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Panel approves mapping and monitoring bill for federal lands by jurisdiction; passes 8–2
Summary
HB 546 directs the state to map federal lands by jurisdictional category, monitor access, health and productivity, and identify landscape‑scale priority areas; the committee passed the bill 8–2 after extensive testimony from county officials and legal experts.
Representative Ivory presented HB 546 (Public Lands Duty of Care amendments), a bill to create a digital mapping inventory of federal lands in Utah categorized by jurisdictional status, and to monitor access, health and productivity of landscape‑scale areas (including forest health, critical mineral areas and public nuisance conditions) with a target mapping completion in January 2028.
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