---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy Act Amendments"
description: "Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy Act Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 116"
citation: "Utah HB 116 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County and Municipal Finance", "Energy", "Energy Assessment Area", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)", "Renewable and Clean Energy"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Watkins, Christine F."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-02"
last_action: "2024-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6cadc87c-1485-4e50-ac8e-6433d55936a0"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/HB0116.html"
source_hash: "21f4144b587022d25fa950f3bade5236a2af82afcfbc8cf846aedfae73b1e56a"
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 116 (2024) — Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy Act 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/~2024/bills/hbillint/HB0116.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/hbillamd/HB0116.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/hbillenr/HB0116.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **66–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Watkins, Christine F. — primary (person)
- Hinkins, David P. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-02** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2024-01-02** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2024-01-02** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2024-01-10** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2024-01-11** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2024-01-11** fiscal note publicly available
- **2024-01-16** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2024-01-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-17** to House Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee
- **2024-01-18** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-01-18** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-19** comm rpt/amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-19** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-01-24** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-01-24** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-01-24** to Senate
- **2024-01-24** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-01-25** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-26** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
- **2024-01-26** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-29** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-29** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-01** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-02** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2024-02-02** to House
- **2024-02-02** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-02** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2024-02-06** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2024-02-06** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2024-03-07** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2024-03-07** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2024-03-08** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2024-03-08** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-12** 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/6cadc87c-1485-4e50-ac8e-6433d55936a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).