HB 513 Utah House · 2025 General Session

Utah Commission for Earthquake Preparedness

HB 513 creates the Utah Commission for Earthquake Preparedness to coordinate statewide efforts for earthquake safety. The commission, made up of 11 voting members (including agency directors, academic experts, business representatives, and legislators), will assess earthquake risks, develop annual action plans to reduce property damage and economic harm, and report progress to state officials. It must meet quarterly, prioritize risk-reduction strategies, and submit annual plans by January 1, 2031, when the commission will sunset. The bill requires the Department of Natural Resources to staff the commission but provides no new funding, relying instead on existing nonlapsing appropriations for its operations.

Bill status failed 3 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Feb 2025

Governor

Introduced Feb 18, 2025 Last action Mar 8, 2025

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MINOR

The bill adds the Office of Energy Development to the list of state agencies that may participate in commission meetings as nonvoting members, while removing the Department of Insurance from that list. This change adjusts which agencies have advisory input into the commission's work. The rest of the bill text appears to be the same substantive legislation with only formatting differences.

Scope change

The scope of agency participation in commission meetings was modified by adding one agency and removing another from the list of nonvoting participants.

REQUIREMENT

Added the Office of Energy Development to the list of state agencies that may participate in commission meetings as nonvoting members

Removed the Department of Insurance from the list of state agencies that may participate in commission meetings as nonvoting members

TECHNICAL

Minor formatting and line break differences in the document structure

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

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Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 3, 2025

Committee

Senate/ to standing committee

upper

Feb 28, 2025

Introduced

Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)

upper

Feb 28, 2025

Upper · Passed

House/ passed 3rd reading

upper

Feb 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

House/ committee report favorable

lower

Feb 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

House Comm - Favorable Recommendation

lower

Feb 20, 2025

Committee

House/ to standing committee

lower

Feb 18, 2025

Introduced

House/ 1st reading (Introduced)

lower

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor