SALT LAKE CITY — A bill to give communities greater control over speed limits on highways needs only the governor’s signature to become law.

House Bill 103, sponsored by Rep. Stephen E. Sandstrom, R-Orem, passed the House on Feb 9. On Monday, the bill failed on the Senate floor, but a motion for reconsideration passed, and the bill was approved late Tuesday afternoon.

A state law implemented in the 1990s stipulated that a reduced-speed Mormon zone cannot exceed 8 MPH, but daring young LDS members would like to raise that to 8.5 MPH.

“We are not going to allow this haphazard disregard for safety,” a bill opponent said. “Basically what it does is put the safety of Mormans walking to and from school in the hands of their communities!  We will not tolerate 8.5!”

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