Ken Ivory

Ivory was elected to the Utah House of Representatives in November 2010 and assumed office on January 1, 2011. He left office in August 2019 to take a position with the Utah-based corporation, Geomancer.{{cite web |title=Utah Rep. Ken Ivory resigns his public post to accept new job |url=https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2019/08/16/utah-rep-ken-ivory/ |access-date=August 22, 2019 |publisher=Salt Lake Tribune |location=Salt Lake City, Utah}} In November 2021, Ivory was re-appointed to his old seat in the House after Steve Christiansen resigned.{{Cite web |title=He’s back! Former Rep. Ken Ivory will return to the Utah Legislature |url=https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2021/11/15/hes-back-former-rep-ken/ |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=The Salt Lake Tribune |language=en-US}}

During the 2016 legislative session, Ivory served on the Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environmental Quality Appropriations Subcommittee, the House Public Utilities (which he was the chair), the House Revenue and Taxation Committee, and the House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee. During the interim, Ivory serves on the Revenue and Taxation Interim Committee, and the Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Interim Committee. He is also a member of the Commission for the Stewardship of Public Lands, Commission on Federalism and the Federal Funds Commission.{{cite web|url=http://le.utah.gov/house2/detail.jsp?i=IVORYK|title=Ken Ivory|publisher=Utah House of Representatives|location=Salt Lake City, Utah|access-date=April 10, 2016|archive-date=January 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128230651/http://le.utah.gov/house2/detail.jsp?i=IVORYK|url-status=dead}}

Representative Ivory is a strong supporter of states' rights and has frequently advocated for Utah to gain control of federal lands. In 2012, Ivory sponsored HB 148, the Utah Transfer of Public Lands Act, which asserted that the federal government must grant federal land to the state of Utah.

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|title= Ken Ivory: Here is why Utah should acquire its federal lands |publisher= Deseret News |location= Salt Lake City, Utah |access-date= April 10, 2014 |date=2012-03-11 }} Though the bill was signed into law in 2012, federal lands have remained in control of the United States Department of the Interior.{{cite news |date=2014-12-03 |title=Utah to seize own land from government, challenge federal dominance of Western states : 'Transfer of Public Lands Act' demands Washington relinquish 31.2 million acres by Dec. 31 |work=Washington Times |url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/3/utah-to-seize-own-land-from-government-challenge-f/ |access-date=2014-12-07}}

Since the federal lands have not been relinquished to Utah, in December 2015 the state legislature has voted to pursue a lawsuit against the federal government.{{cite news |last1=McCombs |first1=Brady |title=Utah to pursue lawsuit to seize control of federal lands |publisher=Associated Press |date=2015-12-09 |url-status=dead |language=en |location=Salt Lake City |url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ea3be26f608d4f339e6222bf577ad68b/utah-pursue-lawsuit-seize-control-federal-lands |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321232146/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ea3be26f608d4f339e6222bf577ad68b/utah-pursue-lawsuit-seize-control-federal-lands |archive-date=2016-03-21}}

Ivory is the president of Ivory Law and the American Lands Council.{{cite web |title=2014 Conflict of Interest and Financial Disclosure for Ken Ivory |url=http://le.utah.gov/house2/CofI/ivoryk.pdf |access-date=May 12, 2014 |publisher=Utah House of Representatives |location=Salt Lake City, Utah}}{{cite web |title=Ken Ivory |url=http://le.utah.gov/house2/detail.jsp?i=IVORYK |access-date=May 12, 2014 |publisher=Utah House of Representatives |location=Salt Lake City, Utah |archive-date=January 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128230651/http://le.utah.gov/house2/detail.jsp?i=IVORYK |url-status=dead }} ALC is a non-profit organization that promotes measures to assist states assuming control of federal lands within state's boundaries. Ivory and ALC have been the subject of complaints filed with Utah's attorney general, citing Ivory's conflict of interest for writing legislation to benefit ALC while he was a sitting legislator {{cite web |title=The American Lands Council Is Led By Elected Officials Who Blur The Line Between Lobbyist And Legislator |location=Washington, D.C.|url= https://moneytrails.org/issue/the-american-lands-council/ |access-date=Dec 27, 2022 |publisher= Western Values Project/Accountable.us}}

In the 2022 General Session of Utah Legislature, Rep. Ken Ivory was chief sponsor of a Bill intended to protect public school children from various materials found in books or other instructional materials that may be considered offensive.{{cite web |title=Sensitive Materials in Schools Bill|url=https://le.utah.gov/interim/2022/pdf/00004087.pdf |access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=Utah House of Representatives |location=Salt Lake City, Utah}}

