S.B. 172 Airport and Air Amendments

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• 5 yes, 0 no, 3 absentSenate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee: Amendment Recommendation · Jan 27, 2026Who voted how
• 6 yes, 0 no, 2 absentSenate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee: vote to approve it · Jan 27, 2026Who voted how
• 26 yes, 0 no, 3 absentFirst of two Senate votes · Feb 13, 2026Who voted how
• 25 yes, 0 no, 4 absentFinal Senate vote · Feb 17, 2026Who voted how
• 9 yes, 0 no, 3 absentHouse Transportation Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 25, 2026Who voted how
• 64 yes, 1 no, 10 absentFinal House vote · Mar 5, 2026

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• Jan 27, 2026 Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee▶ Watch
  Transcript (30 turns)

  1. Committee chair (Sen. Ronald M. Winterton)43:50

     We have SB 1 72 Airport and Air Amendments. Senator Harper.

  2. Sen. Wayne A. Harper43:56

     Thank you again. Um, Senator Winterton, um, this is, um, actually a cleanup bill. We've run a couple things in the past dealing with registration of, of airplanes. Uh, so one part of this bill is that it goes through and, uh, clarifies the registration is, is based on 90 days. With that the airplane is, is situated and, and operating with the state within one consecutive year, uh, clarifies, um, part 1, 35 planes. They must be registered in the state updates, statutory definition of airport and, uh, other technical things. The other main part of the bill, which was the thrust of this is Salt Lake City. Uh, international folks came to me and said, we've got property that's left on airplanes around the, around the facilities all the time. Somebody, I guess, didn't want to have their computer or their purse or something like that. And this establishes a process to go through and more expeditiously and en energetically reach out and try to find the owners of that property. And if they do not respond within a period of, uh, period of time after, uh, due, uh, energy and diligence by the airport, it goes through and creates a process of how to go through and dispose of that property.

  3. Sen. Wayne A. Harper45:23

     There is a, an amendment to this bill and, uh, I'd like to move that it rein, it does two things. It reinstates a definition that should not have been removed, and it clarified a reference section, um, that this only applies to, uh, fed to non-federal funded airports in that section of the code. So that would be amendment number one.

  4. Committee chair (Sen. Ronald M. Winterton)45:49

     Okay. Senator Kwan? Oh, I don't have it. It's still on. Alright, we'll turn it off. Alright. Senator Millner are looking for a motion to, oh, I, well, I made a motion. Oh, You made it. That's right. You're a member. Okay. Sorry. Discussion two, the motion. Seeing none. All those in favor of amending, uh, Senate Bill 1 72 with First Amendment. Say aye. Aye. Aye. Any opposed? That is unanimous. So the bill amended and in front of us. Any discussions to that? Senator Kwan?

  5. Sen. Karen Kwan46:24

     Thank you Mr. Chair. So on this, um, bill where you were talking about, um, the, uh, property that's left maybe on an airplane or somewhere, um, and you said that this allows a more, uh, maybe judicious, I think you used that word. Could you explain that a little more? What, what will, or, or maybe you don't know, but what does this, uh, bill say the airports will do?

  6. Sen. Wayne A. Harper46:51

     I am looking for that within the code. Yeah. If you look at, uh, starting on line four 13, it goes from, and defines, uh, not claimed misleaded money, all those type of things, lots of def definitions. And it says if an operator doesn't go through and able to find it, it puts in a, a shorter timeframe and also gives them more direction that they need to actively pursue that. And then we don't want stuff hanging around the airports for a year or two. It, it creates a much shorter process.

  7. Sen. Karen Kwan47:29

     Thank you, Mr. Chairman, may I have a follow up? Yes, go ahead. So I, I absolutely agree that, um, you know, we don't want, uh, stuff just laying around and that, uh, if it can be, I think, sold or destroyed if it needs to be. Uh, but, um, you know, I've had my computer, I left a a, an iPad on a, on an airplane before and was not able to get it. I couldn't ever get it back, even though the airlines said, oh yeah, we have it in our possession. I just couldn't figure it out. It was not here, it was at in a different, um, it airport. But I would hate for that, for us to change the law to make it a shorter time period if there are people who might not ever be able to figure out how to get that back. So I, that's, that is my, um, my, my question is just to kind of figure out, does this bill okay. Have anything in there? You say, you know, more judicially, more actively? I'm, I'm not sure what that means.

