Land, Water, and Air Bills Passed During the 2024 Utah Legislative Session
Agriculture & Livestock
H.B. 363 | Livestock Grazing Amendments
(C. Albrecht) 2/16/2024
Recognizes grazing allotment as an existing right in range management.
H.B. 291 | Department of Agriculture and Food Amendments
(R.P. Shipp) 3/1/2024
Annual clean-up bill on technicalities in Department of Agriculture and Food
H.B. 297 | Utah Bee Inspection Act Amendments
(R.P. Shipp) 3/1/2024
Restricts the ability of local governments to regulate beekeeping on private property.
H.B. 526 | Shell Egg Producers Amendments
(R.P. Shipp) 3/1/2024
Allows small producers to sell eggs on a wholesale basis.
Cannabis/Hemp
H.B. 389 | Cannabis Pharmacy Modifications
(W. Brooks) 2/29/2024
Puts a cap on how much of the market a pharmacy can own and creates pharmacist-in-charge.
H.B. 52 | Industrial Hemp Amendments
(J. Dailey-Provost) 2/28/2024
Allows manufacturers to transport products at high THC levels and creates a sales tax on products, allowing the Department of Agriculture to identify and regulate products better.
Air
H.B. 104 | Property Owner Association Amendments
(N. Thurston) 2/16/2024
Limits a homeowners' association's authority to prohibit an owner from making modifications for radon mitigation.
H.B. 373 | Environmental Quality Amendments
(C. Snider) 2/28/2024
Repeals the Air Quality Policy Advisory Board and creates an informal working group on environmental issues. It also adds a representative from the mining industry to the group.
H.B. 452 | Carbon Capture Amendments
(S. Chew) 2/29/2024
Combines two existing funds into the Carbon Dioxide Storage Fund.
Energy
H.B. 116 | Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy Act Amendments
(C. Watkins) 2/2/20204
Amends act so commercial energy systems can use a public utility’s power grids if they are producing biofuel.
S.B. 161 | Energy Security Amendments
(D.R. Owens) 2/28/2024
Part of a larger effort by legislators to change the governance of the IPA power plants, trying to force a change in how the plant is valued and sold.
H.B. 124 | Energy Infrastructure Amendments
(C. Albrecht) 2/29/2024
Provides a tax credit for certain emissions reduction projects and adds to the definition of high-cost infrastructure.
H.B. 0048 | Utah Energy Act Amendments
(C. Jack) 2/27/2024
Requests the Office of Energy Development to project the supply and demand of energy so the state can make proper decisions on where to spend research dollars.
H.B. 374 | State Energy Policy Amendments
(C. Jack) 2/23/2024
Modifies the state energy policy to make it more efficient and requires the Office of Energy Development to compile an annual report.
H. B.410 | Utah San Rafael State Energy Lab
(C. Watkins) 2/28/2024
This bill establishes the Utah San Rafael State Energy Lab and creates the Utah San Rafael Energy Lab Board
S.B. 224 | Energy Independence Amendments
(S. Sandall) 3/1/2024
This bill modifies provisions related to planning and cost recovery for certain energy resource decisions and allows a large-scale electric utility to establish a Utah fire fund.
H.B. 117 | Wind Energy Facility Siting Modifications
(J. Burton) 2/21/2024
Requires the owner of a wind energy facility to undergo a clearing process with the U.S. Department of Defense before construction.
H.B. 191 | Electrical Energy Amendments
(C. Jack) 2/16/202004
Ensures that before a power plant is demolished, the Public Service Commission has to review the proposal and ensure that there is equal capacity available to replace the power plant that will be demolished.
H.B. 241 | Clean Energy Amendments
(C. Albrecht) 2/20/2024
Changes code to add new types of energy to the definition of clean energy and makes other technical changes.
H.B. 317 | Energy Storage Amendments
(C. R. Musselman) 2/16/20204
Requires the Office of Energy Development to conduct a study analyzing Utah's energy fuel infrastructure and supply chain.
Fire
H.B. 437 | Fire Amendments
(C. Snider) 2/29/2024
Allows Wildland Fire Suppression Fund to be used for pre fire treatment and post fire restoration instead of only fire suppression.
H.B. 567 | Fire Regulation Amendments
(W. Brooks) 2/28/2024
Allows rural Utah to burn natural horticultural or agricultural clipping and pruning waste outdoors from November to March.
S.B. 119 | Fire and Rescue Training Amendments
(W. Harper) 2/27/2024
This bill adds aircraft rescue firefighting training to the fire prevention, education, and training program.