HB374, sponsored by Rep. Ken Ivory and R-West Jordan, defines “sensitive material” as instructional materials that are pornographic or indecent, colloquially referred to as the “bright line” rule in state code.{{cite web |title=Somebody wants the Bible Removed from Schools|url=https://www.deseret.com/utah/2023/3/20/23645183/library-book-challenge-bible-davis-county-schools#:~:text=HB374%2C%20sponsored%20by%20Rep.%20Ken%20Ivory%2C%20R-West%20Jordan%2C,as%20the%20%E2%80%9Cbright%20line%E2%80%9D%20rule%20in%20state%20code.|access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=Deseret News|location=Salt Lake City, Utah}} Shortly after passage of the Bill, a parent of a school-aged child challenged the law, noting that the Holy Bible contained vulgar, sexual and violent content and should, therefore, be likewise removed from public schools.{{cite web |title=A Utah parent says the Bible contains porn|url=https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2023/03/22/utah-parent-says-bible-contains/|access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=The Salt Lake Tribune|location=Salt Lake City, Utah}} Based on the merits of the challenge, at least one school district has chosen to remove the Bible from their elementary and middle school’s libraries.{{cite web |title=Utah District bans Bivble in elementary and middle schools|url=https://apnews.com/article/book-ban-school-library-bible-fc025c8ccf30e955aaf0b0ee1899608a|access-date=June 30, 2023 |publisher=AP News|location=New York, NY}}

• 2022: Ivory won the race for District 39 in the November 8 general election.{{Cite web |title=Ken Ivory-Ballotpedia |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Ken_Ivory |access-date=December 27, 2022}}
• 2014: Ivory was unopposed for the 2014 Republican Convention and won the November 4, 2014 General election with 4,634 votes (65.8%) against Democratic nominee Alena M. Balmforth.{{Cite web |title=2014 Election results |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Utah_House_of_Representatives_District_47 |access-date=April 11, 2016 |website=Ballotpedia}}
• 2012: Ivory was unopposed for the June 26, 2012 Republican Primary{{cite web |title=2012 Primary Canvass Reports |url=http://elections.utah.gov/Media/Default/Documents/Election_Results/Primary/2012%20Primary%20Canvass%20Reports.xlsx |access-date=February 4, 2014 |publisher=Lieutenant Governor of Utah |location=Salt Lake City, Utah |archive-date=March 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304164607/http://elections.utah.gov/Media/Default/Documents/Election_Results/Primary/2012%20Primary%20Canvass%20Reports.xlsx |url-status=dead }} and won the three-way November 6, 2012 General election with 7,354 votes (62.5%) against Democratic nominee Joseph Huey and Libertarian candidate Chase Lantis.{{cite web |title=2012 General Canvass Report |url=http://elections.utah.gov/Media/Default/2012%20Canvass/2012%20General%20Canvass%20Report.xls |access-date=February 4, 2014 |publisher=Lieutenant Governor of Utah |location=Salt Lake City, Utah |archive-date=March 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304164434/http://elections.utah.gov/Media/Default/2012%20Canvass/2012%20General%20Canvass%20Report.xls |url-status=dead }}
• 2010: Ivory challenged District 47 incumbent Republican Representative Steven Mascaro and was chosen by the Republican convention for the November 2, 2010 General election; Ivory won with 4,384 votes (61%) against Democratic nominee John Rendell.{{cite web |title=2010 General Election Results |url=http://elections.utah.gov/Media/Default/Documents/Election_Results/General/2010Gen.xls |access-date=February 4, 2014 |publisher=Lieutenant Governor of Utah |location=Salt Lake City, Utah |archive-date=March 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304164608/http://elections.utah.gov/Media/Default/Documents/Election_Results/General/2010Gen.xls |url-status=dead }}

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• [http://le.utah.gov/house2/detail.jsp?i=IVORYK Official page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128230651/http://le.utah.gov/house2/detail.jsp?i=IVORYK |date=January 28, 2017 }} at the Utah State Legislature
• [http://voteivory.com/ Campaign site]

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• [http://ballotpedia.org/Ken_Ivory Ken Ivory] at Ballotpedia
• [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/uniquecandidate.phtml?uc=141300 Ken Ivory] at the National Institute on Money in State Politics
• [https://moneytrails.org/issue/the-american-lands-council/ The American Lands Council] at webpage www.moneytrails.org

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