Colin W. Jack

• S.B. 193 State Legal Holiday Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Speaks in favor, noting that Good Friday is observed in several places where he has lived and worked, and says Utah catching up with the rest of the world is good.

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  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to briefly speak in favor of this bill. I know that, uh, having worked in Arizona and New Mexico, Texas, uh, good Friday was a very important holiday there. We even celebrated Good Friday in Bangladesh. We certainly did in, in South America. So I think it's good that Utah catch up to maybe most of the rest of the world.

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• S.C.R. 1 Concurrent Resolution Regarding Nuclear Energy · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Rep. Jack says nuclear power is needed to balance reliable, affordable electricity with lower CO2 emissions, and that the resolution lets the governor petition the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission to bring primacy to a Utah regulatory commission so the state can move faster.

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  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm very excited to talk about nuclear power. I've been reading some nuclear power textbooks at night. A friend of mine who teaches university in Georgia has mailed me a whole box of them, but I was asked to keep it short. So let me give you the cliff notes here real quick. Uh, We value our reliable and affordable electricity, and there's a growing concern about CO2 emissions. So how do we square those two? And currently, the only thing known to man that is, uh, viable and at scale is nuclear. And so across the country, we've been pursuing nuclear more and more. We have voted on and passed out a couple of bills. …

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• H.B. 591 Nuisance Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Says the Senate amendment adds clarification that the governor's existing statutory authority to declare a public nuisance applies, so the bill is consistent with the rest of code.

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  Yes. Thank you. This is, this is an amendment that we made, uh, that I was there making with them. Uh, the only thing we really did is the governor has in statute the ability to declare a public nuisance. But what we did is we added that, uh, extra clarification into this bill so that, uh, there was no, so that there was no question about that. So, uh, that's what we accomplished here is we clarified this bill is consistent with the rest of code.

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• H.B. 119 Automotive Repair Business Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Says the Senate amendment changes one word, replacing "equal" with "equivalent," to fix a drafting error that auto parts manufacturers asked about.

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  Yes, please. Uh, this is, this is on the, on the Auto Body work bill that we all loved and passed from here and the Senate loved and passed it. But uh, the auto part manufacturers requested a one word change. They said it was a drafting error where it said equal instead of equivalent. So we changed one word from equal to equivalent. And now everybody's happy. Mr. Speaker.

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• S.B. 234 Rulemaking Amendments · House floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026

  Presented S.B. 234, which sets a framework for environmental health and waste management, aligns Division of Waste Management rules with federal standards where they exist, and defines manifest bodily harm, then yielded the rest of his time.

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  Representative Jack, Thank you Mr. Speaker Pro Tem. So SB 2 34, and I'm speaking to the second sub, which was already adopted. Um, it establishes a framework for Environmental Health and Waste Management here in Utah. And it does, it does three things. And, and let me start off by explaining that I have all the confidence in the world with the executive director of the Division of Environmental or Department of Environmental Quality, and with the director of the Division of Waste Management. We've been working with them very closely and carefully through the last, since they both came to their positions. And if we all knew that those particular persons and that we were all going to …

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• S.B. 234 Rulemaking Amendments · House floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026

  Declined to add further remarks and waived the remainder of his time.

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  Thank you. Uh, oh boy. Let's go against type and waive. Unless, unless we just want me to talk. I waived.

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• S.B. 227 Punitive Damages Amendments · House floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026

  Moved adoption of the fourth substitute of S.B. 227.

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  Thank you Mr. Speaker Pro Tem, I would like to move the adoption of the fourth sub of SB 2 27.

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• S.B. 227 Punitive Damages Amendments · House floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026

  Said the substitute adds the term managing agent, which was added to the bill after negotiation with insurance companies and is now defined in code.

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  Yes. Thank you. What, what this does, and I'll talk about the bill in a moment. Uh, but, uh, as we negotiated this bill with the insurance companies, uh, they wanted us to include a term management man, managing agent, which wasn't actually yet in code. So we've added the term managing agent and found its use in court cases. And so we've added that definition into code and added managing agent to the bill.

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• S.B. 227 Punitive Damages Amendments · House floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026

  Says the amendment adds the term managing agent, which insurance companies requested in negotiations, along with its court-tested definition, to the code and the bill.

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  Yes. Thank you. What, what this does, and I'll talk about the bill in a moment. Uh, but, uh, as we negotiated this bill with the insurance companies, uh, they wanted us to include a term management man, managing agent, which wasn't actually yet in code. So we've added the term managing agent and found its use in court cases. And so we've added that definition into code and added managing agent to the bill.

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• S.B. 227 Punitive Damages Amendments · House floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026

  Explained that the bill clarifies insurers should not factor punitive damages into premiums for small businesses, and that punitive damages against a company apply only if it allowed, knew of, or condoned the behavior, including through a managing agent.