  8. Sen. Wayne A. Harper48:31

     Okay. Well, they have to actively go through for 30 days and try to find the person after that. They have to, to put publicly, uh, they have to put a public notice out there, you know, kind of like our, uh, what is that? Our unclaimed property. Okay. So they go through a similar process to that, trying to reach out to everybody in order to get it to 'em. And then after all efforts fails, then they, then, then they have the other process.

  9. Sen. Karen Kwan49:00

     Okay. Thank you. Thanks for explaining.

  10. Committee chair (Sen. Ronald M. Winterton)49:04

      Okay. Senator Riebe.

  11. Sen. Kathleen A. Riebe49:08

      Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um, I'm, I saw that this said eight days on line, uh, 4 67 airport operator may not dispose of lost or mislead property until at least eight days after the day on which notice is published. So, I'm sorry, I might have missed that. How many days is it published for? 30 days?

  12. Sen. Wayne A. Harper49:33

      It's supposed, um, Uh, I, I'm just kind of like, um, I mean, some people go on vacation for longer than a month. I wish I was one of them. No, it's, it's, it's a shorter thing. Okay. It's like nine, nine days and then eight days if we, you know, that's what the airport requested. So that's the way I put it in. Okay. I do have Brady from the airport here. Who might You Wanna phone a friend up here? Yeah. Let's, let's phone a friend and have him walk through the timeframe to make sure that we're all clear on those. Thanks.

  13. Sen. Kathleen A. Riebe50:07

      And then also my secondary question, you can ruminate on it while I'm asking it. Um, you know, like a, a watch or a iPad or, uh, a ring or, um, earrings or, I don't know, smaller items that might have higher value as opposed to big bulkier items that might just be, um, sentimental. I wouldn't wanna, like, you know, say that her sentimental thing that's, you know, a big teddy bear isn't worth as much as a earring. Is there anything that talks about like, the potential value and maybe holding onto it longer and then being Yeah. So that's it. Yeah. We don't, go ahead. No. Yeah. Um, so the, would you introduce yourself First? Yeah.

  14. Brady Fredrickson, Director of Planning and Environmental, Salt Lake City Department of Airports50:49

      Always. Forget that. I apologize. It's okay. We want everybody to know. Brader Frederickson, director of Planning Environmental with Salt Lake City, department of Airports. Um, uh, right now, the, the process would be we hold it for 30 days, then there's an additional eight days for that, and then it goes to the, through the process. So it's actually 38 days, so we'll hold it for 38 days. One of the things that we pride ourselves on is every item that is lost, uh, uh, Senator Quan's, uh, computers a great example. We get a lot of computers, right. Um, they go through, try to open up the computer, find the person who is, uh, with the computer and the owner, and then we reach out and contact them. Plus we have our own website where we post things. So really those valuable items we do go through. We first of all go through the process. It's hard if there's a ring. It's really hard to, to find that. Yeah. But what we do is we post it to our, our website, and hopefully that owner will come and, and claim it. But again, the, the process, it would be 30 days. We haven't, um, value we, we didn't take into a, a consideration value just because of how much stuff we get.

  15. Sen. Kathleen A. Riebe52:02

      Um, do you put pictures on it?

  16. Brady Fredrickson, Director of Planning and Environmental, Salt Lake City Department of Airports52:05

      Yes. Absolutely.

  17. Sen. Kathleen A. Riebe52:07

      That, that's, that's the only way you're going to identify your ring or not, right? Is, is pictures. So if I go on that website and I said, oh, I like that ring. That's mine. Well, there's a, I'm going straight to the nefarious. Sorry. Exactly. Yeah, you did. You, you you made a little beline there, but, Um, I'm like, oh, a little side hustle I got going on here. Uh, I guess that you can, if, uh, You'd have to say what airline you found it on, or would there be something

  18. Brady Fredrickson, Director of Planning and Environmental, Salt Lake City Department of Airports52:33

      Identify, you have to identify the ring. Okay. You have to, you prove that it is, it is in fact your ring.

