republic-os/legislation/us/states/ut/2023/hb-425.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 425 Energy Security Amendments"
description: "H.B. 425 Energy Security Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 425"
citation: "Utah HB 425 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney General", "Electricity", "Energy", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Public Utilities", "Public Utilities and Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ivory, Ken"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 66
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b63e26f9-b3a0-4d1f-ad68-bdfad23b9e94"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0425.html"
source_hash: "bec64a7c712d21e312bb269ef45f9665bcfd047a54356358ccdb9d66d7468957"
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 425 (2023) — H.B. 425 Energy Security 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/~2023/bills/hbillint/HB0425S04.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillamd/HB0425S04.pdf)
3. **Conference Committee Report 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/comreport/HB425C10.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0425.pdf)

## Votes

- House Conference Committee - Final Passage — **57–15** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 3 — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–2** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **58–12** (pass) · lower
- Senate Conference Committee - Final Passage — **19–7** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **20–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ivory, Ken — primary (person)
- Owens, Derrin R. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-02-08** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-02-09** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-02-09** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-13** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-02-13** to House Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee
- **2023-02-15** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-17** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-17** to Senate
- **2023-02-21** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-21** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-21** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
- **2023-02-23** Senate Comm - Held
- **2023-02-24** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 3
- **2023-02-24** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-27** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-02-27** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-28** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-28** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-02-28** circled
- **2023-03-01** uncircled
- **2023-03-01** floor amendment # 1
- **2023-03-01** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2023-03-01** to House with amendments
- **2023-03-01** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-01** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2023-03-01** circled
- **2023-03-02** uncircled
- **2023-03-02** refuse to concur with Senate amendment
- **2023-03-02** to Senate
- **2023-03-02** refused to recede from Senate amendments
- **2023-03-02** Senate Conference Committee Appointed Meeting Information `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** to House
- **2023-03-02** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-02** House Conference Committee Appointed Meeting Information `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** to Senate
- **2023-03-02** Bill Substituted by Conference Committee from # 3 to # 4
- **2023-03-02** Bill amended by Conference Committee # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-02** Conference Committee Report
- **2023-03-02** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Senate Motion to Adopt Joint Conference Comm Rpt
- **2023-03-02** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-03-02** Senate Conference Committee - Final Passage `passage`
- **2023-03-02** to House with amendments
- **2023-03-02** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-02** House Motion to Adopt Joint Conference Comm Rpt
- **2023-03-02** House Conference Committee - Final Passage `passage`
- **2023-03-02** to Senate
- **2023-03-02** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-03-03** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-03-03** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2023-03-03** to House
- **2023-03-03** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-03** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2023-03-06** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2023-03-10** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2023-03-10** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2023-03-13** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2023-03-13** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-14** 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/b63e26f9-b3a0-4d1f-ad68-bdfad23b9e94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).