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Casey Snider
Republican · House District 5 · Majority Leader
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Casey Snider serves on:
- Executive Appropriations Committee
- Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environmental Quality Appropriations Subcommittee
- House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
- House Public Utilities and Energy Committee
- Business and Labor Interim Committee
- Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee
- Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Interim Committee
- Legislative Audit Subcommittee
- House Legislative Expenses Oversight Committee
- Legislative Management Committee
- Legislative Water Development Commission
- Subcommittee on Oversight
What they've said
73 remarks on 30 billsH.B. 179 Milk Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Said he had spoken against the bill a few weeks earlier, commended the sponsor for her work on the issue, and said he supports the bill as it has come back.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker. I, uh, Mr. Speaker, I think I gave one of my finest speeches ever heard on this floor in opposition to this bill just a few weeks ago. And despite my valiant efforts, this bill squeaked through. Um, but I would like to commend the sponsor for her hard work in the last several weeks on a very tough issue that this body has grappled with for a very long time. And she has done yeoman's work on this and I am proud to support the bill as it has come back. So thank you Mr. Speaker.
H.J.R. 30 House Joint Resolution to Approve the Transfer of Land · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Presents HJR 30, which approves transferring state land parcels in a long-disputed area near the Great Salt Lake to the US Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, in exchange for money and public hunting and fishing access, with the state keeping mineral rights; the resolution is required because the transfer exceeds 500 acres.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker at, at statehood this every state in the nation is granted certain lands and those lands are considered navigable if they reside under a body of water that has sufficient water on top of it to allow for commerce. We have had those parcels since we became a state. Um, but in the 1920s, a wildlife refuge was established by the US Fish and Wildlife Service that occupied parcels that were in dispute between what had historically been the high of the Great Salt Lake and the new boundary established by the US Fish and Wildlife Service conflict about what exactly and where exactly that line has existed since that time really coming to …
S.J.R. 8 Joint Resolution to Initiate a Law School at Utah Valley University · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Objects to Cache Valley being left out of the Wasatch Front and asks colleagues to be clear about the term.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I also rise slightly offended by the good representative from Utah County. Cash Valley is not the Wasatch Front. And if this, it is the opinion of this body that we are just one of the rest of you because we are north of here and almost to Idaho, I take significant offense. So I think when the pride and honor of our beautiful valley is slighted by the comments of my colleague from Utah County, Southern Wasatch Front, uh, it is critical that we rise and defend the honor that is rightfully ours. And so I would encourage my colleague and any others to be clear. Cash Valley is not the Wasatch Front. Thank you, …
S.B. 251 Local Health Department and Department of Environmental Quality Coordination · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Asks why the bill moves some DEQ reporting requirements, noting that the legislature has recently pushed for reports to committees including the Federalism committee, and asks whether this is a departure from that direction.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker. I'm, I'm wondering, uh, if the, the good sponsor could address why we are moving some of the reporting requirements from DEQ. Um, we've in the last couple of years have pushed fairly hard to have them report to a variety of committees, including the Federalism committee as they create and establish new rules. And this seems to be a somewhat of a deviation, uh, from the direction of the legislature. Just wondering if the sponsor can speak to that.
S.B. 251 Local Health Department and Department of Environmental Quality Coordination · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Asks whether items previously reported to the General Oversight Committee on policies or rules will be addressed under the new statute in the Federalism Commission.
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Um, I'm wondering if, if the sponsor knows if the items that were previously reported herein to the General Oversight Committee regarding the policies or rules that are established will be addressed under the new existing statute in the Federalism Commission.
S.B. 201 Shelter Animal Euthanasia Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Opposes the bill, citing financial costs to counties and favoring local control over shelter rules.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I also rise in opposition to this bill, and I'd like to give the county some context. We, we are making it harder for an, for our counties to resolve some really hard problems, but it's, it does, there's a financial hardship that the counties will bear as a result of this bill. So in my county, just so that you are aware, on an annual basis, it may cost up to $7,000 per year per dog. For cats, it is three to 5,000 years dollars per year. Now we need to have all options on the table, and I think all of us agree with the sentiment that animals should be able to find homes …
S.B. 242 Transportation Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Moves to adopt the fourth substitute and says the bill contains provisions on road spending that deserve a more open and transparent review, while the substitute clarifies towing language.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Uh, I'd like to move substitute four to SB 2 42 in my name. That motion is in order. Would you like to speak to it? I would. Um, Mr. Speaker, sometimes bills of this magnitude have embedded within them little Easter eggs of that may deserve additional attention. I, uh, this body has seen those in the past, and we are seeing them, unfortunately here again, I think when we're talking about the people's money as it relates to, specifically to the provisions of roads, that a process that is fair, open, transparent, and certainly not last minute in a bill of this size, deserves their attention. Now, this substitute does add some clarifying pieces …
S.B. 242 Transportation Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Says the bill contains late-added provisions that deserve more attention, and that the substitute clarifies towing rules and lets road spending be reviewed through a more transparent process.