  19. Sen. Kathleen A. Riebe52:38

      So, and then is there anything in this bill? I was, just read it over quickly and is there anything that says where we're gonna sell it and where that money's gonna go once it's sold? Is there a fund that we're creating for We that's not, uh, listed in this bill?

  20. Sen. Wayne A. Harper52:51

      Yeah, go on. I'll, I'll get our attorney up here to, to give you the, the low down on the process. Is there? Yeah, it's in there. It's in there. Oh, That's the wrong section.

  21. Paul Nielson, Salt Lake City Attorney's Office53:03

      Thank you. Uh, Paul Nielsen with the Salt Lake City Attorney's Office. Most people don't spend a lot of time thinking about lost and found. I do. Um, probably because I'm Gonna start more, I'm gonna, a lot of, a lot of my colleagues and even my father, uh, just four weeks ago call me and say, you're not gonna believe what I left at the airport.

  22. Sen. Kathleen A. Riebe53:19

      Um, so, I'm sorry, what was the question? What's the, I didn't see where we're gonna, where we're gonna sell this and where that money's gonna go to.

  23. Paul Nielson, Salt Lake City Attorney's Office53:28

      So it's, it's important to know that when, when, um, we were putting together the language, uh, on this and, and let me thank, uh, Riley from ORJC for doing such an awesome job on this. Um, when we were putting together the language, we worked with, uh, Cedar City St. George, um, Provo Ogden. And, and what we found is that some, uh, cities who operate airports may have different ideas as to, um, what they think is the appropriate way to dispose of, uh, lost or misla property. And so, uh, what we concluded was the best way to determine that is to have the, uh, individual cities adopt an ordinance that specifies how they're going to dispose of that lost or mislaid property. So there is no blanket way of how we're gonna get rid of it. There's, there's not a as as far as, um, if you want to, I mean, we, we provide some options, but then there's sort of a catchall that's like, um, or other me, you know, other, um, when, when we're disposing of the, the property and we, we have funds that come from that. It's whatever the city council or Okay. Legislative body feels is the appropriate thing. But here's some things. You, you can donate it. You can, okay. You can keep it, it, it's Basically proceeds for a lawful use. Right. And, uh, you know, for public interest use. So it's not gonna go to anything big. It's gonna be more like to a charity or something like that.

  24. Sen. Kathleen A. Riebe54:57

      Oh, public surplus.com. That would be kind of fun. Have you ever looked@publicsurplus.com? That's a rabbit hole that you could spend a day on. So thank you. I appreciate your answer. Thank you, sir.

  25. Unknown speaker55:08speaker not certain

      Uh, before you leave, let me remind you, I have you sign in so we have it for the record. Absolutely. Absolutely, Brad.

  26. Committee chair (Sen. Ronald M. Winterton)55:17

      Okay. Seeing that, that satisfied, uh, committee, let's go to the general public. Is there anybody that would like to comment on this bill? Okay. We'll bring it back to the committee for further consideration. Senator Reeb or Senator Millner Reeb Milner.

  27. Sen. Chris H. Wilson55:45speaker not certain

      I move that we recommend this bill to the full Senate.

  28. Committee chair (Sen. Ronald M. Winterton)55:49

      Okay. Discussion of the motion back to Senator Harper for summation.

  29. Sen. Wayne A. Harper55:55

      Great questions. Thank you. I'll wa All right.

  30. Committee chair (Sen. Ronald M. Winterton)55:59

      Uh, back to Senator Noman. All right. All those that want to recommend this bill out favorably Senate Bill 1 72 Airport and Air Amendment. Say aye. Aye. Aye. Any opposed? That is unanimous also. All right. Senator Harper, one more.

• Feb 13, 2026 Senate floor debate▶ Watch
  Transcript (6 turns)

  1. Sen. Wayne A. Harper1:53:20

     Thank you. Um, this bill simply goes through and, uh, clarifies the operate. What it, what it really does is there, when there's lost property on an airport, there's a couple different processes that are, um, followed. This establishes a clear, more concise compact process to get the property back to the people who left at the airport. And then there were a couple, there was a small group of airplanes that were left out of the registration bill that we ran last year. This bill puts them in so everything is uniform on the application for registration fees.

