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Senate approves bill to add thermal-imaging rules and night-hunting definition
Summary
On March 4, 2025, the Utah Senate passed Second Substitute House Bill 309, updating wildlife code to add definitions and oversight for thermal-imaging devices and to require certain wildlife board members to hold hunting licenses.
Second Substitute House Bill 309, titled "Wildlife Amendments," passed the Utah Senate on March 4, 2025, after sponsors described the measure as a cleanup bill that explicitly adds thermal-imaging technology and a night-hunting framework to state wildlife law.
Sponsor Senator McKell, who presented the bill on the Senate floor, said the measure "is a simple bill that adds, a regulatory framework." He said the change was not about casual language around night vision but rather about technology commonly referred…
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