Jen Plumb

Voted for House Bill 76, which requires large data centers to report their water use. The law covers a data center that draws 75 acre-feet of water a year or more. Before a city or county approves a new one, it must notify the water suppliers that would serve it. From July 1, 2026, the operator of a new large data center must report its water use to the state before building and every year after. Some details may be kept private as business secrets, and an operator that fails to report can be penalized. The Utah Senate passed it 19-5 and it was signed into law.

March 5, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted for Senate Bill 314, which tells the state health department to teach the public about sleep health and sleep problems, such as narcolepsy and sleep apnea. The goal is to help people spot the signs, get tested and treated, and see the risks of sleep problems left untreated, including on the road and at work. The department may work with schools, insurers, doctors' groups, and others to spread the word. The Utah Senate passed it 16-12 and it was signed into law.

March 3, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted for House Bill 402, which bars public schools from selling, giving out, or serving food on school grounds during the school day if it holds any of nine additives, starting in the 2026-2027 school year. The list covers potassium bromate, propylparaben, and seven artificial colors, among them Red No. 3 and Yellow No. 5. A parent may still bring those foods in for students, and a teacher may hand them out with permission from the students' parents at the start of each semester. The limits do not reach concession stands at school events or vending machines, and they do not apply at a charter school or district with 5,500 students or fewer. The Utah Senate passed it 16-6 and it was signed into law.

March 6, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted for House Bill 119, which limits how far a homeowners association may go in blocking rooftop solar. Before this act, the recorded rules of a neighborhood could ban solar panels outright on a detached house. The act takes that power away. An association may still add a new ban, but only if at least 67 percent of owners vote for it, and it now takes only 51 percent of owners to change a ban that is already in place. An association may still set rules on the size and placement of a system, so long as the rules cut its output or raise its cost by no more than 5 percent. The Utah Senate passed it 19-10 and it was signed into law.

March 4, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted for House Bill 54, which requires anyone who drives a motorboat or sailboat to take a short state safety course each year, starting in 2027, and to carry proof of it. The course covers life jackets, boating under the influence, safe boating, and invasive species. A rental business must check for proof or give a safety briefing first. Breaking the rule is an infraction, the lowest level of offense. The Utah Senate passed it 20-5 and it was signed into law.

March 6, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for House Bill 207, which toughens sentences for repeat sex offenders. When a person with an earlier sex crime conviction is convicted again, both the minimum and the maximum sentence now rise by five years for each earlier conviction. The whole sentence must be served in prison, with no probation. The act also ends the lower penalty for sharing child sexual abuse material that shows a teen 14 or older, so it is a first degree felony in every case. And it makes it a crime to access such material, or to keep access to it, with the intent to view it. The Utah Senate passed it 16-10 and it was signed into law.

March 5, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for House Bill 436, which gives a city that files a state housing report extra priority for state road money if its housing grew by 2.5% or more in the past year, as counted by new occupancy permits. The priority can go to a major regional road project inside or outside the city. The total boost to any project's ranking is capped at 7%. The Utah Senate passed it 20-8 and it was signed into law.

March 6, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted for House Bill 37, which adds new ways for a Utah city to meet the state's moderate income housing rules. A city may now grant a density bonus for homes that people own and live in, both for single houses and for apartments. When it does, it may attach conditions, such as reserving most of the homes for owner-occupiers for five years, keeping a quarter of them affordable, or giving local buyers a first look for up to 30 days. Joining the state's home investment program also now counts as one of the housing steps a city can take. The act separately lowers the number of people needed to form a new town from 100 to 75. The Utah Senate passed it 22-6 and it was signed into law.

March 7, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted for House Bill 403, which orders the Utah Department of Workforce Services to ask the federal government for permission to stop people from using food stamps to buy soft drinks. The act counts a sweetened fizzy drink as a soft drink. It leaves out drinks with milk in them and drinks that are more than half juice. The department had to file the request by July 1, 2025. If the request is granted, the state must act within six months. If it is refused, the state must file again within three months, and then once a year until it is granted. Nothing changes for shoppers unless the federal government agrees. The Utah Senate passed it 15-13 and it was signed into law.

