---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nuclear Regulatory Amendments"
description: "Nuclear Regulatory Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 78"
citation: "Utah HB 78 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Clean Energy", "Energy", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Hazardous Materials", "Nuclear Energy"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Albrecht, Carl R."]
version_count: 11
action_count: 52
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-12-23T19:50:24+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-25T15:47:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c92c314-5346-4831-900a-02de1938e549"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0078.html"
source_hash: "1ce641579f763fc083cc55d654221098c9bcae64d6dfbcc7709d7ada2357c8c1"
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 78 (2026) — Nuclear Regulatory 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/HB0078.xml)
2. **Amended 1/23/2026 11:01:684** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0078_2026-01-23_11-10-10.pdf)
3. **Amended 2/2/2026 11:02:161** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0078_2026-02-02_11-20-07.pdf)
4. **Amended Excerpts 1/23/2026 11:01:684** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_HB0078_2026-01-23_11-10-10.pdf)
5. **Amended Excerpts 2/2/2026 11:02:161** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_HB0078_2026-02-02_11-20-07.pdf)
6. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0078 To HB0078S01.pdf)
7. **House Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/HB0078.Hamd.1.pdf)
8. **Senate Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/HB0078.Samd.2.pdf)
9. **Senate Amendment 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/HB0078.Samd.3.pdf)
10. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0078S01.xml)
11. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0078.xml)

## Votes

- House/ passed 3rd reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **23–1** (pass) · upper
- House/ concurs with Senate amendment — **61–8** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **23–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-23T19:50:24+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2025-12-23T19:50:24+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-12-23T19:50:27+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0078
- **2025-12-23T19:50:27+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0078
- **2026-01-05T20:21:23+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0078
- **2026-01-14T15:49:42+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0078
- **2026-01-14T20:45:14+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T15:33:09+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T17:43:19+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-20T18:33:48+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Public Utilities and Energy Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21T21:22:14+00:00** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation [House Public Utilities and Energy Committee] `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-01-21T21:22:15+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Public Utilities and Energy Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-22T18:14:23+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ amended [House Public Utilities and Energy Committee] `amendment-passage`
- **2026-01-22T18:14:24+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-01-26T18:29:56+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-01-26T18:39:00+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-01-26T18:39:02+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-01-26T19:38:23+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-01-27T18:09:32+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-29T18:11:53+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-30T21:14:09+00:00** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation [Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee] `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-01-30T21:25:18+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-02T18:18:02+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ amended [Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee] `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-02T18:18:03+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-05T21:22:53+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-05T21:25:29+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-05T21:25:33+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-05T21:25:45+00:00** Senate/ placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table
- **2026-02-26T14:49:34+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0078S01
- **2026-02-26T14:49:34+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0078S01
- **2026-03-02T20:40:13+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0078S01
- **2026-03-02T20:47:47+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0078S01
- **2026-03-04T03:36:46+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-04T17:35:57+00:00** Senate/ substituted
- **2026-03-04T17:37:26+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-04T17:37:27+00:00** Senate/ to House with amendments
- **2026-03-04T22:50:15+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-04T22:50:16+00:00** House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-03-05T18:02:59+00:00** House/ concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-05T18:03:00+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-05T22:25:38+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-05T22:25:39+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-05T22:25:40+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-06T00:00:31+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-06T00:00:32+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-06T21:17:51+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-06T21:17:52+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-12T18:02:09+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-12T18:02:13+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-16T20:36:12+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-16T20:36:14+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25T15:47:00+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/8c92c314-5346-4831-900a-02de1938e549`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).