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I would. Um, Mr. Speaker, sometimes bills of this magnitude have embedded within them little Easter eggs of that may deserve additional attention. I, uh, this body has seen those in the past, and we are seeing them, unfortunately here again, I think when we're talking about the people's money as it relates to, specifically to the provisions of roads, that a process that is fair, open, transparent, and certainly not last minute in a bill of this size, deserves their attention. Now, this substitute does add some clarifying pieces as it relates to towing, as the good sponsor mentioned, but it cleans up what has otherwise been embedded here and, and allows those dollars perhaps, however, unfairly spent to …
S.B. 287 Targeted Advertising Tax · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Speaks in support, distributing a handout on past advertisements and arguing that the bill makes social media companies pay for harms to children, comparing them to past industries.
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Thank you, Madam Speaker ProAm. Madam Speaker ProAm on the desks of this floor is a handout that, that I have distributed, which outlines a series of advertisements that have been proffered among the public many of these decades and decades ago. And if you look at this piece of paper, you see that it was once commonplace to say that Smoking for Pregnant Women was the way to go. That we could put mercury in our makeup with zero consequence, that we could put our children and wrap them in asbestos and everything would be fine. And as we have moved the regulatory framework away from those problems, we have heard the same tired arguments from those companies that …
S.B. 287 Targeted Advertising Tax · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Supports the bill, comparing past industry advertising claims to current arguments against it and saying the bill asks social media companies to help pay for harms.
▶ Watch at 2:07:21Read what they said
Thank you, Madam Speaker ProAm. Madam Speaker ProAm on the desks of this floor is a handout that, that I have distributed, which outlines a series of advertisements that have been proffered among the public many of these decades and decades ago. And if you look at this piece of paper, you see that it was once commonplace to say that Smoking for Pregnant Women was the way to go. That we could put mercury in our makeup with zero consequence, that we could put our children and wrap them in asbestos and everything would be fine. And as we have moved the regulatory framework away from those problems, we have heard the same tired arguments from those companies that …
S.B. 242 Transportation Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Says the substitute's road provisions address projects across parts of Salt Lake County.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker ProAm. My, the, the provisions that are addressed in this substitute specifically deal with road projects across various parts of Salt Lake County.
S.B. 242 Transportation Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Says the substitute's provisions address road projects across parts of Salt Lake County.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker ProAm. My, the, the provisions that are addressed in this substitute specifically deal with road projects across various parts of Salt Lake County.
S.B. 242 Transportation Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Says the substitute deals with transportation provisions and some towing provisions, and that most changes are on long lines targeting projects.
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Yes, we're, we're dealing specifically with transportation provisions, though there are some other provisions that we're negotiated on this bill dealing with towing and, and the good representative from Utah County can address those as colleagues. As you're looking at this bill. Um, look at the comparison. Most of the changes in this bill are on long lines, 26 0 7, 33, 84, 34, 18, 34, 30 4,044, et cetera. So, but they're, it's mostly targeted at projects.
S.B. 242 Transportation Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Says the bill focuses on transportation, includes negotiated towing provisions, and that the Utah County representative can address those.
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Yes, we're, we're dealing specifically with transportation provisions, though there are some other provisions that we're negotiated on this bill dealing with towing and, and the good representative from Utah County can address those as colleagues.
S.B. 242 Transportation Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Says most changes in the bill's comparison are on long lines and are mostly targeted at projects. · speaker not certain
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As you're looking at this bill. Um, look at the comparison. Most of the changes in this bill are on long lines, 26 0 7, 33, 84, 34, 18, 34, 30 4,044, et cetera. So, but they're, it's mostly targeted at projects.
S.B. 242 Transportation Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Agrees to yield and suggests the question may be better answered by the Utah County representative.
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I will, Mr. Speaker though, I may, I would tell the representative from Salt Lake County that her question would be best answered by the representative from Utah County.
S.B. 242 Transportation Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Says the question is best answered by the representative from Utah County.
▶ Watch at 2:09:11Read what they said
I will, Mr. Speaker though, I may, I would tell the representative from Salt Lake County that her question would be best answered by the representative from Utah County.
S.B. 242 Transportation Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Says the substitute includes towing provisions negotiated by the Utah County representative.
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Yes. Representative Demeanor's Question. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It does have provisions addressing towing that have been negotiated by the representative from Utah County In, In the sub substitute fourth substitute.
S.B. 242 Transportation Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Says the substitute includes towing provisions negotiated by the Utah County representative and addresses mobile businesses.
