Carl R. Albrecht

• S.B. 252 Water Usage at State-owned Facilities Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Asks whether the bill covers all new state buildings, whether or not they are in the Great Salt Lake drainage.

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  Does this include all new state buildings, whether they're in the Great Salt Lake drainage or not?

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• H.J.R. 30 House Joint Resolution to Approve the Transfer of Land · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Has no questions and urges colleagues to support the resolution, citing federalism principles and the money the state receives.

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  Yeah. Thank you Mr. Speaker. I have no questions, but I just want to urge my, uh, colleagues to support this. This is, uh, great federalism, uh, principles in motion. And, uh, besides that we get money for it. And besides that, it's the way it ought to be. So thank you Mr. Speaker and you folks spoke for it's good. Bill.

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• S.B. 21 Geothermal Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Moves to concur on substitute S.B. 21 and says he will explain the amendment.

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  Um, I'm gonna move to Concur and I'll explain the amendment Motion to concur to, uh, four substitute Senate bill 21, not 12.

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• S.B. 21 Geothermal Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Explains that an unfriendly amendment added in committee without the sponsor's knowledge has been removed, and describes the bill as the state's geothermal policy, urging support.

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  Yes. So at, at the last minute, without speaking to the, the sponsor of this bill, somebody in the hallway added, uh, an amendment before committee and that amendment was unfriendly and has been removed from the bill. And the bill is the same that we passed over here. This is just our geothermal policy and it it's a great policy. It's sets our standard for how we deal with geothermal in the state of Utah and we empower, we use state water rights and it's really efficient, but without I'd urge support.

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• S.B. 305 Hospital Quality Incentive Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Supports the bill, saying it will help every hospital in the state, especially rural hospitals, and encourages a yes vote.

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  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I just wanna rise in support of this bill. Um, as you mentioned, the big beautiful bill hurt the situation, but the Trump administration's also already authorized several states to, to go this route. It, it'll help every hospital in the state, more so for the rural hospitals, and that's very important, and I think you need to keep that in mind as you cast your vote today, and I'd encourage you to support the bill. Thank you. Thank, Thank

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• H.B. 507 State Coordination of Regional and Local Economic Development Projects Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Speaks in support of the bill and thanks the sponsor for his hard work, including on the conference committee and the Energy Council provisions.

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  Uh, no, I just wanna stand in support of, of what the good representative has done here. He is put in a lot of hard work on this bill and including the conference committee and it, it does a lot of good things, uh, including the energy council. And so I, I, I'd urge your support of this bill. Thank you.

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• S.B. 201 Shelter Animal Euthanasia Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Describes Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab as a place where people take unwanted animals.

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  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It's been an interesting discussion. If you've got a pet, whether it be a horse or a donkey, or a j*****s and representative Snyder's yard, uh, or a dog, or a cat or a bird, and you don't want it, take it to Kanab to best Friends Animal Sanctuary. Let it off at the highway and let it run up the canyon to their sanctuary and they'll take care of it. This happens all the time. They haul dog food and cat food in there by the semi-truck load. And when I was manager of my co-op, they were one of the largest power users there were because in the summer they provided air conditioning and …

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• S.B. 295 Intellectual Diversity in Education and Government · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Moves to call the question and end debate.

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  Thank you, Mr. Speaker call. The question question has been called, uh, which has the effect of any debate?

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• S.B. 254 Extracted Natural Resources Amendments · House floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026

  Raises concerns about the severance tax changes and their effect on oil and gas and mining regions, asks for more discussion, and suggests addressing the issues during the interim.

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  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Um, we worked on this bill for all during Interim Critical Minerals is an important part of, uh, state of Utah going forward. I just have some concerns about, uh, the severance tax as, as do the folks that live in oil and gas regions. I, I think I know you do. I know you want a strong mining industry. We've talked about that this morning, but I think there's some fallacies in this bill that need a little more discussion, uh, concerning severance, how it affects you in a basin, how it affects mining. I've got a lot of mining projects going on in my district, some with, uh, critical minerals and some with coal …

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• S.B. 254 Extracted Natural Resources Amendments · House floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026

  Expresses concerns about the severance tax changes and their effects on oil and gas regions and mining, and asks for further discussion during the interim.

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  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Um, we worked on this bill for all during Interim Critical Minerals is an important part of, uh, state of Utah going forward. I just have some concerns about, uh, the severance tax as, as do the folks that live in oil and gas regions. I, I think I know you do. I know you want a strong mining industry. We've talked about that this morning, but I think there's some fallacies in this bill that need a little more discussion, uh, concerning severance, how it affects you in a basin, how it affects mining. I've got a lot of mining projects going on in my district, some with, uh, critical minerals and some with coal …

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• H.B. 78 Nuclear Regulatory Amendments · House floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026

  Says the Senate made two main amendments: one on safety that he made in Senate committee, and one on the Senate floor about siting of a nuclear fuel cycle facility, plus some technical changes.

