Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 336 (2025GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Welton, Douglas R.

Final action

House/ filed 3/7/2025

Outcome

Failed / filed without passage

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• modifies the term "outdoor recreation project" to include construction of trails or facilities, improvements of trails or facilities, or equipment for disabled or adaptive users.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

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63I-2-279
79-4-1003
State Park Accessibility Amendments
2025 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Douglas R. Welton
Senate Sponsor: 
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill addresses provisions related to wheelchair accessibility in state parks.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
requires the Division of State Parks (division) to implement a pilot program for offering 
rental mobility wheelchairs in at least two state parks;
requires the division to study the progress of the pilot program;
provides for rulemaking by the division to implement the pilot program; and
provides a repeal date for the pilot program and study.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
63I-2-279
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Third Special Session, Chapter 5
ENACTS:
79-4-1003
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1, Section 
63I-2-279
 is amended to read:
63I-2-279. Repeal dates: Title 79.
(1)
Section 
79-2-206
, Transition, is repealed July 1, 2024.
(2)
Section 
79-2-407
, Study of funding for water infrastructure costs, is repealed July 1, 
2025.
(3)
Subsection 
79-4-1002
(2), regarding a pilot program for veteran free admission to state 
parks, is repealed July 1, 2025.
(4)
Section 
79-4-1003
, Wheelchair accessibility pilot program and study, is repealed July 1, 
2026.
(4)
(5)
Section 
79-7-303
, Zion National Park Support Programs Restricted Account, is 
repealed July 1, 2024.
Section 2, Section 
79-4-1003
 is enacted to read:
79-4-1003. Wheelchair accessibility pilot program and study.
(1)
As used in this section:
(a)
"Committee" means the Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim 
Committee.
(b)
"Mobility wheelchair" means a manually-operated or power-driven wheelchair 
designed for use on outdoor trails.
(c)
"Pilot program" means the pilot program described in Subsection 
(2)
.
(2)
(a)
By no later than July 1, 2025, the division shall implement a pilot program that:
(i)
offers mobility wheelchairs for rent in at least two state parks;
(ii)
clearly designates which state park trails are accessible by a mobility wheelchair; 
and
(iii)
notifies a renter of a mobility wheelchair of the accessible trails described in 
Subsection 
(2)(a)(ii)
.
(b)
In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the 
division may make rules to establish the pilot program described in Subsection (2)(a).
(3)
The division shall report to the committee at or before the committee's October 2025 
interim meeting regarding:
(a)
the progress of the pilot program, including:
(i)
costs associated with starting and maintaining the pilot program;
(ii)
usage of the pilot program; and
(iii)
other information about the pilot program the division may deem useful to the 
committee;
(b)
the feasibility of expanding the pilot program; and
(c)
the division's recommendations for continuing or discontinuing the pilot program.
Section 3. 
Effective date.
This bill takes effect on 
May 7, 2025
.
1-27-25 9:29 AM