2024 Bill Tracker
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2024 Bill Tracker /
| Bill # | Title and Description | Primary Sponsor | Bike Utah Position | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 30 | Road Rage Amendments Enhances penalties and allows for the suspension or revocation of an indivdual's drivers license if they are convicted of a road rage incident. |
Cutler | Support | PASSED |
| HB 65 | Active Transportation and Canal Trail Amendments Requires the state to inventory certain canals, directs UDOT to develop a canal trail toolkit for municipalities, and allows the Transportation Commission to consider canal trails for corridor preservation as part of the Utah Trails Network. |
Lesser | Support | FAILED |
| HB 85 | Electric Bike Amendments Clarifies the state definition of e-bikes to exclude certain e-motorcycles and requires manufacturers and sellers to label the class of e-bike before sale. |
Stenquist | Support | PASSED |
| HB 109 | Safe School Route Evaluations Requires school districts to include priority recommendations for infrastructure improvements in child access routing plans. Requires municipalities and counties to, within 60 days, evaluate these recommendations, provide feedback, and prioritize any improvements or actions they will take to improve safety on these routes for the following year. |
Ballard | Support | FAILED |
| HB 154 | Bicycle Amendments Removes requirement for cyclists to keep at least one hand on the handlebars at all times. Instead, requires cyclists to "maintain control and safe operation." |
Birkeland | Support | FAILED |
| HB 201 | Traffic Enforcement Amendments Allows the use of speed safety cameras for speed limit enforcement in a limited number of school and construction zones on both state and local roads. This new revenue is allocated to the state's Zero Fatalities initiative. |
Garner | Support | FAILED |
| HB 235 | Eminent Domain Amendments Provides that the Bonneville Shoreline Trail is a public use for which eminent domain may be used. |
Stenquist | Support | FAILED |
| HB 306 | Residential Housing Amendments Prevents urban municipalities from denying a new home permit if the lot size is at least 5,400 sq ft. Also establishes that starter-homes, defined as new homes with a sale price below the median sale price of the municipality, are a permitted use in all residential zones within an urban municipality. |
Ward | Support | FAILED |
| HB 345 | Driving Penalty Amendments Quintuples fines for speeding in school zones and failure to obey school bus signals. |
Spendlove | Support | PASSED |
| HB 449 | Pedestrian Safety and Facilities Act Modifications Requires bicyclist safety be "considered" in street design (in addition to pedestrian safety), enhances guidelines for pedestrian and bicyclist safety devices, and allows a portion of B&C funds be spent on these devices when appurtenant to the road. |
Abbott | Support* | PASSED |
| HB 473 | School Transit Amendments Creates a 3-year pilot grant program for K-12 schools who wish to provide zero-fare transit passes to students, parents of students, teachers, and staff. |
Briscoe | Support | FAILED |
*Bike Utah’s Priority Legislation
Updated 2/29/2024