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House approves optional driver's‑license emergency contact database
Summary
Lawmakers passed HB 21 to allow drivers to register up to two emergency contacts with the DMV; the optional database is intended to speed family notifications after crashes and was passed 62–7.
The Utah House on Jan. 24 approved an optional emergency contact database enabling drivers to provide up to two people to be notified if they are seriously injured in a crash or otherwise unable to communicate.
Representative Polson, sponsor of HB 21, said the measure was suggested by a constituent and modeled on programs adopted by other states. He cited Ohio and New Jersey examples and…
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