Utah 2026 General Session Status: To Executive 1 D cosponsors

HB 285 — Local Planning and Regulation Impacts on Wildlife Amendments

Last action — House/ filed

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced January 19, 2026. It awaits signature.

Next likely step: the executive signs it into law or issues a veto.

Prognosis

Advancing 44% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • To Executive

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

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Bill Text

How this bill changes current law

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Compared against the Utah Code as published AI-generated reading aid — verify against the official bill.

The bill amends the existing law to require municipalities to consider the impact of development on wildlife in their general plans and land use regulations.

  • 10-20-401

    may provide for → shall address

    Changes the language to mandate that general plans must include considerations for wildlife.

  • 10-20-401

    the maintenance and enhancement of wildlife habitat connectivity and migration corridors;

    Adds a new requirement for general plans to include considerations for wildlife habitat connectivity.

  • 10-20-401

    In preparing and adopting a general plan, the municipality shall, to the extent the municipality determines advisable, consider: (i) the impacts of development on wildlife, wildlife movement, and wildlife habitat; and (ii) how impacts of development on wildlife, wildlife movement, and wildlife habitat may be mitigated.

    Mandates municipalities to assess the impacts of development on wildlife during the planning process.

  • 10-20-402

    Upon request, the Department of Natural Resources shall provide a municipality or a municipal legislative body with information relevant to the consideration described in Subsection 10-20-401(3)(b) or 10-20-501(3)(b).

    Requires the Department of Natural Resources to provide relevant information to municipalities regarding wildlife impacts.

  • 10-20-404

    E) considers how land use categories and land uses will impact hunting opportunities, wildlife habitat connectivity, and wildlife migration corridors;

    Instructs planning commissions to consider impacts on wildlife when drafting land use elements of the general plan.

Action History

  1. House/ filed

  2. House/ strike enacting clause

  3. House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst

  4. LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0285

  5. LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0285

  6. House/ 1st reading (Introduced)

  7. House/ received bill from Legislative Research

  8. LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0285

  9. LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0285

  10. Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed

  11. Bill Numbered but not Distributed

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 103 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (103)

103 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 285?
HB 285 is sponsored by Doug Owens (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 285?
This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced January 19, 2026. It awaits signature.
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