---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 161 Energy Security Amendments"
description: "S.B. 161 Energy Security Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 161"
citation: "Utah SB 161 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Air Quality", "Department of Environmental Quality", "Department of Natural Resources", "Electricity", "Energy", "Interlocal Entities", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)", "Public Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Owens, Derrin R."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 53
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-01-29"
last_action: "2024-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fdb0d09b-dc8f-4232-bedb-7561ce6ee508"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/SB0161.html"
source_hash: "2d602a089bc0a3965e1713541ec6e349fafab67d5f11d588b9445d17d2892520"
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 SB 161 (2024) — S.B. 161 Energy Security 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/sbillint/SB0161S06.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/sbillenr/SB0161.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **17–10** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **47–25** (pass) · lower
- substituted from # 5 to # 6 — **39–29** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with House amendment — **18–10** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–1** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **18–5** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Owens, Derrin R. — primary (person)
- Albrecht, Carl R. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-29** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2024-01-29** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2024-01-29** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2024-01-30** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-30** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
- **2024-01-31** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2024-01-31** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-01** comm rpt/substituted
- **2024-02-01** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-06** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-06** substituted from # 1 to # 2 `substitution`
- **2024-02-06** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-07** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-07** circled
- **2024-02-20** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2024-02-20** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2024-02-20** uncircled
- **2024-02-20** substituted from # 2 to # 4 `substitution`
- **2024-02-20** substituted from # 4 to # 5 `substitution`
- **2024-02-20** circled
- **2024-02-20** uncircled
- **2024-02-20** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-20** to House
- **2024-02-20** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-20** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-21** to House Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee
- **2024-02-22** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-22** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-22** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2024-02-28** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** substituted from # 5 to # 6 `substitution`
- **2024-02-28** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-28** to Senate
- **2024-02-28** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2024-02-28** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-28** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2024-02-28** fiscal note publicly available
- **2024-02-28** concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-28** to House
- **2024-02-28** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-28** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2024-02-28** to Senate
- **2024-02-29** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-29** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2024-02-29** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2024-03-07** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2024-03-07** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2024-03-12** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2024-03-12** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-21** 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/fdb0d09b-dc8f-4232-bedb-7561ce6ee508`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).