republic-os/legislation/us/states/ut/2025/hb-70.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Decommissioned Asset Disposition Amendments"
description: "Decommissioned Asset Disposition Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 70"
citation: "Utah HB 70 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy", "Interlocal Entities", "Public Utilities and Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walter, R. Neil"]
version_count: 15
action_count: 44
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-12-27T17:57:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-24T22:28:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0026030-ec78-4e87-9461-157ae25a04a5"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/HB0070.html"
source_hash: "6ceb53dc0b7e6dc295072cfca88d0f18a0adbd591899e6e78b6a182d6112cb41"
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 70 (2025) — Decommissioned Asset Disposition 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/2025/bills/introduced/HB0070.xml)
2. **Amended 3/4/2025 19:03:395** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AV_HB0070S02_2025-03-04_19-48-14.pdf)
3. **Amended Excerpts 3/4/2025 19:03:395** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AP_HB0070S02_2025-03-04_19-48-14.pdf)
4. **Comparison to Sub #0** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/CP HB0070 To HB0070S01.pdf)
5. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/CP HB0070S01 To HB0070S02.pdf)
6. **House Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/HB0070S02.Hamd.1.pdf)
7. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/comreport/HB070H10.pdf)
8. **House Transmittal Letter 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/HB070H10.pdf)
9. **House Transmittal Letter 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/HB070H20.pdf)
10. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/comreport/HB070S10.pdf)
11. **Senate Transmittal Letter 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/HB070S10.pdf)
12. **Senate Transmittal Letter 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/HB070S20.pdf)
13. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0070S01.xml)
14. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0070S02.xml)
15. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/HB0070.xml)

## Sponsors

- Walter, R. Neil — primary (person)
- Owens, Derrin R. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-27T17:57:00+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2024-12-27T17:57:00+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-01-15T19:49:00+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2025-01-15T19:51:00+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2025-01-21T22:27:00+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2025-02-03T19:06:00+00:00** House/ to standing committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-07T23:18:00+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation
- **2025-02-07T23:19:00+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-10T18:08:00+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted
- **2025-02-10T18:08:00+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2025-02-18T22:12:00+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2025-02-18T22:12:00+00:00** House/ circled
- **2025-02-28T03:28:00+00:00** House/ uncircled
- **2025-02-28T03:30:00+00:00** House/ substituted
- **2025-02-28T03:37:00+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2025-02-28T03:37:00+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2025-02-28T16:41:00+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2025-02-28T17:28:00+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2025-02-28T21:35:00+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04T21:35:00+00:00** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-04T21:36:00+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-05T16:53:00+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-05T16:53:00+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2025-03-05T21:43:00+00:00** Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-03-05T23:47:00+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2025-03-06T00:25:00+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2025-03-06T00:28:00+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2025-03-06T00:28:00+00:00** Senate/ to House with amendments
- **2025-03-06T02:34:00+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2025-03-06T02:34:00+00:00** House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2025-03-06T03:54:00+00:00** House/ concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-06T03:54:00+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2025-03-06T17:03:00+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2025-03-06T17:03:00+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2025-03-06T17:03:00+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2025-03-06T19:30:00+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2025-03-06T19:30:00+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2025-03-06T21:47:00+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2025-03-06T21:47:00+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2025-03-12T16:34:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2025-03-12T16:34:00+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2025-03-12T22:17:00+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2025-03-12T22:17:00+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24T22:28:00+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/c0026030-ec78-4e87-9461-157ae25a04a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).