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Senate amends driver-reporting bill after floor debate over medication warnings and anonymity
Summary
Senate discussion of SB14 — which would permit citizens to report unsafe drivers and creates a Class B misdemeanor for fraudulent reports — produced an adopted amendment deleting wording that would have required people to refrain from driving until medical clarification; bill was circled for later action.
Salt Lake City — Senators debated Senate Bill 14 at length on Jan. 28, focusing on how the measure would require citizens to report continuing medical impairments and add criminal penalties for fraudulent or harassing reports to the driver’s license bureau.
Senator Peterson, the sponsor, said the bill “brings us into conformance somewhat … with 40 other states” and adds a Class B misdemeanor for knowingly false or harassing reports. She explained the…
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