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Duane Bourdeaux, D-Salt Lake City, wants find out how often Utah residents are stopped by police simply for "driving while black or brown," he said. Although there is much antidotal antido-tal evidence that minorities are stopped unnecessarily by police, and many minorities say police are biased against trjem, there has been no research to determine to what extent racial profiling is being done in Utah, he said. The bill would require drivers to list their race when they renew their licenses. Then the driver's license division would track what category motorists fall in when they are stopped by police. The categories would be the same as those used bv the U.S. Census. Early statistics to determine if a disproportionate number of minorities are being pulled over could be available in a couple years, although it will take about 10 years for everyone to have the new driver's licenses. Bourdeaux has predicted his measure will be passed in the Senate. A similar bill passed the House last year, but the legislative session ended before the Senate could consider it. The Salt Lake City Police Department has been keeping traf fic stop statistics for nearly a year, and the percentage of stops seem to match up with the city's minority minori-ty population in most cases. Nationally, President Bush was also talking about racial profiling Friday. Bush said he wants to find ways the federal government could help local police jurisdictions compile data "to get the facts on the table, to make sure people are treated fairly in the justice system." The White House is planning a series of meetings with groups concerned con-cerned about racial profiling. Prescription bill scheduled to get hearing After three weeks in limbo, bill will be heard, but may have a short future SALT LAKE CITY (AP) After three weeks in limbo, a bill that would require insurance companies com-panies to cover prescription contraceptives con-traceptives is about to get a hearing, hear-ing, but its days could be numbered. num-bered. Sen. Michael Waddoups, R-Taylorsville, R-Taylorsville, said Friday that he plans to let the bill out of the Senate Rules Committee on Monday. That means a hearing in the Senate Human Services Committee could come early next week. "That decision excites me because that's a win for women," said the bill's sponsor, Sen. Paula Julander. "The women of this state really deserve to have it come before a public hearing." Waddoups said he felt public pressure in the form of about 50 calls and e-mails a day to release the bill, but he was offended by some of the profanity-laden letters he received. "Some of the communication has been so offensive, I'd almost hold it on that reason alone, but I'm a man of my word," he said. Only once in the four years Julander has sponsored the bill has it received public debate. Two years ago, Julander's prescription parity bill - dubbed "The Pill Bill" by some - cleared committee but failed in the Senate by one vote. Last year it was locked up in Senate Rules - under a different chairman - for the entire session. Waddoups had said Julander's bill didnt need to be heard again until bills that hadn't had committee commit-tee hearings were sent out of rules. But the bill's future prospects may be grim. The bill will be sent to the Senate Human Services Committee, which has some of the Senate's most conservative members, mem-bers, and Sen. Steven Poulton, R-Holladay. R-Holladay. who is an insurance executive. Insurance companies have opposed the bill, saying it is a government gov-ernment mandate that will increase the cost of insurance. Julander, D-Salt Lake City, admits she has her work ahead of her, starting with trying to get her bill into the Health Committee, A&fe.. mtftdkojMim Save on America's finest hand-crafted bedding VIA coil-on-coil construction and 7-tum ComforTeck innerspring For superior comfort and support. frwnt this ad for an aMiiiomliioo off arty Mmn tim mttrtss set Ofler(Mr(nifi22&oi HALF-YEARLY SALE & winter romance event DmxelHeritage. 172 E. Wincter (6400 S.) 10-9 M'-F 10-6 SAT. (801) 892-3444 where she said it belongs. But she notes that two years ago, it was the Senate agriculture committee that eventually approved the bill. "I never give up before I give it a try," she said. About 20 University of Utah medical students who crowded the Rules Committee meeting Friday were pleasantly surprised to see the bill moving ahead. Cristianne Vallera, vice president presi-dent of the university's American Medical Women's Association, said the coverage could reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies, some of which end in abortions. "I think if we can reduce unnecessary abortions, the people of Utah would agree that's a very good thing," she said. Hatch pitches Bush plan SALT LAKE CITY (AP) U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch said Friday that he expects a tax cut of about $1.3 trillion will make it through Congress. "I think it's critical that we do that," he told members of the Utah Senate. Reiterating arguments made by the Bush Administration this week, Hatch said the tax cut would be more beneficial for poorer families fam-ilies than wealthy ones. "Those earning less than $35,000 per year will be taken off the tax rolls," he said. "They wont have to pay anything as far as income taxes." Democrats in Congress have criticized the Bush plan, saying it caters to the rich. 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