# Utah H.B. 352: Geologic Carbon Storage Amendments Utah H.B. 352, Geologic Carbon Storage Amendments, is a 2025 General Session House bill sponsored by Christine F. Watkins (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-03-24 (Governor Signed) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB352-2025GS - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Utah H.B. 352 - State: Utah - Session: 2025 General Session - Title: Geologic Carbon Storage Amendments - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-29 - Last action: 2025-03-24, Governor Signed - Sponsor: Christine F. Watkins (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Air Quality, Emissions Control, Environment, Natural Resources, Department of Natural Resources, Administrative Rulemaking and Procedures, New Rulemaking Authority - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 4 (102 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Carbon storage violations bring fines: mixed, low. Beginning May 7, 2025, knowing or willful carbon storage violations are Class B misdemeanors. These include false statements, missing required information, destroyed or falsified records, and violations of permits, rules, or orders. Individuals and entities are covered, including entity officers an… - Utah sets carbon storage oversight rules: mixed, low. Beginning May 7, 2025, the law confirms Utah's Board and Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining can enforce carbon storage rules. The board must adopt penalty rules consistent with the law. Once the Environmental Protection Agency approves Utah's application for primary enforcement authority, Utah gains… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Christine F. Watkins (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Ronald M. Winterton (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-07 | Senate | Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension | pass | 22 | 0 | | | 2025-02-28 | Senate | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 5 | 0 | | | 2025-02-20 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 67 | 0 | | | 2025-02-13 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 8 | 0 | | ## Actions (32) - 2025-03-24: Governor Signed - 2025-03-12: House/ to Governor (House) - 2025-03-12: House/ received enrolled bill from Printing (House) - 2025-03-11: House/ enrolled bill to Printing (House) - 2025-03-11: Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate - 2025-03-07: Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared - 2025-03-07: Bill Received from House for Enrolling - 2025-03-07: House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling (House) - 2025-03-07: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules (Senate) - 2025-03-03: Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2025-03-03: Senate/ committee report favorable (Senate) - 2025-02-28: Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Senate/ to standing committee (Senate) - 2025-02-21: Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (Senate) - 2025-02-21: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2025-02-20: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-02-20: House/ passed 3rd reading (House) - 2025-02-20: House/ 3rd reading (House) - 2025-02-13: House/ 2nd reading (House) - 2025-02-13: House/ committee report favorable (House) - 2025-02-13: House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (House) - 2025-02-10: House/ to standing committee (House) - 2025-01-31: House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (House) - 2025-01-29: House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (House) - 2025-01-29: House/ received bill from Legislative Research (House) - 2025-01-29: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-03-11: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/HB0352.pdf) - Introduced, 2025-01-29: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0352.pdf) ## Related bills - S.B. 199: Guardianship Amendments (signed) - H.B. 562: Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Amendments (signed) - H.B. 493: Medical Examiner Amendments (signed) - H.B. 482: Health and Human Services Reporting Requirements (signed) - S.B. 197: Property Tax Amendments (vetoed) - S.B. 3: Appropriations Adjustments (signed) ## Sources - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/HB0352.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0352.pdf) ## Related - [S.B. 199: Guardianship Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB199-2025GS) - [H.B. 562: Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB562-2025GS) - [H.B. 493: Medical Examiner Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB493-2025GS) - [H.B. 482: Health and Human Services Reporting Requirements](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB482-2025GS) - [S.B. 197: Property Tax Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB197-2025GS) - [S.B. 3: Appropriations Adjustments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB3-2025GS) - [Utah bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/utah/bills) - [Utah state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/utah) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB352-2025GS (as of 2026-10-17).