Utah

UTAH HB050

Status: failed initial committee vote; revised; passed committee on second attempt, Feb. 14, 2006; Utah Senate left the bill to die in committee, March 1st, 2006; revived and amended by Rep. Scott Wyatt for 2007 legislative session. After much controversy, the bill was gutted and transformed to a non-binding resolution (HR16) urging the state attorney general to provide support to other states involved in litigation over video game bills. The resolution, however, did not clear the Utah House. See: http://gamepolitics.com/?s=utah+wyatt

Sponsors: Rep. David Hogue (R - no longer serving); Rep. Scott Wyatt (R)

Equates game violence with pornography; see GamePolitics coverage:

http://gamepolitics.livejournal.com/207897.html; http://gamepolitics.com/2007/01/10/utah-legislature-will-consider-video-game-bill/

Video_game_Legislation