---
type: "Bill"
title: "Outdoor Recreation Accessibility Amendments"
description: "Outdoor Recreation Accessibility Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 12"
citation: "Utah HB 12 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources", "Outdoor Recreation", "Parks and Recreation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Welton, Doug"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-09-02T20:51:40+00:00"
last_action: "2026-02-27T21:47:54+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1afd9e8-d363-4670-8a9c-72f36fe4c129"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0012.html"
source_hash: "cc873f212c2846dde1ce6a72a9c87597bead700f709aa4baaa93110c655385fd"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ut"]
---

# Utah HB 12 (2026) — Outdoor Recreation Accessibility Amendments

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0012.xml)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0012.xml)

## Votes

- House/ passed 3rd reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Welton, Doug — primary (person)
- Owens, Derrin R. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-09-02T20:51:40+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0012
- **2025-09-02T20:51:40+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0012
- **2025-09-15T19:17:39+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0012
- **2025-12-02T21:41:17+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2025-12-02T21:41:17+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-08T20:51:26+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0012
- **2026-01-08T20:51:28+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0012
- **2026-01-14T20:36:34+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-14T21:18:35+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T17:43:19+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-20T18:20:03+00:00** House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2026-01-20T18:21:41+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-01-20T18:32:07+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-01-20T19:10:25+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-01-21T00:14:11+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-01-21T18:19:42+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-23T18:12:01+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-27T21:24:05+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-27T21:24:45+00:00** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee]
- **2026-01-29T18:46:16+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ placed on Consent Calendar [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee]
- **2026-01-29T18:46:17+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-03T18:28:34+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-03T18:30:55+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-03T18:30:56+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-02-03T18:30:57+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-03T19:30:02+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-03T19:30:03+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-02-05T16:22:11+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-02-05T16:22:13+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-02-20T23:13:07+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-02-20T23:13:09+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-02-24T23:32:50+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-02-24T23:32:52+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-27T21:47:54+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1afd9e8-d363-4670-8a9c-72f36fe4c129`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).