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House approves bill to let some off-highway vehicles become "street legal" with safety and road limits
Summary
After hours of debate and an insurance-safety amendment, the Utah House passed substitute Senate Bill 181 to allow certain off-highway vehicles to be registered for limited street use, with a 45 mph cap and local opt-in rules; the bill was returned to the Senate.
The Utah House on the floor approved substitute Senate Bill 181, a measure that would let some off-highway vehicles (OHVs) be registered as street-legal under specified safety and local-access limits, after members adopted an amendment requested by insurers and motor-vehicle regulators.
Representative Noel, the House sponsor, told colleagues the change is the product of several years of work and broad stakeholder support, saying the measure “just makes an OHV ... a street legal vehicle” in targeted circumstances and that the bill has backing from the Utah Association of Counties, law-enforcement groups and industry stakeholders.
Why it matters: The bill would let owners of certain dual-sport motorcycles, ATVs and similar vehicles register…
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