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Utah House Rejects Bill Letting School Districts Sell Ads on Buses after Safety Debate
Summary
After heated floor debate about safety, visual clutter, and local control, the Utah House voted 44–27 to reject House Bill 199, which would have let local school boards sell advertising space on the exterior of school buses with some content restrictions.
House Bill 199, which would have allowed local school boards and charter-school governing boards to sell advertising space on the exterior of school buses, failed in the Utah House on Jan. 31 after extended debate about child safety, distracted drivers, community standards and First Amendment risks.
Representative Nadine Byrd, the bill’s sponsor, told the House the proposal was meant to give local districts a revenue tool and stressed safety limits in the text. “We’re not allowing advertisements on the back of the buses where the lights flash,” Byrd said, adding the bill also prohibits alcohol, tobacco and sexually explicit material and removes political candidates from…
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