  2. Senate presiding officer1:54:04

     Discussion to the bill. Seeing none. Going to use Senator Harper for a

  3. Sen. Wayne A. Harper1:54:09

     Motion. Thank you. I'd move that Senate Bill 1 72. Be read for a third time.

  4. Senate presiding officer1:54:13

     Thank you. And the question is, shall Senate bill 1 72 Be read a third time Roll call vote.

  5. Senate clerk1:54:17

     Senator Spry Aye. Lewin Aye. Rammer bus Cullimore Aye. Escamilla Aye. Fillmore Aye. Rover Harper. Aye. Hankins Aye. Ipson Aye. Johnson Aye. Quan Aye. McKay, Mikel. Aye. Milner Aye. Musselman Owens pitcher Lum Rebi Sandal Stevenson Stratton Bickers Weiler Aye. Wilson Aye. Winterton President Adams

  6. Senate presiding officer1:55:03

     Aye. Senate Bill 1 72, having received 25 Senate Senate Bill 1 72, having received now 26 yay votes, zero na votes three being absent passes this body, excuse me, shall be read a third time. Uh, Senator Fillmore announcements.

• Feb 17, 2026 Senate floor debate▶ Watch
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  1. Sen. Wayne A. Harper24:17

     that includes those, that small group of, uh, airplanes that, uh, the fees should have been updated. The second thing is, is that there's a request from Salt Lake City and other airports to update how lost property or misplaced property at the airports are handled. This bill goes through and, and clarifies that the airports need to, uh, make their best efforts to identify and return that property, post it on the website, and do some active things. And then the other things that clarifies one thing about, uh, law enforcement use of drones, uh, to make sure that we have the right privacy established. And that's what the bill does.

  2. President Adams (presiding)24:58

     Thank you for the presentation. See no discussion. I may go to you for a motion.

  3. Unknown speaker25:03speaker not certain

     Thank You'd move that Senate Bill 1 72 pass.

  4. President Adams (presiding)25:06

     Thank you. And the question is, shall Senate bill one seventy two pass. Roll call vote.

  5. Senate clerk (roll call)25:09

     Senator Vickers Spalder. Lewin Aye. Bramer Aye. Bus comore as Camilla Fillmore Grover Aye. Harper Aye. Jenkins Aye. Ipson Aye. Johnson a Quan McKay Aye. Mikel Aye. Milner Musselman Owens pitcher Lum Rebe Aye. Sandal Aye. Stevenson. Aye. Stratton Bickers Aye. Weiler Wilson Aye. Winterton Aye. President Adams Aye. Senate

  6. President Adams (presiding)25:57

     Bill 1 72, having received 25 yay votes, zero na votes four being absent, passes this body and will be sent to the house for their consideration. Senator Harper, if you can get a fiscal, I'll go back to third if we get time later. Uh, let's go to the second reading calendar.

• Feb 25, 2026 House Transportation Committee▶ Watch
  Transcript (31 turns)

  1. Committee chair39:50

     Um, Senator Harper is presenting SB 1 72 Airport and Air Amendments, uh, time's yours. Go ahead.

  2. Sen. Wayne A. Harper39:59

     Thank you. Uh, this bill is, uh, deals with three, uh, three different issues. First issue was brought to me by, uh, Salt Lake Department of Airports. Uh, they wanted a process, a cleaner process, and they needed some statutory backup on that in order to expedite the return and the, uh, outreach for people who've left items in an airplane or an air at the airport, so they can get the ba, the material, the property back to the, uh, to the rightful owner. So it creates a process, timelines, notification requirements, things, things of that nature. The second one is, is last year we ran a bill to go through and clarify and clean up the registration of airplanes within the state of Utah. Um, we missed a little chunk of airplanes that, uh, are, uh, least are headquartered in the state of Utah. We're now pulling those in. So all of the airplanes within the state of Utah, except for the commercial ones that the, the over the Mr. Hammond will know the weight, but it, the, the heavier commercials like the Delta and the Southwest airplanes, um, will have all the same type of registration and, and uniformity throughout the state. And the last one was a, is a cleanup in, uh, uh, in the drone language as, uh, to when law enforcement can fly over certain properties. And that's what the bill does. Okay. Uh, thank you.

