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Senate advances outdoor‑advertising bill after long debate about federal funding, permits and sign relocation
Summary
Senate sponsors said SB 14 clarifies definitions, allows relocation of interstate billboards for highway widening and extends some permits to five years; senators debated local control, federal funding risk and fiscal notes before adopting technical amendments and sending the bill to third reading.
Senators spent substantial floor time on Substitute Senate Bill 14, a comprehensive rewrite of outdoor‑advertising law that addresses sign definitions, spacing, relocation for highway widening and a new landscape control framework.
Sponsor Senator Mansfield told colleagues the bill “does not jeopardize the funding of I‑15” and walked the chamber through negotiated changes with the Utah Department of Transportation and Federal…
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