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  Okay, now talking to the full bill, including managing agents. But, uh, what this does is it clarifies when an insurance company is assessing insurance premiums on a business, particularly small businesses, uh, that they should not be, uh, factoring in things like punitive damages. And so, uh, not, not to the company. And so because that is making insurance unattainable for a lot of small businesses where they're saying, well, worst case, you know, if you're a trucking company, worst case you have an accident or something besides the actual damages, there could be punitive damages, which could be who knows how much. Uh, so therefore you can't be insured. This says don't include punitive damages to the company. …

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• S.B. 227 Punitive Damages Amendments · House floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026

  Explains that the bill keeps insurers from factoring punitive damages into premiums for small businesses, while still allowing punitive damages against a company only if it allowed, condoned, or knew of the behavior, with managing agents included.

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  Okay, now talking to the full bill, including managing agents. But, uh, what this does is it clarifies when an insurance company is assessing insurance premiums on a business, particularly small businesses, uh, that they should not be, uh, factoring in things like punitive damages. And so, uh, not, not to the company. And so because that is making insurance unattainable for a lot of small businesses where they're saying, well, worst case, you know, if you're a trucking company, worst case you have an accident or something besides the actual damages, there could be punitive damages, which could be who knows how much. Uh, so therefore you can't be insured. This says don't include punitive damages to the company. …

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• S.B. 290 Victim and Witness Privacy Amendments · House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee · Mar 4, 2026

  Moves to pass the third substitute of SB 290 out with a favorable recommendation.

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  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would make a motion. We pass out SB two 92nd sub victim and witness privacy amendments with a favorable recommendation. Or do we need a third sub? Oh, third, is this currently the third sub? Yeah. Is it already adopted? Third sub. Yeah, I, so we're just, yeah. All right, lemme start over again. Okay. I move, we pass out third sub H HB two 90, victim and witness privacy Amendments. Okay. So

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• H.B. 591 Nuisance Amendments · Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee · Mar 4, 2026

  Introduces the second substitute, which keeps the governor's existing authority to declare a public nuisance and limits public nuisance claims against legitimate businesses while keeping protections against nuisances such as drug houses and party houses.

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  I understand you have the Attorney General here and he wants to say a lot of great things that he'll tell us out in the hall. So about the bill. Thank you Mr. Chair and Committee, the Attorney General's here. We have, we have, uh, many folks from the Chamber of Commerce and from pco, and they all like your bill and they all like my bill. Wonderful. If you want to do thumbs up, I can tell you lots of lawsuits that we would avoid with this or, okay. So do, and I'm moving sub two please. Sub two. Will you present sub two briefly? Yeah. So briefly sub two, what that is doing is it's making sure that, …

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• H.B. 591 Nuisance Amendments · Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee · Mar 4, 2026

  Says House members who voted no were concerned about chemical companies being exempted, and that the bill does not exempt them.

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  And they came to me and said, we're afraid that you're exempting, uh, chemical companies from liability. And I said, no. The chemical companies felt like they weren't exempted. They came and asked for that, and we said, no, that's not part of this bill. Okay. And then they said, darn, I wish I could change my vote.

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• H.B. 591 Nuisance Amendments · Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee · Mar 4, 2026

  Says the bill narrows the scope of common law claims, that he is not aware of the chemical company concern, and asks Roger Gibboni to address it.

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  I mean, I I, in terms of chemical companies, I, we haven't really talked about that. I think, you know, what this does is doesn't, it narrows the scope of, from a common law standpoint, but I I don't think that that would be, um, a concern as far as we are, we're aware and in fact, you, Roger, do you want to, can I, can I ask Roger who's been working on this to Sure. Also address that issue because I don't think we have, we'll Have 'em come up for public comment. Okay. Yeah. Okay. That's no, 'cause that's, because this is something I I, in terms of the chemical companies, I mean, I don't, I don't think …

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How they voted

Their full voting record, attendance, and party-line score are still being compiled from the official roll calls. Each bill page shows their vote on that bill.

Bills they sponsored

• H.B. 16 Solar Power Plant Amendments · Governor Signed
• H.B. 19 Drinking Water Utilities Amendments · Governor Signed
• H.B. 114 Adult-oriented Performance and Material Amendments · House/ received from Senate
• H.B. 119 Automotive Repair Business Amendments · Governor Signed
• H.B. 169 Boating Insurance Amendments · Did not pass
• H.B. 187 Water Amendments · Governor Signed
• H.B. 323 Solar Panel Disposal Amendments · Governor Signed
• H.B. 330 Liability Limitations Amendments · Governor Signed
• H.B. 419 Environmental Legal Action Amendments · Governor Signed
• H.B. 591 Nuisance Amendments · Governor Signed

Carried in the House as floor sponsor

• S.B. 227 Punitive Damages Amendments · Governor Signed
• S.B. 234 Rulemaking Amendments · Governor Signed
• S.C.R. 1 Concurrent Resolution Regarding Nuclear Energy · Governor Signed

About

In office since

July, 2022

Counties

Washington

Profession

Electrical Engineer

Education

B.S.

Honors and awards

None listed in their official profile.

Committees

• Social Services Appropriations Subcommittee
• House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee
• House Public Utilities and Energy Committee
• Economic Development and Workforce Services Interim Committee
• Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Interim Committee

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