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Senate splits children rule from animal-transport measure; public-safety testimony cited
Summary
Senate debate on Senate Bill 46 focused on animal transport in open vehicles and a proposed amendment to bar children under 14 from riding in pickup beds. Law enforcement and the Utah Humane Society testified; senators voted to separate the children provision into a different bill.
Senate Bill 46, originally focused on the transportation of animals in vehicles, drew extended testimony and a contentious floor amendment that would have prohibited children under 14 from riding in open pickup beds on highways.
Senator Howe led floor action to take the bill into Committee of the Whole for testimony. A Utah Highway Patrol sergeant testified to public-safety incidents involving animals and children in pickup beds,…
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