Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah SB234: Rulemaking Amendments
Status: Signed into law, March 26, 2026
This bill enacts provisions related to rules involving environmental health and waste management.
What the bill says
From the enrolled text, March 11, 2026:
0 Rulemaking Amendments 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Brady Brammer House Sponsor: Colin W. Jack LONG TITLE General Description: This bill enacts provisions related to rules involving environmental health and waste management. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - defines terms; - prohibits certain rules related to environmental health and waste management from being more stringent or extensive in scope, coverage, or effect than any federal law or regulation; and - requires an agency to ensure certain rules involving environmental health and waste management are supported by scientific evidence. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: None Utah Code Sections Affected: AMENDS: 63G-3-102 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 483 ENACTS: 63G-3-306 , Utah Code Annotated 1953 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1. Section 63G-3-102 is amended to read: 63G-3-102 . Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) "Administrative record" means information an agency relies upon when making a rule under this chapter including: (a) the proposed rule, change in the proposed rule, and the rule analysis form; (b) the public comment received and recorded by the agency during the public comment period; (c) the agency's response to the public comment; (d) the agency's analysis of the public comment; and (e) the agency's report of the …
Sponsors
- Brady Brammer (R, 21) · primary sponsor
- Colin Jack (R, 73)
Latest actions
- : Governor Signed
- : Senate/ to Governor
- : Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing
- : Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- : Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- : Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- : Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- : Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling
- : Senate/ received from House
- : House/ to Senate
Votes
- House/ passed 3rd reading (March 5, 2026): 56 yea, 11 nay, passed
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (February 27, 2026): 8 yea, 2 nay, passed
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading (February 23, 2026): 20 yea, 7 nay, passed
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading (February 20, 2026): 22 yea, 5 nay, passed
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (February 4, 2026): 3 yea, 1 nay, passed
Subjects: Waste, Administrative Rulemaking and Procedures, Health and Human Services, Water, Legislative Committees and Task Forces, Hazardous Materials, Drinking Water, Public Health
Common questions
- What is SB234?
- SB234 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2026 General Session): Rulemaking Amendments.
- What does SB234 do?
- This bill enacts provisions related to rules involving environmental health and waste management.
- What is the status of SB234?
- Signed into law as of March 26, 2026. Latest action: Governor Signed (March 26, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB234?
- Brady Brammer (R, 21), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB234?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0234.html
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