---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 261 Renewable Energy Amendments"
description: "H.B. 261 Renewable Energy Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H.B. 261"
citation: "Utah H.B. 261 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Utilities", "Renewable Energy"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Knotwell, John"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-29"
last_action: "2018-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/767c5873-3362-42a8-872a-fe8259140301"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/HB0261.html"
source_hash: "d9ffd4b672db10a0ba6be668c3711a0820f2aa87af41fc9ab26c2eb1ac9e6848"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ut"]
---

# Utah H.B. 261 (2018) — H.B. 261 Renewable Energy Amendments

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillint/HB0261S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillamd/HB0261S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillenr/HB0261.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **24–2** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Held — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Knotwell, John — primary (person)
- Bramble, Curtis S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-29** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-01-29** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-01-29** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-01-30** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-02-02** to House Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** House Comm - Held
- **2018-02-12** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2018-02-12** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-12** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-02-13** comm rpt/substituted
- **2018-02-13** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-23** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-23** circled
- **2018-02-27** uncircled
- **2018-02-27** floor amendment # 3
- **2018-02-27** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-27** to Senate
- **2018-02-28** received from House
- **2018-02-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-28** to Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-02** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-02** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-03-07** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2018-03-08** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-03-08** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2018-03-08** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2018-03-08** signed by President/returned to House
- **2018-03-08** to House
- **2018-03-08** received from Senate
- **2018-03-08** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2018-03-13** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2018-03-13** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-16** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-19** Governor Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/767c5873-3362-42a8-872a-fe8259140301`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).