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Senate advances bill to change highway-patrol uniform allowance and procurement; requests $250,000 appropriation
Summary
Senate Bill 25, introduced by Senator Evans, would change how the state provides and budgets for uniforms for the Utah Highway Patrol, allow centralized contracting for cleaning and provisioning, and includes a $250,000 appropriation request; the Senate voted to advance the bill to third reading.
Senator Evans introduced and described Senate Bill 25 on the floor, saying the measure would revise how the state supplies uniforms for the Utah Highway Patrol and add funding to reduce out-of-pocket costs for troopers. He told colleagues the annual cost of outfitting a trooper is about $809 — while the current allotment amounts to roughly $520 per year — and argued the gap burdens patrol members and hurts retention.
"The cost…
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