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Highway Designation Amendments 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor

https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0196.html

https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2026/01/13/charlie-kirk-scores-slcs-900-south/

Highway Designation Amendments 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Trevor Lee Senate Sponsor: LONG TITLE General Description: This bill designates a certain city street as Charlie Kirk Boulevard. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: ▸limits a municipality's jurisdiction and control of a class C road to allow the Legislature to make a special designation of or name a class C road; ▸requires coordination between the Department of Transportation and municipalities regarding the designation, naming, and signage of a class C road for which the Legislature has given a special designation or name; and ▸designates 900 South in Salt Lake City as Charlie Kirk Boulevard. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: None Utah Code Sections Affected: AMENDS: 72-3-104 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2025, First Special Session, Chapter 17 ENACTS: 72-4-401 , Utah Code Annotated 1953 72-4-402 , Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:

Section 1. Section 72-3-104 is amended to read:72-3-104. City streets -- Class C roads -- Construction and maintenance.(1)City streets comprise:(a)highways, roads, circulator alleys, and streets within the corporate limits of themunicipalities that are not designated as class A state roads or as class B roads; and(b)those highways, roads, and streets located within a national forest and constructed ormaintained by the municipality under agreement with the appropriate federal agency.(2)City streets are class C roads.(3)Except for city streets within counties of the first and second class, as classified underSection 17-60-104, the state and city have joint undivided interest in the title to allrights-of-way for all city streets.(4)(a)The Except as provided in Subsection (4)(b), and Chapter 4, Part 4, SpecialDesignation and Naming of Local Highways, a municipal governing body exercisessole jurisdiction and control of the city streets within the municipality.(b)The Legislature may make a special designation of a class C road as provided inChapter 4, Part 4, Special Designation and Naming of Local Highways.(5)The department shall cooperate with the municipal legislative body in the constructionand maintenance of the class C roads within each municipality.(6)The municipal legislative body shall expend or cause to be expended upon the class Croads the funds allocated to each municipality from the Transportation Fund under rulesmade by the department.(7)Any town or city in the third, fourth, or fifth class may:(a)contract with the county or the department for the construction and maintenance ofclass C roads within its corporate limits; or(b)transfer, with the consent of the county, its:(i)class C roads to the class B road system; and(ii)funds allocated from the Transportation Fund to the municipality to the countylegislative body for use upon the transferred class C roads.(8)A municipal legislative body of any city of the third, fourth, or fifth class may use anyportion of the class C road funds allocated to the municipality for the construction ofsidewalks, curbs, and gutters on class A state roads within the municipal limits bycooperative agreement with the department.

Section 2. Section 72-4-401 is enacted to read:Part 4. Special Designation and Naming of Local Highways.72-4-401. Special Designation and Naming of Local Highways.(1)The Legislature may make a special designation of or name a class C road.(2)Except as provided in this section, the designation or naming of a class C road does notalter the duties of a municipality to exercise jurisdiction and control of the class C road.(3)If the Legislature makes a special designation of or names a class C road, themunicipality:(a)shall remove any existing designation or name of the same class C road;(b)shall coordinate with the department for the installation of appropriate signs alongthe designated highway; and(c)may not make a different or additional designation of the same class C road.

Section 3. Section 72-4-402 is enacted to read:72-4-402. Charlie Kirk Boulevard.(1)There is established Charlie Kirk Boulevard composed of the existing class C road inSalt Lake City known as 900 South.(2)In addition to the designation of the road as 900 South, the department and Salt LakeCity shall designate and name the highway identified in Subsection (1) as Charlie KirkBoulevard on future state and local highway maps.(3)As soon as practicable, and in coordination with Salt Lake City, the department shallinstall appropriate signs along portions of the highway indicating the designation andname as Charlie Kirk Boulevard as described in Subsection (1).

Section 4. Effective Date.This bill takes effect on May 6, 2026.