▶ Watch at 2:09:33Read what they said
Yes. Representative Demeanor's Question. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It does have provisions addressing towing that have been negotiated by the representative from Utah County In, In the sub substitute fourth substitute.
S.B. 242 Transportation Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Says the bill lets municipalities ask food trucks to relocate for event safety reasons and otherwise does not change what food trucks can do.
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I'd be glad to. Thanks. Yes, go ahead, representative. So on food trucks, uh, this just allows the c cities, the municipalities to say if we're having an event that, uh, for safety reasons, we need to have the food trucks relocate somewhere else, they can ask them to do that. Otherwise, it doesn't change what the food truck industry can do.
S.B. 242 Transportation Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Says the substitute lets cities ask food trucks to relocate for event safety and otherwise does not change food truck operations.
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So on food trucks, uh, this just allows the c cities, the municipalities to say if we're having an event that, uh, for safety reasons, we need to have the food trucks relocate somewhere else, they can ask them to do that. Otherwise, it doesn't change what the food truck industry can do.
S.B. 242 Transportation Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Gives summation on the motion to adopt the fourth substitute and hopes for a fair and transparent process.
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No, thank you. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate the questions and I appreciate the good sponsor's work on this bill, and I hope that this substitute and the discussions that will unfold after this result in a more fair and trans process to all parties involved.
S.B. 242 Transportation Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Thanks colleagues for their questions and hopes the substitute and future discussions lead to a fair and transparent process.
▶ Watch at 2:12:35Read what they said
No, thank you. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate the questions and I appreciate the good sponsor's work on this bill, and I hope that this substitute and the discussions that will unfold after this result in a more fair and trans process to all parties involved.
S.B. 254 Extracted Natural Resources Amendments · House floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026
Opposes the motion to circle, noting the deadline for budget bills and that circling now could jeopardize the bill.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in opposition to the motion to circle, um, PR procedurally colleagues. Just so that you're aware. Our rules indicate that we must pass all budget bills by 12 o'clock. And so the clock on this is ticking. Also, I think that this, this has been worked out. That's why we're on a third sub. So if we have legitimate concerns, which I'm sure they are from the basin, none of us want to see that penalized in any way. Um, the, we have fought long and hard as a body to make sure that the overly prescriptive regulation that comes onto EPA out of EPA as it relates to non-attainment zones is addressed. So …
S.B. 254 Extracted Natural Resources Amendments · House floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026
Opposes the motion to circle, noting the budget deadline and that the substitute was worked out and could be clarified later, and saying circling could kill the bill.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in opposition to the motion to circle, um, PR procedurally colleagues. Just so that you're aware. Our rules indicate that we must pass all budget bills by 12 o'clock. And so the clock on this is ticking. Also, I think that this, this has been worked out. That's why we're on a third sub. So if we have legitimate concerns, which I'm sure they are from the basin, none of us want to see that penalized in any way. Um, the, we have fought long and hard as a body to make sure that the overly prescriptive regulation that comes onto EPA out of EPA as it relates to non-attainment zones is addressed. So …
S.B. 312 Educator License Amendments · House floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026
Asked whether the sponsor would yield to a series of questions.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker. We'll sponsor yield to a series of questions. Representative Welton, will you yield to a series of questions?
S.B. 312 Educator License Amendments · House floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026
Asked whether the bill is a significant deviation from the standard norm for suspension and licensure.
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Thank you. So I'm wondering, Mr. Speaker, if this is a significant deviation from the standard norm as we relate to suspension and licensure.
S.B. 92 Prosecution Amendments · House floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026
Presents S.B. 92, which would allow a prosecutor to bring murder charges within 10 years when a victim dies from injuries sustained earlier, in memory of Desiree Turner and her family.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker Pro tem. It's Somewhats somber to present this bill on the hills of that personal privilege. Um, because herein we are talking similarly about awful things that happened. Communities in 2017, uh, there was a, a pretty gruesome crime that shook Cash Valley, where I represent with several other colleagues here on the floor. And a high school girl who had done nothing except being been a young girl, was lured into a canal by several of her classmates and subsequently shot. Um, those injuries did not take her life, unfortunately, immediately. It's, maybe that's the wrong way to say that Mr. Speaker pro tem. It did not, it did not take her life, but unfortunately …
S.B. 12 Sunset and Repeal Date Amendments · House floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026
Asks whether the body must return to this vote and urges support for the motion. · speaker not certain
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Representative Snider, do we really have to go back here? Thank you. It's hard to see. Thank you Mr. Speaker. I just would like the, I I hope the body will support the motion. I also hope the body also recognizes that just a little bit of power up there can change a man.
S.B. 12 Sunset and Repeal Date Amendments · House floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026
Says they hope the body supports the motion and makes a remark about the power of the presiding position.
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Thank you. It's hard to see. Thank you Mr. Speaker. I just would like the, I I hope the body will support the motion. I also hope the body also recognizes that just a little bit of power up there can change a man.
