; the new law was tailored to apply a lesser charge to 18-year-old high school students
▶Shielded his family from accountability by leveraging his position as Senate President
HB 386 (2026)
Immigration — Blocked Benefits Restriction Bill
⚠ LEADERSHIP INACTION — Refused to schedule / allow to advance
▶Refused to take up HB 386, which would have restricted illegal immigrant access to taxpayer-funded benefits
▶Used his leadership position to make Utah a magnet for illegal immigrants — allowed illegal immigrants to continue to receive taxpayer-funded benefits
HB 0078 (Film Subsidies)
Hollywood Tax Credits
▶Voted for film subsidies benefiting woke film companies
US-89 Land Deal (2025)
UDOT Self-Dealing — $3.9 Million Land Deal
▶Negotiated directly with the Utah government to rake in nearly $4 million in taxpayer money on a shady land deal involving his personal company
▶UDOT originally planned a much smaller purchase (~$1.3M) — after negotiations involving Adams, the deal tripled to $3.9 million
▶Adams oversaw the same government he was negotiating with
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