  3. Committee chair41:34

     We have a question from Representative Thurston. Oh, sorry. I thought, all

  4. Rep. Norman K Thurston41:42

     Right. Thank you. So, regarding the unclaimed property, I see that there is a, a cash component to that. Um, would there be any reason why we wouldn't just have them turn the cash over to the state treasurer and let the state treasurer handle it from there on out? Um, I think that question is probably better for Salt Lake City Department of Airports who are here. Are they, Is there somebody that we can ask Mr. Chair That question? Come on up.

  5. Committee chair42:09

     Yeah. Tell us who you are and who you represent, and feel free to answer the question.

  6. Paul Nielsen, Salt Lake City Attorney's Office42:20

     Good morning. Um, Paul Nielsen, Salt Lake City Attorney's Office. I work with the, uh, department of Airports. Um, that's the first time that question has been asked, uh, because the pro the, the cash would be left at the airport just as if cash were left, um, in a city park or, or any other place, uh, that goes to the locality where the property was found. Currently, uh, the law only recognizes law enforcement agency as a repository for loss and, and unclaimed property, uh, in titles Chapter 77 11 D. So in that chapter, if you leave cash in a park or, um, anywhere in a, in a city place, that goes to the local law enforcement agency, typically the city, um, the state, and I'm a little less familiar with the, the, uh, state unclaimed property provisions, but those generally deal with, um, money that is unclaimed in a financial institution. It, well, yes. And other things, but yes. Okay.

  7. Rep. Norman K Thurston43:33

     So the, may I ask a follow up question? Sure, go ahead. I dunno if we have time for this today, but You're fine. Alright.

  8. Rep. Norman K Thurston43:38

     So, so, and in the bill it talks about that, that if you are going to dispose of the cash, then that essentially means that you would use it for a public interest use. What is Salt Lake City's current policy? Where, where does that money go? What public interest are you giving it to? Right.

  9. Paul Nielsen, Salt Lake City Attorney's Office43:56

     So public interest use is one of the options, um, that you can, where you can direct the money. Um, the local jurisdiction's legislative body needs to adopt a policy to determine what will happen with the disposed of property or the unclaimed cash. Um, this is step one for us. We are going to modify our ordinances, um, assuming that the bill passes to figure out where that's going to go. In all likelihood, unclaimed cash will probably just be put back into the Department of Airport's operating budget. So it would go back to the, to the airport. Right. We, we staff, um, three full-time lost and found employees, I believe, and they rotate. We have, I think we have four or five, but that anytime you are at the airport's business office lost and found, uh, desk we'll have, we'll have two or three.

  10. Unknown speaker44:55speaker not certain

      I've seen the TV show you've Seen. Oh, we love the exposure Yes. Except for the, the weird thing with the rat.

  11. Rep. Norman K Thurston45:01

      Yeah. And one last, if I may. Yeah, go ahead. So, um, there's also, I'm, there's, um, there are federal rules regarding unclaimed property that's left inside the TSA security area. Does, does this solve that problem or is that still a problem? Um, no, this, it's, it will operate the same. Um, we, we have been dealing with this, we just need the law to say that because we're not a law enforcement agency.

  12. Paul Nielsen, Salt Lake City Attorney's Office45:25

      And the other component is law. Uh, law enforcement officers who touch property that is unclaimed have to turn it into evidence. And we have, as you know, we have quite a few law enforcement officers at the airport, and this gives them an opportunity to, to, uh, to touch that. But, um, TSA will still bring those things that people leave in the trays. And believe me, last month I had to deal with a family member's item. Um, they will bring those regularly up to the lost and found office.

  13. Rep. Norman K Thurston45:57

      Okay. Great. I think that's, that, that's all my questions. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

  14. Committee chair46:01

      Okay. Thank you. Um, I do have a question on the,

  15. Unknown speaker46:06speaker not certain

      uh, lost and found as well. So if, is this, so if, if I leave a, a gun laying around, you know, you don't bring guns to the airport representative. Yeah. You know, if you're gonna transport a gun, you can bring it to the airport, check it in, and if you leave it there and forget to get it, does that mean you can't get it back? So you can't check your gun in, in like a locker? Are you talking about checking in for a flight? Right. Um, assuming that you have done that correctly, you check your firearm in for a flight that will, uh, meet you at your destination. If it gets lost somewhere in the process, you're handing that off to the airline and the airline is going to work with you on that. That's not gonna be a Salt Lake City thing. I'm just saying, like, you get out of the, I think, you know, like If you left It, somebody, somebody, you go to pick it up and you're getting outta their luggage and you set it down and set it down, you forget. And you take your luggage and you forget you had your gun there.