S.B. 240 Higher Education Institutional Governance · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Sponsor says the bill codifies recommendations from a recent audit of Utah State, clarifies the roles of the president and trustees, and makes other policy corrections for higher education institutions.
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You Mr. Speaker ProAm. The last several years we've had significant discussions in higher education and many of those discussions have focused around Utah State. Fortunately, with a new president and a new administration, we are good hands, but as that president was coming in an audit prior to his arrival was being conducted, and that audit is, and its results here, have now been presented towards the legislature and allow us a better roadmap to not only make Utah State successful as a result of our efforts, but all institutions of higher education. This bill simply codifies many of the recommendations of the audit. It clarifies the role of the president and the various trustees. It talks about a …
H.B. 2 New Fiscal Year Supplemental Appropriations · House floor debate (day 42) · Mar 3, 2026
Opposes the motion to circle, saying the budget reflects the committee work of all members and he defers to colleagues on items he disagrees with.
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Oh, you hear me? Thank you Mr. Speaker. Uh, I also oppose the motion to circle and let me maybe articulate why the budget is a complicated process that many of us, all of us actually have participated in over the last several months. I participate on natural resources appropriations, and there are appropriations committees that cover every facet of this budget. All of you colleagues have crafted those, the policies that are herein. And there are things that may exist on in this that I do not agree with, but I have deference to my colleagues and support what they have done as a function of this budget bill. I don't claim to be the central location of all …
H.B. 479 Election Code Modifications · House floor debate (day 41) · Mar 2, 2026
Supports the bill, citing public trust in elections, polling on the opt-in provisions and voter ID, the 2029 effective date, and thanks the sponsor, and urges a yes vote.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, I just wanted to take a moment and, and rise in support of this bill and Mr. Speaker, if I could maybe revive remind the body of a few key facts. We, we live in a system for whatever reason where there has been doubt interjected into our elections. Now, I personally think every election in the state of Utah has been fair and transparent, but our system only exists if people believe that when they vote that it counts. And that only that each person who is entitled to vote only votes once. Now, the good sponsor has been, you could really say, oh, a year plus on navigating this policy. And we have …
H.B. 496 Forestry and Fire Amendments · House floor debate (day 38) · Feb 27, 2026
Supports the bill, explaining that state wildland firefighters and dispatchers at the Northern Utah Integrated Fire Center would be placed in the same retirement system, that it is a defined contribution plan, and that only a few individuals are affected.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in support of this bill and maybe can clarify some of the questions that were asked by the earlier sponsor or the earlier good representative from Bluffdale. Um, as many of you know, we have state firefighters here in Utah. They are very limited in scope and they are almost exclusively all assigned to the duties of protecting, uh, or fighting wildfires. Our, our primary centers of this are down at point in the mountain and we have a series of crews. We have hotshot crews, type two crews, we have engine crews, and then we go from there. Several years ago, we, we made sure that all of those state firefighters and regular …
H.B. 496 Forestry and Fire Amendments · House floor debate (day 38) · Feb 27, 2026
Supports the bill, explaining that it brings Northern Utah Integrated Fire Center dispatchers into the same retirement system as state firefighters, that it is not a new benefit, and that only a few individuals are affected.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in support of this bill and maybe can clarify some of the questions that were asked by the earlier sponsor or the earlier good representative from Bluffdale. Um, as many of you know, we have state firefighters here in Utah. They are very limited in scope and they are almost exclusively all assigned to the duties of protecting, uh, or fighting wildfires. Our, our primary centers of this are down at point in the mountain and we have a series of crews. We have hotshot crews, type two crews, we have engine crews, and then we go from there. Several years ago, we, we made sure that all of those state firefighters and regular …
H.B. 479 Election Code Modifications · House Public Utilities and Energy Committee · Feb 25, 2026
Asks whether the committee has already adopted the second substitute.
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Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um, I, I was a little late getting here. I'm, I'm wondering if the committee has already adopted the second substitute or needs to on this bill?
H.B. 479 Election Code Modifications · House Public Utilities and Energy Committee · Feb 25, 2026
Moves that the committee adopt Second Substitute H.B. 479.
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Maybe to the sponsor. I'm looking to that the committee adopt sec. Okay. Ms. Chair, I, I move that the committee adopt, uh, second substitute HB 4 79.
H.B. 479 Election Code Modifications · House Public Utilities and Energy Committee · Feb 25, 2026
Moves that the committee favorably recommend Second Substitute H.B. 479.
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Thank you, Mr. Chair. I recommend that this committee recommend favor. I, I move that this committee recommend favorably second substitute HB 4 79.
