H.B. 513 - Great Salt Lake Amendments

Sponsors

Sponsor: Rep. Casey Snider
Floor Sponsor: Rep. Michael K. Mckell
Floor Sponsor: Sen. Michael K. Mckell

Category

Sustainable Future

Topic(s)

Better Utah Position

– Support

Year

2023

Bill Status

– Passed

Summary

Requires mineral extraction companies who use the lake to pay royalties and a severance tax to a fund for the lake; forces those companies to minimize evaporation or water use and provide water back into the Great Salt Lake; and authorizes state agencies to take measures when the lake hits certain ecological thresholds.

Passed in House and Senate

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Votes

Voted "Yes"
Vote Legislator District
Yes Sen. Jacob L. Anderegg Republican SD22
Yes Sen. Nate Blouin Democrat SD13
Yes Sen. Curtis S. Bramble Republican SD24
Yes Sen. Kirk A. Cullimore Republican SD19
Yes Sen. Luz Escamilla Democrat SD10
Yes Sen Lincoln Fillmore Republican SD17
Yes Sen. Keith Grover Republican SD23
Yes Sen. Wayne A. Harper Republican SD16
Yes Sen. David P. Hinkins Republican SD26
Yes Sen. Don L. Ipson Republican SD29
Yes Sen. Michael S. Kennedy Republican SD21
Yes Sen. Karen Kwan Democrat SD12
Yes Sen. Daniel McCay Republican SD18
Yes Sen. Michael K. Mckell Republican SD25
Yes Sen. Ann Millner Republican SD5
Yes Sen. Derrin R. Owens Republican SD27
Yes Sen. Stephanie Pitcher Democrat SD14
Yes Sen. Jen Plumb Democrat SD9
Yes Sen. Kathleen Riebe Democrat SD15
Yes Sen. Scott D. Sandall Republican SD1
Yes Sen. Evan J. Vickers Republican SD28
Yes Sen. Todd Weiler Republican SD8
Yes Sen. Chris H. Wilson Republican SD2
Yes Sen. Ronald Winterton Republican SD20
Voted "No"
Vote Legislator District
No Sen. J. Stuart Adams Republican SD7
No Sen. David G. Buxton Republican SD4
No Sen. John D. Johnson Republican SD3
Officially Absent
Vote Legislator District
Absent Sen. Jerry W. Stevenson Republican SD6
Absent Sen. Daniel W. Thatcher Republican SD11
Didn't Get to Vote
Vote Legislator District