---
type: "Bill"
title: "Utah Energy Generation and Transmission Planning"
description: "Utah Energy Generation and Transmission Planning"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 238"
citation: "Utah HB 238 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Clean Energy", "Energy", "Public Service Commission", "Public Utilities", "Public Utilities and Technology", "Utility Programs and Energy Procurement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Albrecht, Carl R."]
version_count: 8
action_count: 56
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-13T19:28:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-25T16:09:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b79be400-97c3-4f56-89c7-7e6bedcc21ef"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0238.html"
source_hash: "b149a75416c53458a58c99fadd30a706242f4d41df3ec60cc66bac652e3bfaa8"
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 238 (2026) — Utah Energy Generation and Transmission Planning

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0238.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0238 To HB0238S01.pdf)
3. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0238S01 To HB0238S02.pdf)
4. **Comparison to Sub #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0238S02 To HB0238S03.pdf)
5. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0238S01.xml)
6. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0238S02.xml)
7. **Substitute #3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0238S03.xml)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0238.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **68–1** (pass) · lower
- House/ concurs with Senate amendment — **69–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albrecht, Carl R. — primary (person)
- Vickers, Evan J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13T19:28:00+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-13T19:28:00+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-13T19:28:02+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0238
- **2026-01-13T19:28:02+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0238
- **2026-01-14T21:13:50+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-18T21:43:45+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0238
- **2026-01-20T17:56:56+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0238
- **2026-01-20T18:46:47+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T22:38:26+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-23T19:13:43+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Public Utilities and Energy Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-26T22:58:46+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Public Utilities and Energy Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-27T18:25:36+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Public Utilities and Energy Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-27T18:25:37+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-05T21:10:11+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-05T21:18:18+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-05T21:18:20+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-06T00:35:44+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-06T18:21:44+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-09T22:32:04+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10T16:33:24+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0238S01
- **2026-02-10T16:33:24+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0238S01
- **2026-02-11T16:11:02+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0238S02
- **2026-02-11T16:11:02+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0238S02
- **2026-02-11T19:28:16+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0238S01
- **2026-02-11T19:55:56+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0238S01
- **2026-02-11T23:13:48+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0238S02
- **2026-02-11T23:47:24+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0238S02
- **2026-02-12T21:04:00+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0238S03
- **2026-02-12T21:04:00+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0238S03
- **2026-02-12T21:56:53+00:00** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee]
- **2026-02-12T22:09:30+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-13T00:51:07+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0238S03
- **2026-02-13T15:29:16+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0238S03
- **2026-02-17T17:38:28+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee]
- **2026-02-17T17:38:29+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-18T22:51:45+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-18T22:55:41+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-19T18:11:44+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-19T18:15:26+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-19T18:15:27+00:00** Senate/ to House with amendments
- **2026-02-19T21:12:26+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-19T21:12:27+00:00** House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-02-20T17:51:19+00:00** House/ concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-20T17:51:20+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-20T20:48:33+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-20T20:48:34+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-02-20T20:48:35+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-20T22:22:24+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-20T22:22:25+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-02-25T14:26:56+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-02-25T14:26:57+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-06T19:21:49+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-06T19:21:53+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-11T19:17:23+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-11T19:17:25+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25T16:09:00+00:00** 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/b79be400-97c3-4f56-89c7-7e6bedcc21ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).