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Senate amends and passes bill exempting secondhand stores from pawn‑shop fingerprinting requirements
Summary
Senators adopted an amendment removing driving‑privilege cards as acceptable identification and passed House Bill 348 to exempt secondhand stores from pawn‑shop fingerprinting and holding‑period rules, citing regulatory cost burdens on small businesses.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Senate amended and passed House Bill 348, which exempts secondhand retail stores from certain pawn‑shop regulatory requirements including mandatory fingerprinting and extended holding periods.
Senator Henderson, who presented the bill, said the pawn‑shop fingerprinting requirement and associated database obligation do not fit the nature of secondhand stores and impose substantial costs on small-business owners — he cited compliance estimates of about $300 per store annually and gave an example of a multi‑store owner paying thousands a year to comply.
Senator Bramble offered a friendly amendment to remove language that would have allowed a driving-privilege card to serve as acceptable identification; Bramble read from state statute during the floor explanation and argued the amendment was needed to avoid conflict with existing law (cited on the floor as statute numbered in transcript as '53 3 2 0 7 10'). The amendment passed without recorded opposition, and the bill was adopted under suspension of the rules. The Senate clerk announced the bill had received a majority of ayes and would be returned to the House for signature.
What’s next: The bill will go back to the House for the speaker’s signature and then to the governor as required.
