---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 224 Energy Independence Amendments"
description: "S.B. 224 Energy Independence Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 224"
citation: "Utah SB 224 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Procedures", "Courts", "Electricity", "Energy", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Investor-owned Utilities", "Public Service Commission", "State Treasurer", "Utility Programs and Energy Procurement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sandall, Scott D."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 53
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-02-09"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ef172e4-fc7b-4ffa-83d9-adc5b00e0607"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/SB0224.html"
source_hash: "766d4e1ff1b19020ade1b89206013ef605dcfb516aabea857bc8e178cb74c3fe"
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 224 (2024) — S.B. 224 Energy Independence 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/SB0224S02.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/sbillamd/SB0224S02.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/sbillenr/SB0224.pdf)

## Votes

- concurs with House amendment — **21–6** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **54–19** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **24–1** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2 — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **23–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sandall, Scott D. — primary (person)
- Albrecht, Carl R. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-09** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2024-02-09** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2024-02-09** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2024-02-12** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-12** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
- **2024-02-13** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-14** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-14** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-15** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2024-02-16** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-16** circled
- **2024-02-16** uncircled
- **2024-02-16** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-20** circled
- **2024-02-21** uncircled
- **2024-02-21** substituted from # 0 to # 1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-21** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-21** to House
- **2024-02-21** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-21** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-26** to House Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee
- **2024-02-27** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2
- **2024-02-27** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** comm rpt/substituted
- **2024-02-27** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2024-02-27** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2024-02-28** fiscal note publicly available
- **2024-02-29** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-29** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** circled
- **2024-03-01** uncircled
- **2024-03-01** floor amendment # 2
- **2024-03-01** floor amendment failed # 1 `amendment-failure, failure`
- **2024-03-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-03-01** to Senate
- **2024-03-01** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-03-01** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2024-03-01** concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-01** to House
- **2024-03-01** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-03-01** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-01** to Senate
- **2024-03-01** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-03-01** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2024-03-01** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2024-03-08** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2024-03-08** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2024-03-12** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2024-03-12** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-13** 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/0ef172e4-fc7b-4ffa-83d9-adc5b00e0607`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).