All Roll Calls
Yes: 104 • No: 30
UtahS.B. 2512026 General SessionSenate
Local Health Department and Department of Environmental Quality Coordination
Sponsored By: Scott D. Sandall (Republican)
Signed by Governor
EnvironmentDepartment of Environmental QualityLocal Health DepartmentsPublic HealthCivil Procedure
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
Agencies can recover unusual enforcement costs
Beginning May 6, 2026, Utah's environmental department can use Title 19 penalties or fines to repay qualifying extraordinary enforcement costs. It can repay itself, local governments, or local health departments, but repayment is not guaranteed. The department must set rules defining covered activities, expenses, notice, and required records. Local applicants must provide those records, prove the department requested help, and give timely written notice of expected expenses.
Environmental penalties support dedicated program funds
Beginning May 6, 2026, Utah directs specified environmental penalties to dedicated accounts rather than general state spending. Petroleum tank penalties go to the Petroleum Storage Tank Restricted Account through July 1, 2028; this covers the specified section, not the entire part. Penalties under Section 19-6-721 go to the account created in Section 19-6-719; that rule expires July 1, 2029. Penalties under Sections 19-6-804 and 19-6-821 go to the specified tire-related fund; that rule expires July 1, 2030. All three deposit rules are subject to Section 19-1-303.5(2) and do not require deposits barred by federal law.
Local health departments lose collection reimbursements
Beginning May 6, 2026, Utah's environmental department no longer must repay local health departments for collecting environmental civil penalties. The change covers penalties under Title 19 and removes the state's reimbursement obligation.
Water and waste penalties fund state budgets
Beginning May 6, 2026, Utah directs specified drinking-water, water-quality, hazardous-waste, and hazardous-substance penalties to the General Fund. These sections lose their separate authority to repay state or local enforcement costs, including hazardous-waste prosecution costs. Deposits remain subject to Section 19-1-303.5(2), federal-law restrictions, and program exceptions in Sections 19-5-108.3(7)(d) and 19-6-722(3). Drinking-water penalties become civil rather than administrative, with unchanged amounts for each violation: up to $1,000 daily for systems serving fewer than 10,000 people, and exactly $1,000 daily for those serving more than 10,000. Each day counts separately. The drinking-water, water-quality, and hazardous-waste changes expire July 1, 2029; the hazardous-substance deposit rule expires July 1, 2030.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Scott D. Sandall
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
Karen M. Peterson
Republican • House
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 3/6/2026
House/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 40 • No: 30
House vote • 3/2/2026
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 9 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/25/2026
Senate/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/25/2026
Senate/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 26 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/24/2026
Senate/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/23/2026
Senate/ passed 2nd reading
Yes: 25 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/11/2026
Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 4 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Governor Signed
3/25/2026Senate/ to Governor
3/13/2026SenateSenate/ received enrolled bill from Printing
3/13/2026SenateSenate/ enrolled bill to Printing
3/12/2026SenateEnrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
3/12/2026Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
3/10/2026Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
3/10/2026Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling
3/10/2026SenateSenate/ received from House
3/10/2026SenateHouse/ to Senate
3/6/2026HouseHouse/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate
3/6/2026HouseHouse/ passed 3rd reading
3/6/2026HouseHouse/ 3rd reading
3/6/2026HouseHouse/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
3/6/2026HouseHouse/ 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules
3/3/2026HouseHouse/ 2nd reading
3/2/2026HouseHouse/ committee report favorable
3/2/2026HouseHouse Comm - Favorable Recommendation
3/2/2026House/ to standing committee
2/27/2026HouseHouse/ 1st reading (Introduced)
2/25/2026HouseHouse/ received from Senate
2/25/2026HouseSenate/ to House
2/25/2026SenateSenate/ passed 3rd reading
2/25/2026SenateSenate/ uncircled
2/25/2026SenateSenate/ circled
2/24/2026Senate
Bill Text
Enrolled
3/12/2026
Introduced
2/4/2026