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Read. Follow. Verify.Utah designates Route 198 as Sgt. Billy D. Hooser Memorial Highway
Last action · March 6, 2026: House/ filedSponsors: Doug Welton and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
The Utah Legislature designates the portion of Route 198 between Payson and Santaquin as the Sgt. Billy D. Hooser Memorial Highway, effective May 6, 2026.
Changes only the official honorary designation of a specific road segment; no funding, construction, or operational service changes are stated.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Department of Transportation
Must update future state highway maps and install appropriate signs along the designated portion of the highway.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
Which portion of the highway receives the new memorial designation?
Does this bill appropriate any money for road construction?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.
Procedural history
11 actions- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ filed
- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ strike enacting clause
- Jan 20, 2026HouseIntroducedHouse/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Jan 20, 2026HouseHouse/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- Jan 20, 2026HouseHouse/ received bill from Legislative Research
- Jan 18, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0266
Show 5 earlier actions
- Jan 17, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0266
- Jan 15, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0266
- Jan 15, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0266
- Jan 15, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselNumbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- Jan 15, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselBill Numbered but not Distributed
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
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No state lobbying filings in our records match this bill. Federal lobbying reports (LDA) cover Congress, so they are not listed on state bills.
Full breakdown
Who this bill affects and the strongest case for and against it, written only from the bill’s own text.
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance10Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 10)
- Controversy0Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz10Current news / social attention level
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