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Thursday, November 5, 2026

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2026 floor votes

H.B. 323: Solar Panel Disposal Amendments

2 recorded floor votes in the 2026 General Session. The bill's official page has its text, sponsors, committee votes and full history.

About this bill

Signed by the governor on March 25, 2026. This bill creates a study and a program for the testing and disposal of solar panel waste.

  • Defines terms
  • Mandates disclosure language by a solar retailer regarding state requirements for the testing and disposal of a solar panel
  • Authorizes the Waste Management and Radiation Control Board to make rules, beginning on July 1, 2028, for the testing and disposal of solar panel waste
  • Creates the Solar Panel Waste Restricted Account
  • Imposes an assessment on renewable energy parent entities to be deposited into the Solar Panel Waste Restricted Account
  • Imposes a distributed generation fee on small-scale solar entities

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Colin W. Jack

Utah House, February 25, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 2nd Sub. HB 323
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 63 Nays 2 N/V 10
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (59)

47 Republican, 12 Democratic

No (2)

1 Republican, 1 Democratic

Absent or not voting (10)

1 Democratic, 9 Republican

Utah Senate, March 5, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on 2nd & 3rd Under suspension of the rules · 2nd Sub. HB 323
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 24 Nays 3 Abs 2
Official record

Yes (24)

19 Republican, 1 Forward, 4 Democratic

No (3)

2 Democratic, 1 Republican

Absent or not voting (2)

2 Republican

Votes are listed as the Utah Legislature's floor vote records show them. Names are matched to today's roster, so members who have since left the Legislature aren't in the lists; the totals are the record's own. Committee votes and voice votes aren't included.