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  Yes. Uh, they made a couple of, uh, amendments. I actually made one in the Senate committee concerning, uh, safety. And then the other amendment was made on the floor of the Senate having to do with, uh, siting of a nuclear fuel cycle facility and, uh, some technical changes beyond that. But those were the two main things. Mr. Speaker.

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• H.B. 376 Land Management Funding Amendments · House floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026

  Says the Senate amendment asks for a list of forest restoration projects and the funding plan for the following calendar year, and calls the bill good.

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  Sure. There was, uh, an amendment made in the Senate, uh, that uh, just said, look, if you're gonna do a list of projects on forest restoration, give us a list of what the initiative plans to fund for the following calendar year, which makes sense. The Senate and their wisdom added that to the bill and uh, it's a good bill. Mr. Speaker.

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• S.B. 288 Medicaid Provider Amendments · House floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026

  Supports the bill, saying it benefits nursing homes in rural Utah.

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  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in support as well. This is good for, uh, nursing homes in rural Utah. Commend the sponsor for listening. Thank you.

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• S.B. 209 Gooseberry Narrows State Park Study · House floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026

  Albrecht says the bill is only a $5,000 study with no fiscal note and urges members to focus on the study rather than water disputes.

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  Ah, it's nice to see you up there. Mr. Speaker proto, uh, board, What's Uh, Mr. Speaker Pro Tam, we heard this in natural resources. Uh, let's, let's not get off the straight line here. This is just a study. Let's going to consider a state park $5,000 that the, uh, parks department is basically doing it for nothing. No fiscal note. We're not talking about water rights or reservoirs or fishing or anything else at this point. This is just a basic study. Uh, that's all it is. Uh, we don't want to get into water feuds between carbon and Sanpete. This is just a study for a state park. Thank you, Mr. Speaker proto.

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• S.B. 21 Geothermal Amendments · House floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026

  Albrecht moves to adopt the fourth substitute, which removes amendment number one and restores the earlier bill language.

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  Thank you Mr. Speaker Pro. Tim, I, uh, make a motion to move the fourth sub That's in order. Would you like to speak to that motion? Sure. Uh, it takes out, uh, the amendment that we passed earlier in the process, amendment number one, and, uh, just goes back to the language before. So made everybody happy.

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How they voted

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Bills they sponsored

• H.B. 64 School and Institutional Trust Lands Amendments · Did not pass
• H.B. 66 Soil Health Program Amendments · Governor Signed
• H.B. 67 Lead Acid Battery Disposal Sunset Amendments · Did not pass
• H.B. 69 Drinking Water Restructuring Amendments · Governor Signed
• H.B. 78 Nuclear Regulatory Amendments · Governor Signed
• H.B. 145 School Excused Absence Amendments · Governor Signed
• H.B. 201 Radioactive Waste Facility Tax Amendments · Did not pass
• H.B. 222 Limitation of Actions Amendments · Governor Signed
• H.B. 224 Electricity Rate Amendments · Did not pass
• H.B. 238 Utah Energy Generation and Transmission Planning · Governor Signed
• H.B. 369 Agriculture and Food Amendments · Governor Signed
• H.B. 376 Land Management Funding Amendments · Governor Signed
• H.C.R. 1 House Concurrent Resolution Regarding Advanced Nuclear Manufacturing · Governor Signed

Carried in the House as floor sponsor

• S.B. 20 Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Technical Changes · Governor Signed
• S.B. 21 Geothermal Amendments · Governor Signed
• S.B. 26 Pest Control Amendments · Governor Signed
• S.B. 42 State Weed Committee Amendments · Did not pass
• S.B. 135 Nuclear Reprocessing Amendments · Governor Signed
• S.C.R. 4 Concurrent Resolution Regarding Permitting of Oil, Gas, and Mining · Governor Signed

About

In office since

January 1, 2017

Counties

Sevier, Piute, Beaver, and Iron

Profession

Retired Utility Executive/ Consultant

Affiliations

40 year career with Garkane Energy (23 years as CEO); Rural Caucus

Education

B.S., Business, Souther Utah State College

Honors and awards

None listed in their official profile.

Committees

• Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environmental Quality Appropriations Subcommittee
• House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
• House Public Utilities and Energy Committee
• Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee
• Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Interim Committee
• Federalism Commission
• Legislative Water Development Commission

Profile details come from the Utah Legislature's official legislator data.