Highway Designation Amendments
Introduction
Jan 20
House Rules
House Committee
House Floor Vote
Senate Rules
Senate Committee
Senate 2nd Reading
Senate 3rd Reading
Governor
What This Bill Does
This bill designates a certain city street as Charlie Kirk Boulevard.
Key Provisions
This bill:
- limits a municipality's jurisdiction and control of a class C road to allow the Legislature to make a special designation of or name a class C road;
- requires coordination between the Department of Transportation and municipalities regarding the designation, naming, and signage of a class C road for which the Legislature has given a special designation or name; and
- designates 900 South in Salt Lake City as Charlie Kirk Boulevard.
Better Utah Institute's Position
Plain-Language Summary
AI-generated summary, reviewed by Better Utah staff.
Utah state law currently gives cities sole authority to name and designate local streets within their boundaries, but this bill creates a new exception allowing the state Legislature to override that authority and assign its own name to a city street. Using that new power, the bill immediately designates Salt Lake City's 900 South as "Charlie Kirk Boulevard," requires the Utah Department of Transportation and Salt Lake City to install new signage reflecting that name, and prohibits the city from applying any different or additional name to that road.
Introduction
Jan 20
House Rules
House Committee
House Floor Vote
Senate Rules
Senate Committee
Senate 2nd Reading
Senate 3rd Reading
Governor
IntroductionJan 20
House Rules
House Committee
House Floor Vote
Senate Rules
Senate Committee
Senate 2nd Reading
Senate 3rd Reading
Governor
What This Bill Does
This bill designates a certain city street as Charlie Kirk Boulevard.
Key Provisions
This bill:
- limits a municipality's jurisdiction and control of a class C road to allow the Legislature to make a special designation of or name a class C road;
- requires coordination between the Department of Transportation and municipalities regarding the designation, naming, and signage of a class C road for which the Legislature has given a special designation or name; and
- designates 900 South in Salt Lake City as Charlie Kirk Boulevard.
Plain-Language Summary
AI-generated summary, reviewed by Better Utah staff.
Utah state law currently gives cities sole authority to name and designate local streets within their boundaries, but this bill creates a new exception allowing the state Legislature to override that authority and assign its own name to a city street. Using that new power, the bill immediately designates Salt Lake City's 900 South as "Charlie Kirk Boulevard," requires the Utah Department of Transportation and Salt Lake City to install new signage reflecting that name, and prohibits the city from applying any different or additional name to that road.
Better Utah Institute's Position
Documents
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House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
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Clerk of the House
LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0196
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Last updated Mar 26, 2026, 9:39 PM