2025 bills / H.B. 249
H.B. 249 Nuclear Power Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
The bill creates a Nuclear Energy Consortium and a Utah Energy Council within the Office of Energy Development, and renames and changes the duties of the Utah San Rafael Energy Lab Board. It also sets up a process for designating electrical energy development zones and creates an Electrical Energy Development Investment Fund with rules for how its money can be used.
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Official description
- defines terms
- creates the Nuclear Energy Consortium within the Office of Energy Development (office) and establishes its membership and duties
- creates the Utah Energy Council within the office and establishes its membership and duties
- modifies the duties and name of the Utah San Rafael Energy Lab Board
- establishes a process for designating electrical energy development zones
- creates the Electrical Energy Development Investment Fund and provides for its administration
- establishes authorized uses of fund money
- includes a coordination clause to coordinate between this bill and H.B. 70, Decommissioned Asset Disposition Amendments
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Every vote
- 10 yes, 0 no, 3 absentHouse Public Utilities and Energy Committee: vote to change the bill · Jan 27, 2025Who voted how
- 10 yes, 0 no, 3 absentHouse Public Utilities and Energy Committee: vote to approve it · Jan 27, 2025Who voted how
- 72 yes, 0 no, 3 absentFinal House vote · Feb 5, 2025Who voted how
- 6 yes, 0 no, 2 absentSenate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee: vote to change the bill · Feb 13, 2025Who voted how
- 6 yes, 0 no, 2 absentSenate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee: Amendment Recommendation · Feb 13, 2025Who voted how
- 6 yes, 0 no, 2 absentSenate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 13, 2025Who voted how
- 22 yes, 6 no, 1 absentFinal Senate vote · Mar 5, 2025Who voted how
- 22 yes, 4 no, 3 absentConference Committee - Final Passage · Mar 6, 2025Who voted how
- 56 yes, 10 no, 9 absentConference Committee - Final Passage · Mar 6, 2025Who voted how
Hearings and debates
- Jan 27, 2025 House Public Utilities and Energy Committee▶ Watch
- Feb 13, 2025 Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee▶ Watch
- May 2, 2025 House floor debate▶ Watch
- May 3, 2025 Senate floor debate▶ Watch
- May 3, 2025 House floor debate▶ Watch
- May 3, 2025 Senate floor debate▶ Watch
- Jun 3, 2025 Senate floor debate▶ Watch
- Jun 3, 2025 House floor debate▶ Watch