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House passes School Zone Safety Act, funds signage and sets tiered fines
Summary
The Utah House unanimously passed House Bill 32, the School Zone Safety Act, establishing standardized school-zone signage and warning lights, creating local traffic-safety committees and appropriating $500,000 from the general fund for signage; the bill sets tiered fines and was transmitted to the Senate after a 69–0 vote.
The Utah House of Representatives on the morning floor voted 69–0 to approve House Bill 32, the School Zone Safety Act, which standardizes school-zone boundaries and warning systems, mandates crossing guards in elementary crossing zones with flashing lights and creates local traffic-safety committees.
Sponsor Representative Mike Wadhams told colleagues the measure is the product of two years of work with cities, counties, law enforcement, school districts and parent-teacher groups. "We're killing children at an alarming rate," Wadhams said when describing recent local crashes and urging adoption. He read…
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