General Document Comments 0

Feb 20

Anthony G's Question Anthony G and/or Thinking Partner (Feb 20 2026 1:32PM) : One of my elected representatives is Utah state senator Jen Plumb. Can you tell me a little about the senator's positions on bills like HB 0196?" more

Thinking Partner with Anthony G's edits:

I can’t find a public statement from Senator Jen Plumb that directly mentions HB 0196 or the “Charlie Kirk Boulevard” proposal, so anything I say about that specific bill would be guessing rather than evidence-based.
From her official and campaign bios, her core issues are public health (especially the opioid crisis), data‑driven policy, child welfare, environmental quality, housing, gender equity, and LGBTQ+ protections, especially for trans youth ((Jen Plumb for Senate, n.d.); (Utah Senate Democrats, n.d.)).
Her track record is more about harm‑reduction and social support (like expanding naloxone access and strengthening social services) than about symbolic culture‑war gestures such as naming bills or streets after national political figures ((Jen Plumb for Senate, n.d.)).
Because she’s a Democratic Assistant Minority Whip with a focus on equity and public health, a reasonable inference is that she’d scrutinize a bill like HB 0196 for whether it serves local residents’ needs and respects local control, but to know for sure you’d need to look up her votes or ask her office directly ((Utah Senate Democrats, n.d.)).

If you wanted to push your understanding a bit, would you rather (a) draft a short email or call script in your own words to ask Senator Plumb how she’ll approach bills like HB 0196, using this info as background, or (b) click Continue with AI to talk through what matters most to you about this bill—or go to Create Document to start writing or upload a related source?

Feb 20

Anthony G's Question Anthony G and/or Thinking Partner (Feb 20 2026 1:35PM) : ok if jen plum doesn't have a lot of info surrounding thsi give me the same overview on hoang nguyen more

Thinking Partner with Anthony G's edits:

Hoang Nguyen is a first‑term Democratic state representative from House District 23 (parts of southern Salt Lake County and a bit of Summit County), with a background as a business owner and community board member ((Wikipedia, “Hoang Nguyen (Utah politician), 2026); (CI Gateway, State Legislator Page, 2026)).
Her early legislative work and committee assignments (Business and Labor; Revenue and Taxation; water and environment appropriations) suggest a focus on economic policy, taxation, and especially water and environmental issues affecting the Great Salt Lake ((CI Gateway, State Legislator Page, 2026)).
For example, she is sponsoring HB 296, a bipartisan bill that would let water suppliers count water dedicated to the Great Salt Lake in their conservation plans, and she has called saving the lake “mission critical,” emphasizing transparency and long‑term planning ((Utah News Dispatch, “Bill allowing conserved water…,” 2026); (Great Salt Lake Collaborative, 2026)).
On immigration‑related fights, she’s been quoted pushing back on anti‑immigrant proposals (like taxes on some wire transfers abroad or limits on benefits), saying that “taking care of one another has always been the true Utah way,” which lines up with a pro‑immigrant, social‑safety‑net approach ((KSL.com, 2026); (Salt Lake Tribune, 2026)).

If you compare that to HB 0196, are you more interested in how Nguyen might respond to the “state preempting cities for symbolic culture‑war bills” part, or in how her environmental/immigration priorities could shape your own message to her—do you want to click Continue with AI to think that through, or head to Create Document to start drafting or upload something to work on?

Feb 20

Anthony G's Question Anthony G and/or Thinking Partner (Feb 20 2026 1:38PM) : what are their positions on bills like this more

Thinking Partner with Anthony G's edits:

Neither Jen Plumb nor Hoang Nguyen has, so far, public statements that specifically mention HB 0196 or the “Charlie Kirk Boulevard” idea, so no one can honestly say “here is their stated position on this exact bill” yet.
To understand their likely stance, it helps to look at what both of them usually fight for: Plumb centers public health, harm‑reduction, kids’ well‑being, and LGBTQ+ equity, while Nguyen is digging into Great Salt Lake/water, fair taxation, and protections for immigrants and working families ((Jen Plumb for Senate, n.d.); (Utah News Dispatch, 2026)).
Bills like HB 0196 are mostly symbolic (road naming) but also shift power away from cities to the Legislature; since both are Democrats who’ve talked about local needs and vulnerable communities, it’s reasonable—but still just an inference—to think they’d question using state power for a partisan‑symbol gesture instead of concrete local benefits ((Great Salt Lake Collaborative, 2026)).
The only way to get their real positions on “bills like this” is to (a) watch how they vote on HB 0196 and similar pre‑emption/symbolic‑naming bills this session, and/or (b) ask their offices directly how they balance local control, symbolism, and community priorities in road‑naming and similar fights.

If you were to reach out, would you rather use Continue with AI to sketch a short note in your own words asking Plumb or Nguyen how they’ll vote on HB 0196, or go to Create Document to start a fresh draft or upload something you’ve already started so we can work from that?

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