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Senate narrowly moves to accept House changes to eminent domain law after extended debate
Summary
The Utah Senate debated House amendments to Senate Bill 117 that narrow eminent domain authority for non‑vehicular pathways. Lawmakers split over property‑rights and trail‑building tradeoffs; the chamber ultimately concurred and passed the bill for return to the House.
Senators spent more than an hour debating House amendments to Senate Bill 117, which clarify limits on when government may use eminent domain for non‑vehicular pathways such as standalone trails and walkways.
The House amendment, described on the floor by Senate sponsor Senator Stevenson, removes standalone non‑vehicular pathways from the types of property that may be condemned unless those pathways are adjacent to an existing vehicular road. Stevenson said the change ‘‘clarifies that those non‑vehicular pathways and that kind of thing are not appropriate for eminent domain, and I would urge that we…
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