Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah HB594: State Trails Week Designation
Status: Failed, March 6, 2026
This bill designates a commemorative period.
What the bill says
From the introduced text, February 23, 2026:
0 State Trails Week Designation 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Doug Owens Senate Sponsor: LONG TITLE General Description: This bill designates a commemorative period. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - designates the week ending on the fourth Saturday of September as a commemorative period known as State Trails Week; and - makes technical changes. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: None Utah Code Sections Affected: AMENDS: 63G-1-401 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 351 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1. Section 63G-1-401 is amended to read: 63G-1-401 . Commemorative periods. (1) As used in this section, "commemorative period" means a special observance declared by the governor that annually recognizes and honors a culturally or historically significant day, week, month, or other time period in the state. (2) (a) The governor may declare a commemorative period by issuing a declaration. (b) The governor shall maintain a list of all commemorative periods declared by the governor. (3) (a) The governor's declaration of a commemorative period expires the year immediately following the day on which the governor issues the declaration. (b) Subsection (3)(a) does not prevent the governor from redeclaring a commemorative period before or after the commemorative period expires. (4) Notwithstanding Subsections (2) and (3) , …
Sponsors
- Owens, Doug (D, 33) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : House/ filed
- : House/ strike enacting clause
- : House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- : LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0594
- : LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0594
- : House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- : House/ received bill from Legislative Research
- : LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0594
- : LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0594
- : Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
Subjects: Government Operations (State Issues), Volunteers, Trails, State Symbols and Designations
Common questions
- What is HB594?
- HB594 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2026 General Session): State Trails Week Designation.
- What does HB594 do?
- This bill designates a commemorative period.
- What is the status of HB594?
- Failed as of March 6, 2026. Latest action: House/ filed (March 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB594?
- Owens, Doug (D, 33).
- Where is the official record for HB594?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0594.html
Source: official Utah record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.