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Senate advances first-substitute SB 109 after heated debate over primary seat-belt enforcement
Summary
After extended debate over policing, personal freedom and child safety, the Senate advanced the first substitute to SB 109 (seat-belt enforcement) by a roll-call vote of 16–10; sponsors cited higher compliance in primary-enforcement states and child-safety concerns.
The Utah Senate on Feb. 11 advanced the first substitute to Senate Bill 109, a measure to expand primary enforcement of the state's seat-belt law, after an extended floor debate that centered on enforcement burdens and public-safety arguments.
Senator Hill (sponsor/explainer) described the measure as focusing on primary seat-belt enforcement to improve safety, citing studies and state surveys that show large urban/rural disparities in seat-belt usage. Hill said that, in…
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