H.B. 479 Election Code Modifications · House Public Utilities and Energy Committee · Feb 25, 2026
Says audits show room for improvement with signature issues and ineligible voters, and that pairing ballots with ID will restore confidence; urges a yes vote.
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Well, thank you, Mr. Chair. And, uh, I appreciate all the work that's gone into this. The, the most fundamental thing that we can do as it relates to the relationship of us with our country is to vote. And in my mind, it's critical that people know who vote that only those eligible and, and available to vote, vote, and that when they do make that choice at the ballot box, that it counts. And we have seen in audit after audit that while in large part our elections are fair, open, and transparent, there is need for improvement, and that there are votes because of some signature mishaps that haven't counted, and that there are individuals who should …
S.B. 72 Obscene Animal Abuse Material Amendments · House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee · Feb 25, 2026
Asks what the phrase applying contemporary community standards means and whether the standard changes over time.
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Yeah, thank you, Mr. Chair. And I, I did have a question. This is a tough subject. Um, on line 360 7, it talks about applying contemporary community standards. Um, and I understand what you're trying to get here. I'm just wondering if that means the standard shifts sort of be, as the, the public's perception shifts through time, or if we're, I just don't know what that means in terms of actually what we're talking about here. So if, if there's moral decline in this citizenry, do the, is there less of a penalty here? Do you get, do you get what I'm trying to get at Senator?
S.B. 72 Obscene Animal Abuse Material Amendments · House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee · Feb 25, 2026
Says the explanation helps and thanks the sponsor.
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Yeah. Okay. I didn't know if that was standard practice or not. So I'm, thank goodness I'm not an attorney. There's enough in the world. Thank you.
H.B. 495 Capital Felony Case Amendments · House floor debate (day 36) · Feb 25, 2026
Snider supported the bill, saying victims' families deserve justice within a shorter timeframe and citing the effects of long appeals on families in Cache County.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, I rise in support of this bill and I, I think it's important to remember who is on the other side of this, who, who we are trying to serve. We're making this about people who have done horrendous things for at least a portion of this debate. But there are real people who are harmed on the other side of this. And my good colleague from Salt Lake County talks about timeliness 22 years is not, do not families who have had their, their beloved and most cherished members of their family brutalized and murdered in the most gruesome of ways, deserve to have something in terms of justice happen to them on a …
H.B. 501 Water Modifications · House floor debate (day 36) · Feb 25, 2026
Speaks in support, saying the bill aligns the existing combined water funding process with magi thresholds and that local communities should first contribute to projects.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, I rise in support of this and maybe even piggybacking on the last question is, as the body will remember over the last several years, we have combined the process whereby cities can apply for water. So there is not a bifurcation or water money, excuse me, there's not a bifurcation right now in terms of the application process. There is one board and there is one process. And after discussion that board divvy out between the various pots, including USDA, which was referenced on the floor or EPA, this bill streamlines that effort with existing policy. As to the question about what federal funds they may or may not be eligible for moving forward, …
H.B. 501 Water Modifications · House floor debate (day 36) · Feb 25, 2026
Supports the bill, saying water requests go through one combined process that streamlines existing policy, and that cities should first pursue local funding before asking the state for help.
▶ Watch at 1:56:39Read what they said
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, I rise in support of this and maybe even piggybacking on the last question is, as the body will remember over the last several years, we have combined the process whereby cities can apply for water. So there is not a bifurcation or water money, excuse me, there's not a bifurcation right now in terms of the application process. There is one board and there is one process. And after discussion that board divvy out between the various pots, including USDA, which was referenced on the floor or EPA, this bill streamlines that effort with existing policy. As to the question about what federal funds they may or may not be eligible for moving forward, …
H.B. 567 Outdoor Recreational Infrastructure Grant Program Amendments · House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee · Feb 23, 2026
Said he would vote no on placing the bill on consent and that the policy should be debated.
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Tar. I wasn't gonna vote no today, but I will vote no on consent. So I think, uh, we've gotta have the debate on the policy and there's 200 bills on the board, so,
H.C.R. 14 Concurrent Resolution Supporting the Transfer of Federally Managed Lands · House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee · Feb 23, 2026
Said he would vote for the resolution but asked for a conversation to refine language on sensitive undesignated lands.
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Yeah. Thank you. Mr. Chair. I am also gonna vote in favor of this. I am wondering if we can have a little bit of nuance in this potentially a discussion. And, and let me speak perhaps Mr. Vice chair if I, I may. Okay. Um, the exchanges that were noted by the witness are cumbersome to do. Simple exchanges takes decades, um, per, but at the same time, unappropriated lands could include, or undesignated lands could include things that, despite the recommendation of the resolution that are somewhat sensitive, I'm wondering if we could nuance to some degree, some of this language. 'cause I, I think the intent is appropriate. Um, I'd like to see it move forward, but …
H.C.R. 14 Concurrent Resolution Supporting the Transfer of Federally Managed Lands · House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee · Feb 23, 2026
Said he was not asking a question and was seeking a nod to continue the discussion later.