  16. Paul Nielsen, Salt Lake City Attorney's Office47:17

      Um, assuming that you leave it in the airport, uh, that will go to the Lost and found, um, I'm sorry. It will not, because it is a firearm that will get turned over to law enforcement. So that will end up with the Salt Lake City Police Department, and you will be able to get that back per, uh, representative Issa's bill from two years ago, I believe. Okay. Yeah.

  17. Unknown speaker47:43speaker not certain

      Yeah. So if, if it's a firearm, it does not meet the definition of lost or mislaid property at an airport. And the only firearms that won't get back is if it's being in the airport illegally. Right. Even if, I'm just trying to understand the firearm language in the bill. If if somehow a firearm were to make it past security, then you probably would not get that firearm back. Okay. Um,

  18. Paul Nielsen, Salt Lake City Attorney's Office48:10

      but the typical case is where somebody has forgotten that in their bag, it gets screened. TSA will call Salt Lake City Police, uh, officers over, they will handle it. They'll give you a claim check or whatever. I actually haven't seen this in action. Um, but they will give you some receipt for the firearm and you will be able to retrieve it when you return, um, within a certain number of days. But if it, it's a, it is sort of a different story. If you travel back with it and you leave it at the carousel, um, somebody will take that item, they will probably turn it over to Salt Lake City, lost and found, and then they will, uh, inspect the item and say, we have a firearm. This needs to go to Salt Lake City Police Department. So that's, that's like a really unusual situation. I don't think we've ever had that. It's usually at screening where you will have your firearm, um, taken for safekeeping.

  19. Unknown speaker49:10speaker not certain

      Thank you for that. Appreciate it.

  20. Committee chair49:13

      I don't see any other lights from the committee, so we'll go to the public for comments or questions. Go ahead.

  21. Dave Haymond, Utah General Aviation Association and Utah Aviation Coalition49:22

      This, uh, uh, good morning. I appreciate the opportunity to be here. My name is Dave Haymond. I'm the President of the Utah General Aviation Association, and this morning I'm also representing the Utah Aviation Coalition. Uh, we passed a law, uh, in 2024 that took, um, certain aircraft off being centrally assessed and moved them in into the, uh, department, uh, division of aeronautics registration fee, uh, last summer. Um, in course of, of the work of, uh, the division of Aeronautics, um, categorizing these aircraft, we, uh, discovered that we made a mistake in the legislation we passed in 2024. I'm sure that never happens around here, but what happened is that there were a few aircraft that kind of fell into a black hole. They were, prior to that time, they were being centrally assessed. They were supposed to go on a division of aeronautics registration fees. And because of the language in the bill, it kind of fell. There was a few aircraft that fell out of that and then went into a black hole. So we discovered that in our Utah Aviation Coalition meetings, that the division of aeronautics, and this bill fixes that. It goes, it goes back and recaptures the aircraft that we thought we had two years ago that kind of just fell out of the, out of the loop. So this is good legislation. It cleans this up. It, it allows, uh, division of aeronautics to recapture these airplanes, which we thought we had, um, two years ago. And, uh, as the Utah Aviation Coalition, we would encourage this committee to, uh, pass this out with a favorable, um, recommendation and a unanimous vote. This is, this is, is something that we need in order to, uh, capture these aircraft that were lost.

  22. Committee chair51:30

      Thank you. Anyone else from the public? Like speak? Okay. Uh, Seth Stewart online. Seth, do you wanna, uh, enable your camera and tell us who you are and who you represent?

