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Senate tightens rule for driving-privilege cards after safety concerns
Summary
Senators adopted an amendment to House Bill 171 requiring driving-privilege cards be mailed to a verified address, closing a loophole where applicants left with temporary paper slips; the amended bill passed 26–0 with three absent.
The Utah Senate amended and passed House Bill 171, tightening procedures for the state's driving-privilege card program after senators described cases of individuals driving with temporary paper receipts instead of laminated cards.
Senator Matson, who moved Amendment No. 1, said the change “tightens up that loophole” after a constituent was killed by a driver who possessed only a temporary slip rather than a completed, mailed card. In…
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