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Senate advances bill to limit municipal decriminalization of traffic offenses
Summary
After extended floor debate over due process and revenue, the Utah Senate advanced Senate Bill 240 to third reading; the bill limits cities’ ability to decriminalize certain traffic offenses and creates a task force to study the practice, with Salt Lake and West Valley City agreeing to reimburse projected fiscal shortfalls.
Senate Bill 240, a measure addressing local decriminalization of traffic offenses, passed to third reading following floor discussion about public-safety and fiscal impacts.
Sponsor Senator Hilliard said the bill responds to initiatives in West Valley City and Salt Lake City that had converted some traffic offenses to civil administrative processes. He said the bill’s first and third sections would pause new…
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