---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nuclear Reprocessing Amendments"
description: "Nuclear Reprocessing Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 135"
citation: "Utah SB 135 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Clean Energy", "Energy", "Nuclear Energy"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Owens, Derrin R."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 49
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-14T17:38:06+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-25T16:46:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8b9fc2e-8541-4f60-820b-1a127f55e13d"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0135.html"
source_hash: "d116f9c3fa698a85ebd5e4e59dc6502f31ad981c96e8d3e22b0fd2ac67994328"
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 135 (2026) — Nuclear Reprocessing 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/SB0135.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0135 To SB0135S01.pdf)
3. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP SB0135S01 To SB0135S02.pdf)
4. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0135S01.xml)
5. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0135S02.xml)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0135.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **21–5** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **22–1** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **59–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14T17:38:06+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-14T17:38:06+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-14T17:38:08+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0135
- **2026-01-14T17:38:08+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0135
- **2026-01-15T17:34:31+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-19T20:23:37+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0135
- **2026-01-20T18:07:25+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-21T14:39:06+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0135S01
- **2026-01-21T14:39:06+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0135S01
- **2026-01-21T19:08:38+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22T21:17:46+00:00** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee]
- **2026-01-22T21:28:19+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-23T04:14:06+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0135S01
- **2026-01-23T16:56:06+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0135S01
- **2026-01-23T18:17:13+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee]
- **2026-01-23T18:17:14+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-03T21:49:18+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-03T21:52:37+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-04T18:34:15+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-04T18:34:54+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-02-06T21:36:00+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0135S02
- **2026-02-06T21:36:00+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0135S02
- **2026-02-06T21:41:11+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-02-06T21:42:15+00:00** Senate/ substituted
- **2026-02-06T21:44:35+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-06T21:44:36+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-06T22:52:46+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-09T18:14:11+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-10T19:12:42+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Public Utilities and Energy Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11T16:41:43+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0135S02
- **2026-02-11T17:17:59+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0135S02
- **2026-02-12T16:10:07+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Public Utilities and Energy Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12T21:21:57+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Public Utilities and Energy Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12T21:21:59+00:00** House/ return to Rules due to fiscal impact [House Rules Committee]
- **2026-03-04T03:02:14+00:00** House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-04T03:02:15+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-03-04T16:19:21+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-03-04T16:23:34+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-04T16:23:35+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-04T16:23:36+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-05T00:25:00+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-05T00:25:01+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-06T15:20:27+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-03-06T15:20:30+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-07T01:17:40+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-07T01:17:46+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-11T17:01:34+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-11T17:01:36+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25T16:46:00+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/b8b9fc2e-8541-4f60-820b-1a127f55e13d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).