The House Political Subdivisions Committee unanimously endorsed SB167 on Tuesday, and sent it to the House for final approval, to do such things as bar cities from prohibiting food trucks where zoning allows other restaurants. The bill earlier passed the Senate on a 26-1 vote.
The bill also would ban cities from limiting the number of days trucks may operate, requiring a land use permit for each site they operate, charging separate fees for every employee of each truck and requiring food truck employees to pass a criminal background check.
“That’s quite discriminatory,” said Sen. Deidre Henderson, R-Spanish Fork, sponsor of the bill, about how some jurisdictions required a criminal background to work in a food truck.