---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 388 State Energy Policy Amendments"
description: "H.B. 388 State Energy Policy Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 388"
citation: "Utah HB 388 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electricity", "Energy", "Fossil Fuels", "Governor's Office of Energy Development", "Public Utilities", "Public Utilities & Technology", "Renewable and Clean Energy"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Albrecht, Carl R."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 44
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-02-18"
last_action: "2021-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1201303-84a7-42b7-a5d2-edb70b6798ed"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0388.html"
source_hash: "d76a20c6809bf3426ffc82f893da32534c529e790ec302ab89c324fa59228190"
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 HB 388 (2021) — H.B. 388 State Energy Policy Amendments

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillint/HB0388S04.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0388.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 3 to # 4 — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albrecht, Carl R. — primary (person)
- Winterton, Ronald M. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-18** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-02-18** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-02-18** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-02-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-02-23** to House Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2021-02-23** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2
- **2021-02-23** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-02-24** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-25** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-25** substituted from # 2 to # 3
- **2021-02-25** floor amendment # 1
- **2021-02-25** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-25** to Senate
- **2021-02-25** received from House
- **2021-02-25** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-26** to Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2021-03-02** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 3 to # 4
- **2021-03-02** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2021-03-02** comm rpt/substituted/Consent Calendar
- **2021-03-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-05** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-05** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-03-05** to House with amendments
- **2021-03-05** received from Senate
- **2021-03-05** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2021-03-05** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2021-03-05** to Senate
- **2021-03-05** received from House
- **2021-03-05** signed by President/returned to House
- **2021-03-05** to House
- **2021-03-05** received from Senate
- **2021-03-05** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2021-03-09** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2021-03-09** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-12** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-12** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-22** 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/a1201303-84a7-42b7-a5d2-edb70b6798ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).