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House narrows personalized-plate restrictions, citing free-speech limits; bill passes 58–8
Summary
HB186 rewrites limits on personalized license plates to adopt specific, viewpoint-neutral prohibitions (no profanity, slurs, obscenity, indecency, references to intoxicants or illegal activity). Sponsors argued the language reduces vagueness; opponents warned about hate-speech implications; the House approved the measure 58–8.
Representative Thurston presented HB186 to replace broad language about 'good taste and decency' with specific prohibitions (profanity, slurs, obscenity, indecency), bar references to intoxicants, illegal narcotics and organized criminal activity, and to require viewpoint-neutral standards. Thurston…
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