---
type: "Bill"
title: "Environmental Permitting Amendments"
description: "Environmental Permitting Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 437"
citation: "Utah HB 437 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Rulemaking", "Administrative Rulemaking and Procedures", "Department of Environmental Quality", "Department of Natural Resources", "Environment", "Mining", "Natural Resources", "New Rulemaking Authority", "Oil and Gas", "Permits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shallenberger, David"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-30T17:11:42+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-25T16:27:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c77aaea7-680a-4a72-b2de-ba2a777d70a2"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0437.html"
source_hash: "d3369bd8600a2649111d19ca005780ace4655e0028a6988b97518c287697630e"
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 437 (2026) — Environmental Permitting 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/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0437.xml)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0437.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **23–6** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shallenberger, David — primary (person)
- Millner, Ann — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-30T17:11:42+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-30T17:11:42+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-30T17:11:45+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0437
- **2026-01-30T17:11:45+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0437
- **2026-01-30T17:55:56+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-30T18:52:09+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-03T23:23:50+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0437
- **2026-02-05T23:14:58+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0437
- **2026-02-06T15:06:52+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-02-09T19:35:45+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Public Utilities and Energy Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12T15:48:18+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Public Utilities and Energy Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12T21:21:48+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Public Utilities and Energy Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12T21:21:49+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-20T21:33:09+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-20T21:33:39+00:00** House/ circled
- **2026-02-20T21:44:36+00:00** House/ uncircled
- **2026-02-20T21:47:19+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-20T21:47:21+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-20T23:12:31+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-23T17:16:37+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-24T21:12:35+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-28T01:00:47+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02T17:36:25+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02T17:36:26+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-05T00:03:06+00:00** Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules [Senate Rules Committee] `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05T02:35:54+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-05T03:10:03+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-05T03:12:18+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-05T03:12:19+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-05T03:12:20+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-05T15:49:09+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-05T15:49:10+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-06T17:34:54+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-06T17:34:55+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-11T17:49:59+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11T17:50:03+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-12T18:57:31+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-12T18:57:33+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25T16:27:00+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/c77aaea7-680a-4a72-b2de-ba2a777d70a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).