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Senate narrows personalized license-plate ban, passes SB97 after amendment
Summary
After debate and competing substitute motions, the Utah Senate amended and passed Senate Bill 97 to limit the state's refusal authority over personalized license plates to groups rather than individuals, then approved the bill 20–7 with 2 absent and sent it to the House.
The Utah State Senate on Day 23 approved Senate Bill 97, a measure changing how the Motor Vehicle Division and Tax Commission may refuse personalized license-plate applications, after adopting an amendment that narrowed the bill’s reach.
Senator Luz Escamilla, sponsor of the original measure, reintroduced the bill (SB97) and said the change responds to concerns the Tax Commission raised about derogatory or disparaging specialty plates. Escamilla said the intent is to give the commission clearer standards for when a plate may be denied.
Senator Harper moved a substitute that would…
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