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Senate advances primary seat-belt enforcement bill after heated debate, adds three-year sunset
Summary
The Utah Senate amended and advanced a bill to change seat-belt enforcement from secondary to primary and to require a three-year evaluation, moving the measure to third reading after a 16–12 vote. Supporters cited lives saved and lower societal costs; opponents raised personal-liberty concerns.
The Utah State Senate on the floor advanced Senate Bill 36, which would make seat-belt enforcement a primary offense, by a roll-call vote that moved the measure to third reading.
The bill’s sponsor, Senator Chris Jones, described the amendment that names the bill for Nicholas Good and includes a sunset and evaluation requirement: lawmakers added language directing the Transportation Interim Committee to examine "the effectiveness of the primary safety belt requirement" and set a technical sunset date of July 1, 2010, so the provision…
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