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Utah's boating laws would see several changes under this bill, including a clearer legal definition of "vessel" that explicitly excludes air mattresses and inner tubes, and a firm cap on "wakeless speed" at five miles per hour rather than describing it only in general terms. The bill would also limit the Division of Outdoor Recreation's authority to require personal flotation devices (life jackets): the division could no longer mandate them on flatwater, in designated swimming areas, or within 50 feet of shore on non-whitewater bodies, and if a life jacket isn't required to be worn on a human-powered vessel, the division couldn't even require one to be carried on board. Finally, the bill would direct the division to designate rivers as "flatwater" by default, allowing only specific stretches—not entire river systems—to be classified as higher-risk "whitewater."