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House passes bill repealing most mandatory vehicle safety inspections after heated debate
Summary
The Utah House passed House Bill 265, which removes mandatory safety inspections for most passenger vehicles while keeping commercial inspections. Sponsors cited declining inspection-detected vehicle-failure fatalities and $25 million in annual savings; opponents warned inspections prevent deaths and offered crash investigations as evidence. The bill passed 45–29 and will go to the Senate.
The Utah House voted 45–29 on Feb. 16 to approve House Bill 265, a bill that removes the mandatory vehicle safety inspection requirement for most passenger vehicles while retaining inspections for commercial vehicles and other limited categories.
The bill’s sponsor, Representative McKay, said modern vehicle safety and market behavior have reduced the safety benefit of mandatory inspections. “By repealing mandatory vehicle inspections, we will see no fiscal impact to the state budget, and we'll be putting $25,000,000 back into the pockets of our constituents,” McKay said during his presentation. He and…
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