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Utah House defeats compromise distracted-driving bill after hours of debate
Summary
Lawmakers debated a compromise distracted-driving measure that listed phone use, grooming and other behaviors as secondary offenses; after multiple amendments the First Substitute to HB 67 failed 27–44, with critics saying the list was too broad and supporters arguing it would help save lives.
Salt Lake City — After nearly two hours of debate and a string of amendments, the Utah House on Feb. 4 rejected a compromise distracted-driving measure, First Substitute House Bill 67.
Representative Holdaway, the bill’s sponsor, framed the legislation as a limited, secondary-offense tool to address a growing road-safety problem. “That was the number of people that died as a result of distracted driving in 1997,” he said during his remarks, citing figures he offered while urging the chamber to act. The bill…
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