March 5, 2025Opposes Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted for Senate Bill 78, which creates a state watchdog, called an ombudsman, to look into complaints about the groups that serve homeless people. The job sits inside the Office of Homeless Services. The ombudsman must run a website showing people how to complain. Each group must post the ombudsman's phone number and website where clients can see them. The ombudsman picks which complaints to take up. If a group has broken the law, the ombudsman must say so to the person who complained, to the office, and to a prosecutor. The Utah Senate passed it 18-8 and it was signed into law.

February 12, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted for House Bill 357, which extends Utah's consumer privacy law to carmakers. For model year 2030 and later, a carmaker must give owners controls inside the car to manage what personal data it collects and shares, unless a model is not able to. A carmaker may also offer an app or a website, but may not make owners use one. Data needed for safety, such as airbags and crash avoidance, can still be collected without consent. The state's motor vehicle office must post owners' privacy rights online. The Utah Senate passed it 19-10 and it was signed into law.

March 6, 2026Supports Data Privacy

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Voted for House Bill 418, which gives people in Utah more control over their own social media data, starting July 1, 2026. A person may ask a company to fix wrong data about them. A social media company must hand over a user's data, such as their friends, their posts, and the replies to them, in a form the user can take to another site. Each company must also let users share that data with other sites they pick, through an open system, and only with the user's consent. The state can fine a company up to $2,500 for each violation. The Utah Senate passed it 20-5 and it was signed into law.

March 5, 2025Supports Data Privacy

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Voted for House Bill 49, which lets more people with a felony record serve on a Utah jury. Before this act, a felony conviction barred someone from jury service unless it had been expunged. The act adds a second way back: a conviction that has been reduced to a misdemeanor no longer bars service. It also limits the bar to convictions from a state or federal court in the United States. The Utah Senate passed it 16-5 and it was signed into law.

February 20, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Presented Senate Bill 70 on natural-disaster amendments to the Utah Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Standing Committee.

January 22, 2026

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Presented Senate Bill 275 on medical-preauthorization amendments to the Utah Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Standing Committee.

February 27, 2024

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Voted against House Bill 539, which adds human trafficking and serious abuse of a vulnerable adult to the crimes that count as domestic violence. It also changes bail. A court must presume a person is a danger if the person is charged with a serious domestic violence crime while out on probation, parole, or bail for another one. Police must send charges to prosecutors within five work days unless they have good reason to wait. Workplace protective orders now also cover volunteers at nonprofit groups. The Utah Senate passed it 19-6 and it was signed into law.

March 6, 2026

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Voted against House Bill 259, which gives parents the right to see all of their minor child's medical records, with a few exceptions such as sexual assault counseling. Hospitals and clinics may not block parents from a child's online records. They face a $1,000 fine for each record not handed over within five business days, and starting in 2028 a $1,000 fine for each day they block online access. The Utah Senate passed it 22-6 and it was signed into law.

March 5, 2026

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Voted against House Bill 188, which requires a school to send a student to court after a third alleged drug possession offense at school. Before, school officials could choose other options instead. The principal must now also tell the student's parents about an offense at school. The act also bars youth probation officers from settling a case out of court when a minor 12 or older is accused of a drug-dealing misdemeanor. The Utah Senate passed it 21-6 and it was signed into law.

March 5, 2026

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Voted against House Bill 48, which lets a court send a teen convicted of aggravated murder to an adult prison instead of a youth lockup. This applies if the teen was 17 at the time of the crime, is at least 18 at sentencing, and would be a danger to others in the youth lockup. A prosecutor may also ask the parole board to move such a person to adult prison. The act also has state agencies report wider measures of how often people return to crime. The Utah Senate passed it 20-7 and it was signed into law.

