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Read. Follow. Verify.Utah Legislature expands airport land use regulations to include state and locally owned flight parks
Last action · March 6, 2026: House/ filedSponsors: Dave Shallenberger and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
This bill amends definitions related to airports to include flight parks.
Property owners building near designated s face new zoning restrictions, mandatory overflight noise disclosures, and potential requirements to sell s to airport operators.
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.
Property owners near flight parks
Property owners within 1,000 feet of a flight park boundary are subject to new zoning overlay restrictions, written overflight noise disclosures, and potential avigation easement requirements.
Political subdivisions
Cities, towns, and counties containing flight parks must adopt, administer, and enforce land use regulations and airport overlay zones within the designated influence area.
Flight park operators
State and local entities operating flight parks gain eligibility to acquire avigation easements and enforce protective zoning overlay standards.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is a flight park under this legislation?
How far from a flight park do the new land use rules apply?
Are all parts of the surrounding land subject to overlay restrictions near a flight park?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · on the House floor.
Procedural history
24 actions- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ filed
- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ strike enacting clause
- Mar 3, 2026HouseHouse/ 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules
- Feb 27, 2026HouseHouse/ circled
- Feb 27, 2026HouseHouse/ 3rd reading
- Feb 26, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0191S01
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- Feb 25, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0191S01
- Feb 24, 2026HouseHouse/ 2nd reading
- Feb 24, 2026HouseHouse/ comm rpt/ substituted/ amended
- Feb 24, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Favorable Recommendation
- Feb 24, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Amendment Recommendation
- Feb 24, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Substitute Recommendation
- Feb 23, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0191S01
- Feb 23, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0191S01
- Jan 23, 2026HouseCommitteeHouse/ to standing committee
- Jan 20, 2026HouseIntroducedHouse/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Jan 20, 2026HouseHouse/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- Jan 16, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0191
- Jan 16, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0191
- Jan 14, 2026HouseHouse/ received bill from Legislative Research
- Jan 8, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0191
- Jan 8, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0191
- Jan 8, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselNumbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- Jan 8, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselBill Numbered but not Distributed
Version history
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Integration of Nonmotorized Aviation into Commercial Airport Zoning Framework
The bill bridges a regulatory gap by subjecting government-owned paraglider and hang glider facilities to the same rigorous land-use overlay protections traditionally reserved for motorized airfields.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz10Current news / social attention level
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