Arizona: Coconino County Sheriff Bill Pribil

Don't dust off those license plate frames you just took off your car just yet.

The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure refused Thursday to repeal a new law which makes it illegal to cover the word "Arizona" on your license plate. A majority of committee members accepted arguments by law enforcement officials that letting motorists hide the word with a license plate frame creates public safety problems.

Senator wants to repeal law on license plate frames

But the panel, over the objections of the Arizona Association of Chiefs of Police, voted to alter the law to keep drivers from being pulled over solely because of an illegal license plate frame.