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a question. I'm just looking for a head nod 'cause we're not in that point, but we'll go from there. Thank
H.B. 88 Public Assistance Amendments · House floor debate (day 34) · Feb 23, 2026
Moves amendment one, which clarifies that domestic violence services are available to all individuals regardless of status.
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Yes. I'd like to move amendment one in my name, which clarifies, uh, the domestic violence services are available to all individuals regardless of status.
H.B. 88 Public Assistance Amendments · House floor debate (day 34) · Feb 23, 2026
Snider moves Amendment one, which clarifies that domestic violence services are available to all individuals regardless of status.
▶ Watch at 2:01:11Read what they said
Yes. I'd like to move amendment one in my name, which clarifies, uh, the domestic violence services are available to all individuals regardless of status.
H.B. 537 Olympic Ticket Sales Tax Exemption · House floor debate (day 31) · Feb 20, 2026
Says the bill helps the Olympics pay for themselves through a ticket fee, without the state being financially liable, and urges support.
▶ Watch at 2:09:28Read what they said
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And I apologize before, um, for my inattentiveness, there were a few people in my ear. Um, I, I think this is a good discussion. I want to clarify what the sponsor's trying to do here, because I think what he's accomplishing here with this bill is helpful. We have heard from our constituents that we do not want to see the state making large term investments and being financially liable for all aspects of the Olympics as they come here. That's what, what we have said repeatedly. We want to be able to have this perpetuate itself fund its police and fire, snow removal, all of those things. So while this provision outlines that the …
H.B. 557 Revisor's Technical Corrections to Utah Code · House floor debate (day 29) · Feb 18, 2026
Presents H.B. 557 as an annual technical cleanup bill compiled by LRGC with no substantive changes, fixing outdated language and inaccurate cross references, and yields for questions.
▶ Watch at 36:45Read what they said
You Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this is the annual technical cleanup bill that we run. This has no substantive changes. This bill has been compiled by LRGC and fixes problems with outdated language, inaccurate cross references, um, those types of issues. It comes, many of you are aware of this, but just as a reminder, HR three dash two dash 4 0 1 brings this bill to the floor directly. It does not go to a committee bill because it is strictly A-L-R-G-C cleanup bill, where we tighten up some of the problems with our statute that drafters have found through the years. So, um, with that, Mr. Speaker, I would yield to any questions?
H.B. 557 Revisor's Technical Corrections to Utah Code · House floor debate (day 29) · Feb 18, 2026
Says the changes are technical ones provided by LRGC that make other parts of the statute consistent.
▶ Watch at 37:49Read what they said
All I can speak to is that these are technical changes provided by LRGC, that there was some inconsistency in other portions of the statute that have now been made consistent with the changes herein.
H.B. 501 Water Modifications · House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Asked Hasenyager for an overview of the multi-year process and data behind the bill.
▶ Watch at 1:22:24Read what they said
Thank you, Mr. Vice Chair. Um, I'm wondering if I can ask a question, Mrs. Segger there the stand. Um, sure. Candace, you've been involved in this process as of many of us for the last three or four years coming to this point. And, um, I'm wondering if you can give us an overview of how we got here so that it is less of just a, this session problem and maybe speak to some of what the, the data showed based on some of the studies in terms of overall need and the options that were available and sort of the winnowing. It was mentioned briefly by the sponsor in his process, in his testimony, but I'm wondering …
H.B. 501 Water Modifications · House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Said the state faces a significant infrastructure deficit and the non-mandatory bill asks locals to contribute before seeking state money.
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Thank you. And, and thank you Mr. Chair and vice chair for entertaining that question. It's, Uh, This has been a complicated problem to solve. I appreciate the good sponsor who has broad shoulders bringing this forward in this legislative session, but, um, the reality is we have a significant deficit, and if the locals can help and, and ensure before they come to the state for money, they are up to magi. And not even to the recommended maj, but just even halfway, uh, it, it will cover $800 million of that 1.1, $1.2 billion deficit. And that's what this bill is really asking about. I appreciate the good questions from the, from the sponsors from rural Utah. This, …
H.B. 501 Water Modifications · House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Moved to recommend the first substitute of HB 501 favorably.
▶ Watch at 1:46:25Read what they said
Vice chair, I, uh, I move that we recommend HB 5 0 1 first substitute, uh, favorably.
H.B. 501 Water Modifications · House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Spoke in support, saying the non-mandatory, income-based approach asks locals to help themselves before using scarce state funds and will benefit infrastructure and the Great Salt Lake.
