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House rejects bill to allow impoundment of uninsured vehicles after database process fails to allay concerns
Summary
House Bill 115, which would have allowed police to impound vehicles shown as uninsured after a multi-step database notice process, was defeated 30–41 following sustained floor debate about database lag, error rates and the risk of wrongful impounds.
The Utah House voted down House Bill 115 on Feb. 17, rejecting a proposal to permit impoundment of motor vehicles that the state’s insurance-registration database indicates are uninsured after required notice periods.
Representative Buckner, sponsor of the bill, framed it as an enforcement tool to support existing insurance requirements. He cited a database audit figure of roughly 98% accuracy and said that with 1.5 million registered vehicles and a 10–11% uninsured rate, there are…
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