Utah legislation · 2025 General Session
Utah SB236: State Parks Amendments
Status: Failed, March 7, 2025
This bill addresses the creation of the Big Cottonwood Canyon State Park and Little Cottonwood Canyon State Park.
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
State Parks Amendments 2025 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Kathleen A. Riebe House Sponsor: LONG TITLE General Description: This bill addresses the creation of the Big Cottonwood Canyon State Park and Little Cottonwood Canyon State Park. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - authorizes the Division of State Parks to: - receive donations of land or facilities in Big Cottonwood Canyon and Little Cottonwood Canyon; - engage in transfers, exchanges, or purchases of land in Big Cottonwood Canyon and Little Cottonwood Canyon; and - enter into agreements with the United States Forest Service to manage and use land within Big Cottonwood Canyon and Little Cottonwood Canyon as a state park; and - provides that Big Cottonwood Canyon State Park and Little Cottonwood Canyon State Park are part of the state park system. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: None Utah Code Sections Affected: ENACTS: 79-4-609 , Utah Code Annotated 1953 79-4-610 , Utah Code Annotated 1953 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1, Section 79-4-609 is enacted to read: 79-4-609. Big Cottonwood Canyon State Park. (1) As used in this section, "Big Cottonwood Canyon" means the land: (a) located in the area within the Wasatch Mountains known as Big Cottonwood Canyon; and (b) fully described by the map and legal description …
Sponsors
- Riebe, Kathleen A. (D, 15) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Senate/ filed
- : Senate/ strike enacting clause
- : Senate/ comm rpt/ sent to Rules
- : Senate Comm - Returned to Rules
- : Senate Comm - Not Considered
- : Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- : Senate/ to standing committee
- : Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- : Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research
- : Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
Subjects: Natural Resources, State Lands, Environment, Division of State Parks
Common questions
- What is SB236?
- SB236 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2025 General Session): State Parks Amendments.
- What does SB236 do?
- This bill addresses the creation of the Big Cottonwood Canyon State Park and Little Cottonwood Canyon State Park.
- What is the status of SB236?
- Failed as of March 7, 2025. Latest action: Senate/ filed (March 7, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB236?
- Riebe, Kathleen A. (D, 15).
- Where is the official record for SB236?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/SB0236.html
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