2026 | Bills of Interest
| Bills we support | Bills we are tracking | Bills we oppose |
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HB 13 |
Municipal Services Fees and Political Subdivision Lien Amendments |
Rep. P. Cutler |
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Authorizes municipalities to place a political subdivision lien on property for certain past due services. |
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HB 19 |
Drinking Water Utility Amendments |
Rep. C. Jack |
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Requires a community water system to complete an emergency response plan and report a security breech to the Utah Cyber Center within two hours of discovery. |
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HB 60 |
Water Rights Amendments |
Rep. D. Shallenberger |
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Modifies the extent to which the State Engineer may consider a protest; addresses temporary applications; modifies the grounds that the State Engineer may consider in approving or rejecting an application, including what the State Engineer may consider related to public welfare and clarifies who is an aggrieved person for purposes of seeking judicial review. |
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HB 69 |
Drinking Water Restructuring Amendments |
Rep. C. Albrecht |
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Allows a court to appoint a receiver for a public water system to implement a corrective or remedial action for a violation of the Safe Drinking Water Act or compliance order and require a violator to divest ownership of the public water system to ensure long term compliance. |
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HB 76 |
Data Center Water Policy Amendments |
Rep. J. Koford |
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Directs land use authorities to issue certain notices; requires certain large data centers to communicate with water providers; requires reporting by operators of certain data centers before construction and annually; addresses disclosure of the reported information and provides for enforcement mechanisms. |
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No 154 |
Water Loss Study Amendments |
Rep. D. Owens |
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Requires the Division of Water Resources to conduct a study regarding water loss and report the findings of that study. |
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No 155 |
Water Rate Amendments |
Rep. D. Owens |
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Provides for increasing block units for residential water use in certain water rate structures and addresses the purpose of increases in rates charged for additional blocks. |
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No 187 |
Water Amendments |
Rep. C. Jack |
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Exempts from provisions related to abandonment or forfeiture for nonuse certain water rights of a water conservancy district that are related to the lower basin and prohibits certain instream flow change applications related to the lower basin. |
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SB 21 |
Geothermal Amendments |
Sen. M. McKell |
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Modifies provisions related to ownership of geothermal resources or fluids and amends the powers of the Division of Water Rights related to confidentiality of information. |
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SB 46 |
Water Wise Landscaping Amendments |
Sen. K. Stratton |
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Imposes landscaping requirements related to state government facilities. |
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