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Thursday, November 5, 2026

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2026 floor votes

H.B. 412: Energy Development Planning Amendments

3 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 makes amendments to provisions regulating clean energy sources.

  • Defines terms
  • Requires consultation with the Division of Wildlife Resources (division) as part of local government approval of utility scale solar and wind power plant projects
  • Specifies consultation requirements
  • Includes a coordination clause that coordinates with H.B. 16, Solar Power Plant Amendments, regarding wildlife consultation requirements for solar power plants

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Doug Owens

Utah House, February 19, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · HB 412
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 70 Nays 1 N/V 4
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (67)

53 Republican, 14 Democratic

No (1)

1 Republican

Absent or not voting (3)

3 Republican

Utah Senate, March 5, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on 2nd & 3rd Under suspension of the rules · 1st Sub. HB 412
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 23 Nays 0 Abs 6
Official record

Yes (23)

17 Republican, 1 Forward, 5 Democratic

Absent or not voting (6)

5 Republican, 1 Democratic

Utah House, March 6, 2026

Concurrence, Concurred/Final Passage · 1st Sub. HB 412
Result as recorded: Yeas 64 Nays 0 N/V 11
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (61)

48 Republican, 13 Democratic

Absent or not voting (10)

9 Republican, 1 Democratic

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.