Abdirizak Ibrahim remembers how challenging it was to get a driver's license when he first arrived in Utah in 1998.
"Taking the test? Very difficult. Even I myself when I started taking the test, it was difficult for me," said Ibrahim, who now is the executive director of the Somali Community Self Management Agency, which helps members of Utah's Somali community.
Until this year, driver license exams were mostly in English-only. Now, thanks to a bill the legislature passed unanimously and Governor Spencer Cox signed into law, it will expand to a number of other languages in an effort to help refugees and immigrants. It does not apply to driver privilege cards, which are separate from a state-issued license.
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Utah State Legislature repealed a law that required government documents be printed in only English. Lawmakers found problems in reaching communities being hit hard by the virus with essential health information, because pamphlets and other documents could not be printed in multiple languages.
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