▶ Watch at 1:46:38Read what they said
I would. Um, water vs are hard to run and I think we all recognize it. And I, I know this one is probably harder than most given the history and, and, and, uh, some of the dynamics here at play. But we have taken the time to have this discussion. Um, I appreciate the sponsor. I know were multiple years, uh, thousands of men and women hours on studies, multiple committee hearings, um, and still trying to come up to some sort of figure that works. We, in this state, if we do not get ahead of our water infrastructure needs in a fair way, we will be in a deficit more than the drought and more risky than …
H.B. 247 Great Salt Lake Related Amendments · House floor debate (day 28) · Feb 17, 2026
Moves the second substitute and says it freezes the tax liability of affected companies for one year while the state sets water assessments.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd like to move se second substitute HB 2 47 in my name, Representative Snider. I have that, uh, that motion as an order. Would like to speak to it. Yeah, I would. I, uh, Mr. Speaker, this is a fantastic bill. I really appreciate what the good representative from Davis County is doing here. I also appreciate his willingness to entertain this debate. As many of you know, a couple of months ago, US Magnesium officially filed for bankruptcy and is a, as a function of them filing for bankruptcy, they, there is potential collateral damage on two other industries on this lake, uh, broken arrow, which provides most of the road salts for this …
H.B. 179 Milk Amendments · House floor debate (day 24) · Feb 12, 2026
Opposes the bill, saying it sets different standards for raw and pasteurized milk and that the Department of Agriculture and Utah Farm Bureau oppose it; suggests language may address the issue in a later bill.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, uh, I too rise in strong opposition to this bill and I, I love raw milk. I grew up on it. I've milked cows up from the time I was about 10 years old all through college. I even married the Cash County Dairy Princess. I, uh, I just put that out there as a title I, I love this industry and I believe in the benefit of the product, which is why we've had these discussions year over year. But there becomes a point where we maybe go too far and this bill has taken us too far. It's why the Department of Ag and Food is in opposition. It is why the Utah …
H.B. 179 Milk Amendments · House floor debate (day 24) · Feb 12, 2026
Speaks in opposition, saying the bill separates raw milk from pasteurized milk under different standards and that the Department of Agriculture and Food and Utah Farm Bureau oppose it.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, uh, I too rise in strong opposition to this bill and I, I love raw milk. I grew up on it. I've milked cows up from the time I was about 10 years old all through college. I even married the Cash County Dairy Princess. I, uh, I just put that out there as a title I, I love this industry and I believe in the benefit of the product, which is why we've had these discussions year over year. But there becomes a point where we maybe go too far and this bill has taken us too far. It's why the Department of Ag and Food is in opposition. It is why the Utah …
H.B. 376 Land Management Funding Amendments · House floor debate (day 24) · Feb 12, 2026
Supports the bill, saying it adds science documentation and monitoring to watershed restoration work and that the institute at Utah State will be a research center for land management.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker. I just wanted to echo the comments of my good colleague from Richfield and add my voice to supporting this bill. We've done really great things in this state as it relates to forest restoration for a long time. The Watershed Restoration Initiative is probably the most, um, amazing program as it relates to pre-fire mitigation and post-fire rehabilitation in the country. And it's been supported well by this legislature. What this bill that the good sponsor is running will allow us to do is add science documentation, monitoring to all of those protocols so that long term we can prove to the rest of the country that the work that we're doing on the ground …
S.B. 46 Water Wise Landscaping Amendments · House floor debate (day 23) · Feb 11, 2026
Declines to make a closing summation on the bill.
▶ Watch at 32:42Read what they said
See none. Back to your representative. Cider for Snyder. For summation, I waive. Thank you.
H.B. 286 Artificial Intelligence Transparency Amendments · House floor debate (day 17) · Feb 5, 2026
Says there are ongoing discussions about a possible substitute and moves to circle the bill.
▶ Watch at 40:41Read what they said
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I apologize, uh, there was, there's some discussions on a potential substitute on this. So Mr. Speaker, I would like to make a motion to circle.
H.B. 286 Artificial Intelligence Transparency Amendments · House floor debate (day 17) · Feb 5, 2026
Says ongoing conversations about the bill are continuing and that he had not yet been able to talk with the sponsor.
▶ Watch at 40:54Read what they said
I apologize. Yes, there's a couple of, uh, there's some ongoing conversations around this bill. I didn't have a chance to talk to the sponsor. I know the good speaker has and just wanted to allow that discussion to play out.
H.B. 286 Artificial Intelligence Transparency Amendments · House floor debate (day 17) · Feb 5, 2026
Praises the sponsor's work on a difficult policy area and says the bill can be improved.
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No, I appreciate the good sponsors work on a very difficult space. He's, he has set the precedent at the national level on how best, uh, we should move forward in this difficult area of policy and look forward to improving on what is a good bill?
