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House approves repeal of many mandatory post-arrest license suspensions for non-driving drug offenses
Utah House of Representatives · February 8, 2018
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Summary
HB144 removes mandatory driver's-license suspensions for many drug-related offenses that did not involve driving, aiming to reduce barriers to employment and reentry; sponsor cited evidence that suspensions do not deter drug crime and asked the House to allow the Driver License Division discretion.
Representative Malloy introduced House Bill 144, recounting that the 1991 law responded to a federal condition on highway funding and currently requires driver's-license suspensions even for non-driving drug offenses. The sponsor argued the policy disproportionately harms…
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