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2019 Legislative Bill Tracker

HEAL Issue Area	Bill Number	Bill Name	Sponsor	Description	Stance	Status
Clean Air	HB0098	Freight Switcher Emissions Mitigation	Rep. Stephen Handy	Creates procedures and terms for grants issued for the reduction of freight switcher locomotive emissions and requests $2 million to help repower existing switcher engines in the non-attainment areas.	Support	Didn't make it through
Clean Air	HCR003	Concurrent Resolution Urging the Environmental Protection Agency to Update Switcher Locomotive Emission Standards	Rep. Stephen Handy	Urges the EPA to develop and make more stringent emission standards for switcher locomotives.	Support	Passed the House and Senate!
Energy and Climate	HCR002	Concurrent Resolution Supporting Renewable and Sustainable Energy Options to Promote Rural Economic Development	Rep. Patrice Arent	Promotes the continued and increased development of renewable energy in rural areas of Utah.	Support	Passed the House and Senate!
Clean Air	HB0148	Vehicle Idling Revisions	Rep. Patrice Arent	Strikes language that limits the ability of municipalities to enforce anti-idling ordinances.	Support	Passed the House and Senate!
Clean Air	HB0139	Motor Vehicle Emissions Amendments	Rep. Angela Romero	Tampering with a car's engine in order to spew stacks of black smoke on demand (known as "rolling coal," this is a trend that releases excessive vehicle emissions) is illegal. This bill would increase the penalties and improve the reporting system for those who tamper with engines to "roll coal."	Support	Passed the House and Senate!
Energy and Climate	SB0146	Sales Tax Exemption Revisions	Sen. Derek Kitchen	Gives a sales tax exemption for residential, commercial, and utility-scale energy storage	Support	Didn't make it through
Radioactive Waste	HB0220	Radioactive Waste Amendments	Rep. Carl Albrecht	Has implications for depleted uranium, it's classification, and potentially for the Utah Department of Environmental Quality's seven-year long performance assessment on depleted uranium.	Oppose	Passed the House and Senate
Clean Air	HCR011	Concurrent Resolution Encouraging the Purchase of Tier 3 Gasoline	Rep. Suzanne Harrison	Encourages the purchase of Tier 3 gasoline by both retailers and consumers.	Support	Passed the House and Senate!
Energy and Climate	SB0111	Energy Storage Innovation, Research, and Grant Program Act	Sen. Lincoln Fillmore	Creates a $5 million grant program for a person, company, research organization, or other for the development or deployment of energy storage in Utah.	Support	Didn't make it through
Energy and Climate	HB0218	Construction Code Modifications	Rep. Mike Schultz	Makes amendments to the residential building code to improve energy efficiency in newly-built homes, and adopts the 2018 commercial construction code.	Support	Passed the House and Senate!
Clean Air	SB0144	Environmental Quality Monitoring Amendments	Sen. Luz Escamilla	Requires the creation of a data baseline in the Utah Inland Port Authority area in order to track the inland port's environmental impact.	Support	Passed the House and Senate!
Energy and Climate	HCR005	Concurrent Resolution Urging Policies That Reduce Damage from Wildfires	Rep. Raymond Ward	Urges the pursuit of common sense policies to improve forest management practices in order to mitigate climate change's impacts on wildfires and help improve our air quality.	Support	Passed the House and Senate!
Clean Air	HB0353	Reduction of Single Occupancy Vehicle Trips Pilot Program	Rep. Joel Briscoe	Creates a 3-year pilot program to fund 15-20 days of free transit fares throughout the UTA service area during the winter inversion season. Includes data collection and reporting to the legislature on transit ridership and vehicles on the road.	Support	Passed the House and Senate!
Clean Air	HB0288	Critical Infrastructure Materials	Rep. Logan Wilde	Allows gravel pits and mines to be classified as “critical infrastructure”, and affects the ability of local communities to weigh in on any expansion or changes to operations of these facilities.	Oppose	Passed the House and Senate
Clean Air	HB357	Voluntary Wood Burning Conversion Program	Rep. Timothy Hawkes	Incentivizes homeowners to replace wood stoves and fireplaces.	Support	Passed the House and Senate!
Clean Air	HB295	Vehicle Emissions Reduction Program	Rep. Jeffrey Stenquist	Provides incentives to help Utahns replace certain vehicles that fail emissions tests.	Support	Didn't make it through
Energy and Climate	HB411	Community Renewable Energy Act	Rep. Stephen Handy	Creates mechanisms for cities to transition to renewable energy, including requirements meant to protect ratepayers.	Support	Passed the House and Senate!
Clean Air	HB413	Tax Credit for Energy Efficient Vehicles	Rep. Raymond Ward	Modifies and extends the corporate and individual income tax credits related to energy efficient vehicles.	Support	Didn't make it through
Radioactive Waste	SCR006	Concurrent Resolution in Support of Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technology	Sen. Curtis Bramble	Encourages the development by and in Utah of advanced nuclear reactor technology. Throughout the debates on this bill, it is clearly referencing small modular nuclear reactors (SMNRs).	Oppose	Passed the House and Senate
Clean Air	HB433	Inland Port Amendments	Rep. Francis Gibson	Makes changes regarding the inland port, including dynamics between the port and cities, taxes, and potential renewable energy requirements.	Neutral	Passed the House and Senate
Energy and Climate	SB0248	Throughput Infrastructure Amendments	Sen. Ralph Okerlund	Diverts funds from the Community Impact Board to a Throughput Infrastructure Fund in order to build a bulk commodities ocean terminal, which may include a coal port out of the country.	Oppose	Passed the House and Senate
Energy and Climate	SB0152	Mineral Lease Funds Amendments	Sen. Ronald Winterton	Diverts money from Utah’s Community Impact Board and gives it to the Seven County Infrastructure Coalition, which could use this money to build fossil fuel infrastructure, including a mechanisms to move Utah coal and oil.	Oppose	Didn't make it through
Energy and Climate	HB304	Fossil Fuels Tax Amendments	Rep. Joel Briscoe	Creates a tax on carbon dioxide emissions and includes, among other things, a grant program to fund air quality projects.	Support	Didn't make it through

2019 Air Quality Appropriations

The Governor proposed $100 million for one-time air quality projects in order to reduce emissions by 25% by 2026. This money will be allocated in the form of appropriations, which are funding requests to support a proposed program.

In the end, air quality appropriations received $28.8 million. While the $28 million that the legislature approved is less than one-third of the Governor’s request, this is easily one o Bill Tracker - HEAL Utah

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