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House approves SB 80 to penalize abandoned campfires and clarify railroad fire liability
Summary
The Utah House passed Fourth Substitute Senate Bill 80 addressing penalties for abandoned campfires and clarifying railroad-related fire liability, citing recent costly wildfires and multi-agency suppression expenses; the measure passed 71–1 and will be returned to the Senate for signature.
The Utah House of Representatives on the floor passed Fourth Substitute Senate Bill 80, a fire-liability measure that adds a penalty for abandoning campfires and clarifies application of existing railroad-fire liability provisions. Representative Noel, the House sponsor, said the bill is aimed at preventing wildfires and cited agency cost figures and local incidents in support.
"One of them is campfires," Representative Noel said, citing that in 2008 state and county firefighters responded to roughly 50 campfire-caused fires with an average suppression cost of about $1,500 per incident, and a recent…
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