Land
H.C.R. 8 | Concurrent Resolution Creating the Butch Cassidy State Monument
(C. Albrecht) 2/16/2024
Creates the Butch Cassidy State Monument of Butch Cassidy’s childhood home in Garfield County.
H.B. 57 | Snake Valley Aquifer Advisory Council Amendments
(Brooks, W.) 2/2/2024
Repeals the Snake Valley Aquifer Advisory Council.
H.B. 262 | School and Institutional Trust Lands Amendments
(C. Snider) 2/29/2024
Provides School Institutional Trust Lands Institution an opportunity to sell land to the Department of Natural Resources if needed.
S.C.R. 6 | Concurrent Resolution Creating the Golden Spike State Monument
(S. Sandall) 1/24/2024
Creates the Golden Spike State Monument.
H.J.R. 26 | Joint Resolution Rejecting Exchange of School and Institutional Trust Lands
(C. Snider) 2/29/2024
Rejects a proposed exchange of trust lands in and around Bears Ears National Monument for United States government lands.
H.B. 159 | Bears Ears Visitor Center Advisory Committee Repeal Amendments
(D. Owens) 3/1/2024
Enacts a sunset date for the Bears Ears Visitor Center Advisory Committee.
H.B. 302 | Paleontological Landmark Amendments
(J. Elison) 3/1/2024
If the state wants to create a paleontological landmark designation, the Board or a concurrent resolution between the House and the governor can designate it.
H.B. 496 | Public Land Use Amendments
(C. Albrecht) 2/29/2024
Prohibits natural asset companies from owning or leasing state public lands.
S.B. 198 | Point of the Mountain State Land Authority Amendments
(J. Stevenson) 3/1/2024
Modifies the definition of Point of the Mountain state land for purposes of the Point of the Mountain State Land Authority Act.
Management
H.B. 5 | Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environmental Quality Base Budget
(S. Barlow) 1/25/2024
Finalized the 2024 legislative budget for Utah’s natural resources.
H.B. 26 | Correctional Facility Amendments
(J. Burton) 3/1/2024
If someone sells or passes a smartphone into a correctional facility, it is a third degree felony.
S.B. 36 | Heber Valley Historic Railroad Authority Sunset Amendments
(W. Harper) 2/5/2024
Extends the sunset for Heber Valley Historic Railroad Authority.
H.B. 74 | Utility Relocation Cost Sharing Amendments
(K. Christofferson) 2/2/2024
This bill amends provisions related to allocation costs to relocate utility infrastructure within state highways and certain public transit rights of way.
H.B. 76 | State Resource Management Plan Amendments
(K. Stratton) 2/2/2024
Updates the State Resources Management Plan and makes some technical changes.
H.B. 522 | Veterinarian Education Loan Repayment Program Amendments
(C. Albrecht) 3/1/2024
Amends the veterinarian education loan to modify payments on the annual loan balance.
S.B. 57 | Utah Constitutional Sovereignty Act
(S. Sandall) 1/30/2024
Creates a process for the legislature and governor to pass a resolution stating the state of Utah does not have to comply with a federal directive that appears to violate state sovereignty.
S.B. 135 | Advanced Air Mobility and Aeronautics Amendments
(W. Harper) 2/29/2024
Amends a provision related to aeronautics and air mobility systems.
Mining
H.B. 54 | Coal Miner Certification Panel Amendments
(C. Albrecht) 2/1/2024
Extends the sunset on the panel for ten years.
H.B. 433 | Brine Amendments
(B. Bolinder) 3/1/2024
Will require the Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining to do a study on brine mining and present it to the Natural Resource Interim Committee.
H. B. 353 | Mining Operations Amendments
(B. Bolinder) 2/29/2024
Addresses regulations of mining operations to provide clarity and technical changes.
H.B. 502 | Critical Infrastructure and Mining
(C. Snider) 3/1/2024
A study will be done by the Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining on how much sand and gravel (aggregate) we need, where it is, and examine the infrastructure for mining operations.
S.B. 145 | Utility Easement Amendments
(D. McCay) 2/29/2024
Requires utility operators to create a statewide association to manage requests to mark utility facilities before excavation.
Outdoor Recreation
H.B. 23 | Division of Outdoor Recreation Advisory Council Sunset Extension
(W. Brooks) 2/1/2024
Extends the sunset on the advisory council until 2029.
