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Senate tightens rules for driving-privilege card, adds fingerprinting and background checks
Summary
Lawmakers approved a substitute for SB138 that keeps the driving-privilege card but requires fingerprint background checks (BCI and FBI), raises fees, and mandates reporting of felony convictions and outstanding warrants for applicants; the measure passed after extended debate about identification and public-safety trade-offs.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Senate on March 3 approved a revised Senate Bill 138 that strengthens vetting for the state’s driving-privilege card rather than repealing the card outright.
Senator Bramble, who moved the second substitute, described the change as a way to strengthen identification and law-enforcement databases without eliminating the card’s public-safety benefits. “What this substitute bill does is it provides a mechanism for a fingerprint background check for those individuals that would apply for a driving privilege card or apply for a renewal,” Bramble said, adding the check would be…
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