Marco Diaz, head of the Utah Republican Hispanic Assembly and member of the task force, told the Senate GOP caucus that supporting Bramble's bill hasn't been an easy position to take.

"Some more extreme factions of our community believe we are selling out," he said.

Senate President John Valentine, R-Orem, thanked him for his support.

"We appreciate your taking the lead and being willing to come to a compromise," Valentine said.

Matt Throckmorton, who founded UFIRE but is no longer active with the group, said Bramble's bill is "not a perfect bill, but it is doing some good things."

Throckmorton said it would keep illegal immigrants from registering to vote and would prevent them from using their driver permit as ID.

He acknowledged, however, "it drives me nuts Utah will still remain an incentive" for undocumented immigrants to get licenses.

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Contributing: Lisa Riley Roche

E-mail: dbulkeley@desnews.com