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UTAH GOVERNOR VETOES GAMING LEGISLATION

By Chris Bennett, Tudor Carsten, Michael R. Coburn, Sarah Dale-Harris, Pablo Guzman, Danielle (Dani) Lemon, Chris Metcalfe and David Spratley

Jon Huntsman, Utah's governor vetoed HB 353, a bill which targets both movies and video games.

Hunstman stated:

"While protecting children from inappropriate materials is a laudable goal, the language of this bill is so broad that it will likely be struck down by the courts as an unconstitutional violation of the Dormant Commerce Clause and/or the first Amendment. Therefore, the unintended consequence of the bill would be that parents and children would have no labels to guide them in determining the age appropriateness of the goods or service, thereby increasing children's potential exposure to something they or their parents would have otherwise determined was inappropriate under the voluntary labeling system now being recognized and embraced by a significant number of vendors."

The House of Representatives and the State Senate had easily passed the bill.

Coverage at: GameDaily.com

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Full post as published by Video Game Law Blog on March 29, 2009 (boomark / email).