Animal Composting Amendments
This bill amends Utah's waste management law to exclude specific farm and ranch operations from being classified as commercial waste facilities. It removes farms that compost animal mortality or offal waste from their own operations (e.g., dead animals or byproducts from processing) from the definition of "commercial nonhazardous solid waste facility." The change applies only to operations composting waste generated from animals they process themselves, not to general composting services. This clarifies that such farm-based composting activities are not subject to commercial facility regulations, without creating new requirements or costs.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 28, 2025
Signed Mar 24, 2025
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MINOR
This bill amends Utah's waste management definitions to explicitly exclude certain farm and ranch operations from being classified as commercial waste facilities. The change clarifies that farms composting their own animal mortality or offal for beneficial reuse are not subject to commercial waste facility regulations.
Scope change
The bill narrows the scope of what constitutes a 'commercial nonhazardous solid waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility' by adding a specific exemption for farm or ranch operations that compost animal waste from animals they process themselves.
DEFINITION
Modified the definition of 'commercial nonhazardous solid waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility' to add a new exemption for farm or ranch operations receiving animal mortality or offal for composting or beneficial reuse from animals they process.
ELIGIBILITY
Added eligibility criteria specifying that the exemption applies only when the farm receives waste from animals supplied by that same farm or ranch operation.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
40
Key actions
10
Committee
5
Amendments
4
Mar 24, 2025
Signed into law
Governor Signed
executive
Feb 25, 2025
Legislature · Passed
House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling
legislature
Feb 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House
lower
Feb 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
House/ concurs with Senate amendment
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Introduced
Senate/ to House with amendments
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Senate/ passed 3rd reading
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate/ comm rpt/ amended
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Introduced
Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation
upper
Feb 14, 2025
Committee
Senate/ to standing committee
upper
Feb 12, 2025
Introduced
Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
House/ passed 3rd reading
upper
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
House/ committee report favorable
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
lower
Jan 31, 2025
Committee
House/ to standing committee
lower
Jan 28, 2025
Introduced
House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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