Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 388 (2025GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Barlow, Stewart E.

Final action

Governor Signed 3/27/2025

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Spencer J. Cox

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• directs the State Historic Preservation Office (office) to conduct a statewide public awareness media campaign to educate and inform the public on issues relating to cultural sites;
• requires the office to provide seminars and training to agencies, organizations, and individuals on the preservation and protection of cultural cites; and
• makes technical changes.

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Bill text

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9-8a-203
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Antiquities Protection Amendments
2025 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Stewart E. Barlow
Senate Sponsor: David P. Hinkins
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill amends provisions related to historic preservation.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
directs the State Historic Preservation Office (office) to conduct a statewide public 
awareness media campaign to educate and inform the public on issues relating to 
cultural sites;
requires the office to provide seminars and training to agencies, organizations, and 
individuals on the preservation and protection of cultural sites; and
makes technical changes.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
9-8a-203
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 323
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1, Section 
9-8a-203
 is amended to read:
9-8a-203
. Office duties.
The office shall:
(1)
secure, for the present and future benefit of the state, the protection of archaeological 
resources and sites which are on state lands;
(2)
foster increased cooperation and exchange of information between state authorities, the 
professional archaeological community, and private individuals;
(3)
in cooperation with federal and state agencies, local governments, private organizations, 
and private individuals, direct and conduct a comprehensive statewide survey of historic 
properties;
(4)
maintain an inventory of the properties described in Subsection (3);
(5)
identify and nominate eligible property to the National Register of Historic Places;
(6)
administer applications for listing historic property on the National Register of Historic 
Places;
(7)
prepare and implement a comprehensive statewide historic preservation plan;
(8)
administer the state program of federal assistance for historic preservation within the 
state;
(9)
advise and assist, as appropriate, state agencies, federal agencies, and local governments 
in carrying out 
their
the state agency's, federal agency's, and local government's
 historic 
preservation responsibilities;
(10)
cooperate with federal agencies, state agencies, local agencies, private organizations, 
and individuals to ensure that historic property is taken into consideration at all levels of 
planning and development;
(11)
provide, with respect to historic preservation:
(a)
public information;
(b)
education;
(c)
training; and
(d)
technical assistance;
(11)
conduct a state-wide public awareness media campaign to:
(a)
educate the public regarding the protection, purpose, significance, and value of 
preserving cultural sites, as that term is defined in Section 
9-8a-205
;
(b)
inform the public of the law with regard to criminal acts and penalties in Title 76, 
Chapter 6, Part 9, Cultural Sites Protection; and
(c)
educate the public on how to report criminal acts;
(12)
provide educational seminars and training to state agencies, local agencies, private 
organizations, and individuals regarding the preservation and protection of state cultural 
sites;
(12)
(13)
cooperate with local governments in the development of local historic 
preservation programs;
(13)
(14)
consult with appropriate federal agencies with respect to:
(a)
federal undertakings that may affect historic properties; and
(b)
advising and assisting in the evaluation of proposals for rehabilitation projects that 
may qualify for federal assistance;
(14)
(15)
(a)
create and maintain an inventory of all active and inactive cemeteries 
throughout the state;
(b)
enter into cooperative agreements with local governments and other groups and 
organizations to collect and maintain the information needed for the inventory 
described in Subsection 
(14)(a)
(15)(a)
;
(c)
encourage the use of volunteers to help collect the information and to maintain the 
inventory described in Subsection 
(14)(a);
(15)(a);
(d)
encourage cemetery owners, or in the case of inactive or small historic cemeteries, 
volunteers, to create and maintain geographic information systems to record burial 
sites;
(e)
publicize the information in the inventory described in Subsection 
(14)(a) 
(15)(a) 
in 
a variety of forms and media, especially to encourage Utah citizens to participate in 
the care and upkeep of historic cemeteries;
(f)
work with public and private cemeteries, heritage organizations, genealogical groups, 
and volunteer groups to help maintain, repair, and landscape cemeteries, grave sites, 
and tombstones; and
(g)
make the inventory described in Subsection 
(14)(a) 
(15)(a) 
available to any person 
upon request;
(15)
(16)
(a)
create and maintain a public electronic record of each cemetery location 
and each burial location;
(b)
help maintain, repair, and landscape cemeteries, grave sites, and tombstones by 
providing matching grants to:
(i)
municipal cemeteries;
(ii)
cemetery maintenance districts;
(iii)
endowment care cemeteries;
(iv)
private nonprofit cemeteries;
(v)
genealogical associations; or
(vi)
other nonprofit groups with an interest in cemeteries; and
(c)
make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative 
Rulemaking Act, governing the process for awarding grants under Subsection (15)(b), 
including rules that ensure recipients use grant money for projects that are cost 
effective and completed in accordance with applicable professional standards;
(16)
(17)
perform other duties as designated under 54 U.S.C. Sec. 302303; and
(17)
(18)
perform other duties as designated by the department and by statute.
Section 2. 
Effective Date.
This bill takes effect on 
May 7, 2025
.
3-12-25 9:28 AM