S.B. 108 | Veteran Access to State Parks
(K. Kwan) 2/29/2024
Pilot program allowing for any resident veteran of Utah to have access to state parks with a free pass.
H.B. 360 | Outdoor Recreation Amendments
(D. Owens) 2/28/2024
Creates a position and program in DNR to identify and promote projects in outdoor recreation.
H.B. 90 | Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Amendments
(J. Stenquist) 2/20/2024
Adds avalanche forecasting infrastructure to be allowed in the Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure restricted account.
Water
S.B. 39 | Water Shareholder Amendments
(S. Sandall) 2/7/2024
Lengthens the acceptable time for a water company's response to a shareholder's proposed change application
S.B. 77 | Water Rights Restricted Account Amendments
(S. Sandall) 2/7/2024
Allows the state engineer additional flexibility over the Water Rights Restricted Account as more measuring tools are being implemented throughout the state.
H.B. 11 | Water Efficient Landscaping Requirements
(Owens, D.) 2/21/2024
Limits use of nonfunctional turf on new government buildings (municipal and state).
H.B. 61 | Water Measuring and Accounting Amendments
(Albrecht, C.) 2/7/2024
Will give the state engineer accurate real-time measurements of water flow through telemetry.
S.B. 18 | Water Modifications
(S. Sandall) 2/14/2024
Expands the definition of saved water to any water the state engineer can identify as saved whether participating in the ag water optimization program or not.
H.B. 42 | Water Rights Publication Amendments
(J. Briscoe) 2/1/2024
Allows the state engineer to document water rights notices electronically.
H.B. 275 | Water Amendments
(C. Snider) 2/20/2024
Cleans up technicalities relating to grant money for water metering, rules allowed by HOAs on turf installation and waterwise landscaping, and water use data collected by the Division of Water Rights.
H.B. 295 | Produced Water Amendments
(S. Lund) 2/16/2024
Water produced from oil gas and mining can be reused.
S.B. 17 | Safe Drinking Water Act Sunset Extension
(S. Sandall) 1/31/2024
Extends Safe Drinking Water Act to 2029.
S.B. 39 | Water Shareholder Amendments
(S. Sandall) 2/7/2024
Lengthens the acceptable time for a water company's response to a shareholder's proposed change application.
H.B. 62 | Utah Water Ways Amendments
(Owens, D.) 2/28/2024
Provides instructions on water curriculum and coordination with Utah Water Ways for public education system.
S.B. 125 | Secondary Water Amendments
(D. Hinkins) 2/23/2024
Includes water districts with more hookups in the exemption for secondary metering.
H.B. 280 | Water Related Changes
(C. Snider) 2/28/2024
Coordinates water planning efforts in the state, creates Water Infrastructure Fund, and enacts a planning process and decision-making body to distribute the fund.
S.B. 211 | Generational Water Infrastructure Amendments
(J. Stuart Adams) 2/28/2024
Creates a Water Commission that reports every year to legislature.
H.B. 453 | Great Salt Lake Revisions
(C. Snider) 2/29/2024
This bill will pull users from below the water line into a water distribution management plan and adds more restrictions to mining industries.
S.B. 242 | Utah Lake Modifications
(M. McKell) 3/1/2024
Repeals the Utah Lake Restoration Act and provisions related to the Utah Lake Diking Project.
S.B. 270 | Utah Lake and Great Salt Lake Study Amendments
(C. Bramble) 3/1/2024
Requires the Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands to conduct a study on Utah Lake.
H.B. 206 | Columbia Interstate Compact Amendments
(T. Peterson) 2/16/2024
Repeals any legislation tied to this compact.
Wildlife
S.B. 20 | Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Board Amendments
(S. Sandall) 1/31/2024
Extends the sunset of the board from 2024 to 2034.
H.B. 222 | Wildlife Hunting Amendments
(S. Gricius) 2/29/2024
Simplifies clothing requirement to one orange item on the exterior a person’s upper body.
H.B. 375 | Domesticated Elk Amendments
(K. Stratton) 3/1/2024
Allows the state to bring in domesticated elk from Canada for breeding after they have been dewormed.
H.C.R. 13 | Concurrent Resolution Related to the Division of Wildlife Resources
(C. Albrecht) 3/1/2024
Encourages the Division of Wildlife Resources to capture and return wolves to Colorado.
H.B. 382 | Wildlife Amendments
(C. Snider) 3/1/2024
Annual clean-up bill for the Division of Wildlife with small technical changes.