---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Land Access Road Amendments"
description: "State Land Access Road Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 444"
citation: "Utah HB 444 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "Counties", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Independent Entities", "Land Use", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Motor Vehicles", "Natural Resources", "Notice Requirements", "Off-highway Vehicles", "Open and Public Meetings", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)", "Public Lands", "Public Safety", "Real Property", "Recordings", "Roads/Highways", "School and Institutional Trust Land Administration", "State Lands", "Transportation", "Trust Lands", "Weapons", "Wildlife"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shelley, Troy"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 56
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-30T21:06:36+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-19T22:33:05+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9df9b498-bbb9-4ba3-b5c7-549b97053618"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0444.html"
source_hash: "18b63749c83f24f45078de47d5ef26031ae453b63346dca19ddadfda0c005b0d"
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 444 (2026) — State Land Access Road 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/HB0444.xml)
2. **Amended 2/25/2026 10:02:700** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0444S02_2026-02-25_10-36-13.pdf)
3. **Amended 3/6/2026 21:03:729** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0444S02_2026-03-06_21-24-35.pdf)
4. **Amended Excerpts 2/25/2026 10:02:700** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_HB0444S02_2026-02-25_10-36-13.pdf)
5. **Amended Excerpts 3/6/2026 21:03:729** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_HB0444S02_2026-03-06_21-24-35.pdf)
6. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0444 To HB0444S01.pdf)
7. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0444S01 To HB0444S02.pdf)
8. **House Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/HB0444.Hamd.1.pdf)
9. **Senate Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/HB0444S02.Samd.2.pdf)
10. **Senate Amendment 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/HB0444S02.Samd.3.pdf)
11. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0444S01.xml)
12. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0444S02.xml)
13. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0444.xml)

## Votes

- House/ concurs with Senate amendment — **66–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shelley, Troy — primary (person)
- Stratton, Keven J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-30T21:06:36+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-30T21:06:36+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-30T21:06:38+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0444
- **2026-01-30T21:06:38+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0444
- **2026-02-02T14:37:23+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-02-02T18:18:30+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-04T11:50:31+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0444
- **2026-02-09T14:15:57+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0444S01
- **2026-02-09T14:15:57+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0444S01
- **2026-02-12T01:06:19+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0444S01
- **2026-02-12T01:06:20+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0444S01
- **2026-02-12T17:44:21+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0444
- **2026-02-12T19:08:50+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-02-17T19:10:16+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Transportation Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19T15:31:20+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Transportation Committee]
- **2026-02-19T15:31:49+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Transportation Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-19T21:18:00+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted [House Transportation Committee]
- **2026-02-19T21:18:01+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-20T16:43:07+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0444S02
- **2026-02-20T16:43:07+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0444S02
- **2026-02-23T17:30:25+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0444S02
- **2026-02-23T17:30:26+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0444S02
- **2026-02-24T22:52:16+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-24T22:54:19+00:00** House/ substituted
- **2026-02-24T22:55:32+00:00** House/ floor amendment
- **2026-02-24T22:59:25+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-24T23:08:52+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-25T20:35:32+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-25T21:25:58+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-26T21:30:34+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27T23:46:40+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02T17:36:25+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02T17:36:26+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-04T23:30:00+00:00** Senate/ returned to Rules [Senate Rules Committee]
- **2026-03-06T23:39:50+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-06T23:39:52+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-07T04:08:24+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-07T04:10:33+00:00** Senate/ floor amendment
- **2026-03-07T04:13:02+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-07T04:13:03+00:00** Senate/ to House with amendments
- **2026-03-07T04:57:02+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-07T04:57:03+00:00** House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-03-07T05:34:11+00:00** House/ concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-07T05:34:12+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-10T16:20:22+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-10T16:20:23+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-10T16:20:24+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-11T19:19:55+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-11T19:19:56+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-11T21:53:43+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-11T21:53:47+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-12T16:12:43+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-12T16:12:46+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-16T22:14:53+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-16T22:14:55+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-19T22:33:05+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/9df9b498-bbb9-4ba3-b5c7-549b97053618`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).