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State Government / Utah / Legislation / HB 18

HB 18Session 2026HouseIntroduced

Public Land Access Amendments

Official source overview

This bill addresses access to wildlife management areas.

Published by Utah State Legislature for H.B. 18. Civixly has formatted, but not rewritten, the official text.

Latest development · Mar 7, 2026

House/ filed

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Official Utah record ↗
Session
2026
Introduced
Dec 4, 2025
Latest passage
Date unavailable
Key provisionsTopicsSponsorsActionsRelated billsDiscussion

Official highlighted provisions

What the bill would do

These points come from the Utah Legislature’s published bill overview.

  • repeals requirement that under certain circumstances an individual is required to hold authorization to hunt or fish to access wildlife management areas; and
  • makes technical and conforming amendments.
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Topics and classification

Civixly topics

Agriculture & Natural Resources

Source subjects

FishingHuntingNatural ResourcesWildlife

Document type

Bill

Sponsors

Primary sponsors are listed before cosponsors and other sponsoring entities.

Primary sponsorAbbott, Nelson T.

Action timeline

Newest action first. Action language is supplied by the state source.

View full action timeline11 actions⌄
  1. Mar 7, 2026

    House/ filed

    FilingHouse
  2. Mar 7, 2026

    House/ strike enacting clause

    House
  3. Jan 20, 2026

    House/ 1st reading (Introduced)

    House
  4. Jan 14, 2026

    House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst

    ReceiptHouse
  5. Jan 14, 2026

    House/ received bill from Legislative Research

    ReceiptHouse
  6. Jan 6, 2026

    LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0018

    Utah State Legislature
  7. Jan 5, 2026

    LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0018

    Utah State Legislature
  8. Dec 4, 2025

    LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0018

    Utah State Legislature
  9. Dec 4, 2025

    LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0018

    Utah State Legislature
  10. Dec 4, 2025

    Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed

    Utah State Legislature
  11. Dec 4, 2025

    Bill Numbered but not Distributed

    Utah State Legislature

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State legislative data provided by Open States and linked legislature sources when available.

Bill overview text and highlighted provisions are published by the Utah State Legislature and are not rewritten by Civixly.

Civixly tracks state bill actions, passage dates, and sponsors. Member-level state roll-call histories are not included.

Source data last updated Mar 18, 2026.