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House advances school‑zone safety review after amendment to cut speeds is withdrawn
Summary
Lawmakers debated Representative Nielsen’s proposal to cut school‑zone limits to 15 mph before Nielsen withdrew the amendment and asked for a summer study; members raised fiscal, signage and enforcement concerns. The underlying bill, as amended, passed and will be sent to the Senate.
The Utah House on the floor considered an amendment to House Bill 22 that would have lowered school‑zone speed limits to 15 miles per hour but the sponsor withdrew the change after floor debate, asking instead that the issue be studied over the summer.
Representative Nielsen proposed the lower limit, saying it would “have a measurable difference on the…
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