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House passes compromise distracted-driving bill preserving limited single‑touch phone use
Summary
The Utah House approved Second Substitute H.B. 63, a compromise distracted‑driver measure that preserves single‑touch answer/hang‑up and certain voice‑activated functions while prohibiting manual dialing and texting; the measure passed 65–7 and moves to the Senate.
The Utah House on Feb. 27 passed Second Substitute H.B. 63, a distracted‑driving measure that preserves limited single‑touch phone use and voice‑activated functions while retaining prohibitions on manual dialing and texting. Representative Andrade, the bill sponsor, described the text as a negotiated compromise with the Senate sponsor and affected families.
"We think we've struck a compromise such that…
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