H.B. 392 District Court Amendments · House floor debate (day 16) · Feb 4, 2026
Supported the bill, saying it would give transparency to random judge selection and help restore trust between the legislative and judicial branches.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. You know this, I, I've been one, it's no secret, who's been somewhat hard on the courts in the last little bit from, from my chair. I ran the resolution in special session condemning the actions of a judge in a, in the court in this chair. We've had hard conversations about additional court resources and what that needs to look like moving forward and how we can move on. But I wanna maybe focus on Mr. Speaker some of the sentiments that my good colleague from Salt Lake County, uh, just expressed here on the floor. See, I, I believe Mr. Speaker in institutions, and I believe that institutions are only as viable as the …
H.B. 376 Land Management Funding Amendments · House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee · Feb 2, 2026
Explained the amendment reallocates existing Utah State funds for the institute and reduces the Public Lands initiative amount, changing the fiscal note.
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I would, it just clarifies there's a couple of pots of existing money at Utah State that are getting reallocated in the standing up of this institute. And, uh, after looking at some of the things that are being funded, it made more sense just to pull, pull from one pot of money rather than both. So it just strikes the, uh, about 700,000 that comes to the Public Lands initiative to Utah State Strikes that dollar out and leaves it at 1.5 million ongoing. Just to change to the fiscal note.
H.B. 376 Land Management Funding Amendments · House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee · Feb 2, 2026
Moved to recommend that the committee favorably approve HB 376 as amended.
▶ Watch at 55:05Read what they said
representative? Yeah, That'd be great. Um, I'd like to recommend that this committee favorably approve HB 3 76 as amended.
H.B. 79 Governmental Immunity Amendments · House floor debate (day 14) · Feb 2, 2026
Speaks in support of the bill, criticizing the 2025 Supreme Court decision and arguing the 1985 and 1989 legislative intent covered first responders performing all their duties.
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I thank you Mr. Speaker. I rise in support of this bill, Mr. Speaker, when, when people ask me where does my frustration come with our courts, this is ground zero. You see, because in this decision, which the Supreme Court ignored every fundamental te of judicial prudence, they have made our communities unsafe in this state. You see what now, because of a court ruling that the Supreme Court made up X nihilo to use their phrases, every time you call 9 1 1, the first responder has to now care more about whether they're going to be sued than whether you need CPR. Because of this decision, every time someone comes to your house as a firefighter to …
S.B. 134 Court Amendments · House floor debate (day 11) · Jan 30, 2026
Snider presents the bill, which adds Supreme Court justices, Court of Appeals judges and district judges to address court resource needs, and asks for support.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker. This bill that we have before us hopefully is seen in the Spirit with which it is offered, which is that of one in hopes of being helpful. As you recall, Mr. Speaker, the Chief Justice came on the floor of this house several weeks ago and offered a solution whereby this body with working with the Senate, could provide additional resources to the courts to allow them to be more efficient, more effective, and more responsive. We have, we have heard the, the inquiry and the request of the Chief Justice and hopefully have acted accordingly with the provisions of this bill. In this bill, Mr. Speaker, we add a couple of Supreme …
S.B. 134 Court Amendments · House floor debate (day 11) · Jan 30, 2026
Snider says the court is not issuing nearly enough decisions and that some cases have been pending for years.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. While I do not know the exact number, I will tell you not nearly enough. We have cases that have been stuck before that court for years, and hopefully with a little more resources and a couple more eyes, the court will help us move forward.
S.B. 134 Court Amendments · House floor debate (day 11) · Jan 30, 2026
Snider says he is aware of the backlog and that the bill provides additional district judges for those courts.
▶ Watch at 11:37Read what they said
Thank you, Mr. Speaker for the question. I am, which is why a district additional judges have also been provided in this bill for those courts.
S.B. 134 Court Amendments · House floor debate (day 11) · Jan 30, 2026
Snider responds that he hopes the additional judges will help reduce the backlog.
▶ Watch at 11:53Read what they said
Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the question, though I would remind my good colleague from Salt Lake County, I am not in his courtroom at the moment. Uh, I, I am appreciative to know that there are courses, uh, backlog of cases there and hopefully that these additional judges that we provide will help in that instance.
S.B. 134 Court Amendments · House floor debate (day 11) · Jan 30, 2026
Snider gives closing remarks saying courts lack sufficient resources, that seven justices would provide more review than five, and asks colleagues for support.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, I appreciate the discussion that we have had on the floor, and I appreciate the comments made on both sides of this aisle. What I think we, again, hold in common, regardless of your position on this issue, is that there are not enough resources within our courts. Now, there may be some discussion at the highest levels, uh, what is too many and what are too few. But I would err on the side that seven sets of eyes reviewing the most complex and difficult issues our state has ever faced is better than having only five sets of eyes as our state continues to grow. Mr. Speaker, we must recognize that the current …
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