  23. Seth Stewart51:49

      Thank you for the opportunity to speak. Yeah. My name is Seth Stewart. I'm representing myself from American Fork. And, uh, I do have some questions about the bill. Um, some of them are constitutional and structural questions. Uh, first is, is where in our, our state constitution do we derive authority to regulate airspace and aircraft? I ask that question because, uh, our constitution does delegate specific authority to deal with public roads and post offices, et cetera. So I'm wondering where that, uh, authority to is derived from. Um, secondly, I have a question because, um, Senator Mike Lee at the in Congress has, uh, he's, he's been talking up abolishing the TSA by 2028. I'm just wondering how this bill would interact with that with regards to unclaimed property, et cetera, and other, uh, regulatory overlap. So, appreciate some responses to those questions, and thank you very much.

  24. Committee chair52:41

      Okay. Go ahead, Senator.

  25. Sen. Wayne A. Harper52:45

      Uh, yes. The FAA does regulate the airspace. Um, and they are involved with ground operations. We have, uh, Salt Lake City and other airports around the country and the world that go through and deal with the FAA. So, yes, the FAA regulates the airspace. They regulate the airplanes. We have support operations on the ground. You have to have some place where the people go through where they can interact with the, with TSA. And then the second question was On the Constitution, I think, Oh, yeah, I, I don't see, you know, there is a partnership with the FAA and what happens with the airport is in conjunction with the FAA. So I don't see a problem with that. And then, uh, a, oh, it was abolishing the TSA with the, I don't know what Congress will or will not do. This just goes through and we operate underneath the rules and regulations that are governed by Homeland Security and TSA as they're now constituted.

  26. Committee chair53:47

      Okay. Thank you. Appreciate that. Um, anyone else? All right. We'll bring it back to the Committee for action.

  27. Committee chair54:04

      Vice Chair Roberts.

  28. Vice Chair Calvin Roberts54:06

      I move that we favorably recommend SB 1 72 Airport and Air Amendments. Uh, that motion's in order.

  29. Committee chair54:12

      Would you like to speak to that? No. I'll waive. Okay. Uh, discussion, uh, from the committee to that motion.

  30. Sen. Wayne A. Harper54:25

      Seeing none, we'll go back to the sponsor for summation. Thank you. Appreciate the, uh, committee's time and the great questions on, on this bill. We've gotta make sure that things are operating correctly and we get the property back to the rightful owners as quickly as possible, and that all airplanes are treated similarly under our, uh, under our tax and administrative codes.

  31. Committee chair54:49

      Okay, thank you. Into the maker of the motion, I'll waive summations waived, uh, we'll go to the committee. Those in favor of passing out, um, SB 1 72 Airport and Air Amendments from the committee with a favorable recommendation. Say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Say no. Okay. Thank you. That passes unanimously. Thank you. Appreciate it. Congratulations. Thanks for those who helped with the tough questions. So, Representative Matthews isn't here yet, so we'll go to,

• Mar 5, 2026 House floor debate▶ Watch
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  1. Unknown speaker25:49speaker not certain

     Senate Bill 1 72 Airport and Air Amendments by Senator Harper. This bill was heard in transportation with vote 9 0 3.

  2. Speaker (presiding)25:57

     The House sponsors Representative Welton. Representative Welton.

  3. Rep. Doug Welton26:01

     Thank you Mr. Speaker Pot. This bill amends provisions relating to an airports and operations aircraft registration and loss, or missed hand or mislaid property at the airports. The bill updates definitions modifies aircraft based in the state thresholds for re for registration. Clarifies registration requirements for certain commercial operators, established as a uniform process for handling loss property at regulated airports updates, airport licensing requirements and makes technical and conforming changes. So basically if you lose your, uh, goods at the airport, you can get 'em back. And, uh, we require, uh, updates, licensing codes at airports.

  4. Speaker (presiding)26:40

     Thank you Representative Wilton. Discussion to the bill. See none. Representative Welton for summation.

  5. Rep. Doug Welton26:48

     I waive. Thank you. Summation is waived.

  6. Speaker (presiding)26:51

     Voting is open on Senate Bill 1 72 Airport and Air Amendments Representative Libe seeing all present having voted voting will be closed. Senate bill 1 72 having received 64 yay votes and one NA vote passes the house will be signed by the speaker Pro 10 and returned to the Senate for the signature of the president. Madam Reading Clerk