But it’s important to penalize the underlying action, not the subsequent failure to pay the associated fine. If an individual breaks the law, they should absolutely be held accountable for their actions. Yet, until this year, Utah regularly suspended people from driving if they didn’t keep up with court payments for driving-related offenses.
Especially in a state like Utah where public transportation simply isn’t a viable option for those residing in rural counties. For better or worse, we live in a nation where driving is an essential part of life. The reason so many state governments are making this move is because poverty should not determine a person’s ability to drive. Utah joins 14 other states by passing this legislation, and there will likely be more to come as 10 others have active bills to ban the practice. This legislation will help over 10,000 Utahns every year by ensuring they can continue to legally drive, even if they are unable to make a court payment for a past run-in with the law. Cory Maloy who championed the bill and helped it pass all the way through with little opposition. The legislation, signed by Governor Cox last week, was sponsored by Rep. After a multi-year effort to ban the harmful practice of suspending individual’s driver’s licenses for failing to pay court debt and failing to appear in court for lower level traffic offenses, Utah’s Legislature finally did it: they passed House Bill 143.
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