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S.B. 172 makes several updates to Utah's aviation laws, covering airport licensing, lost property handling, drone use by law enforcement, and aircraft registration. Any airport open to the public must now obtain a state-issued license before operating, and airports that fall out of compliance have 10 days to submit a correction plan before the state can revoke their license. The bill also creates a new formal process for how airports handle lost or unclaimed items — requiring airports to post notices on their websites and the state's public legal notice site, wait at least eight days after publishing notice before disposing of property, and maintain records of all lost items. On drone use, the bill replaces a previous rule allowing law enforcement to use drone-collected data "for purposes unrelated to a criminal investigation" with a narrower standard that only permits such use when it does not violate a person's reasonable expectation of privacy.