March 5, 2026

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Voted against House Bill 331, which renames the crime of threatening terrorism to terrorism and makes it cover acts carried out, not just threats. It makes it a crime to commit a crime to help a foreign terrorist group, or to act unlawfully as an agent of a foreign government. It also bans wearing a mask to hide from police while committing a crime in public, or while with others the person knows are doing so. Three or more people who block someone from a house of worship to stop them from practicing their religion commit a felony. The Utah Senate passed it 21-6 and it was signed into law.

March 5, 2026

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Voted against Senate Bill 153, which made most voter records that had been private become public on May 25, 2026. A voter can keep a record private only by proving they are at risk, such as a victim of domestic violence or a police officer. The voter list may be used only for political and other lawful purposes, and misuse is a crime. Clerks must also remove dead voters within five work days of notice. The Utah Senate passed it 22-7 and it was signed into law.

March 4, 2026

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Voted against House Bill 209, which sets up a split ballot for elections starting in November 2026. A voter who has not given papers proving U.S. citizenship may vote only in races for federal office, such as Congress. It also has election officers check voter rolls for people who are not citizens. A voter gets notice and 30 days to dispute before being removed. The Utah Senate passed it 17-8 and it was signed into law.

March 4, 2026

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Voted against House Bill 185, which sets up a fund the attorney general may use to try to stop federal climate rules. That means any rule that would make Utah join a cap-and-trade plan, report carbon pollution, pay for climate cleanup, or face climate claims. The fund gets money the state wins in carbon credit lawsuits, plus any money lawmakers add. State agencies must also report each carbon credit they sell. The Utah Senate passed it 19-6 and it was signed into law.

March 4, 2026

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Voted against House Bill 540, which requires the courts to build one website where the public can search all public court records, starting in 2027. Users must register, and the courts may charge only after 50 searches or 50 downloads in a month. The act also requires audio recordings of public court hearings outside justice courts, which people may request. Judges must file yearly financial disclosures that the public can see. The Utah Senate passed it 20-6 and it was signed into law.

March 4, 2026

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Voted against House Bill 273, which sets rules for technology in public school classrooms. Schools must cut screen time that is not part of teaching and use only tools shown to help students learn. Each school system must adopt rules for artificial intelligence based on a state model. That model bars teachers from using it to grade student work on its own. It also bars using it to track students by their faces or other body features, or to profile their minds. The Utah Senate passed it 17-9 and it was signed into law.

March 4, 2026

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Voted against House Bill 471, which tightens who can get and keep Medicaid in Utah. Starting January 1, 2027, adults covered by the Medicaid expansion must prove they met federal work rules for the month before they apply, and again before each renewal. Their own word is not enough proof. People who qualify for an exemption, such as those who are medically frail, are excused, but the state must verify the exemption. Expansion coverage must be rechecked every six months. From October 1, 2026, the state may not give medical help to anyone who is not a citizen or a qualifying legal immigrant, unless federal law requires it. The state must also check enrollees against death records, address changes, and other states' lists. The Utah Senate passed it 20-5 and it was signed into law.

March 4, 2026

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Voted against House Bill 258, which requires a health plan that covers hormones or surgery for a sex transition to also cover the hormones or surgery needed to reverse one. It applies to plans that start or renew in 2027 or later. The Utah Senate passed it 17-9 and it was signed into law.

March 3, 2026

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Voted against Senate Bill 174, which lets health care workers refuse to take part in any service that goes against their religious beliefs or conscience, such as birth control, abortion, or gender transition care. Employers may not punish them for it. A provider who refuses must post a notice that points patients to a state list of others who offer the service. Emergency care rules still apply. The Utah Senate passed it 22-7 and it was signed into law.

March 2, 2026

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Voted against House Bill 174, which ends the path that let some minors start cross-sex hormones under a state approval process. Starting in January 2027, doctors may not give the hormones to a minor who was under 16 when the law took effect or who had not already started them. Doctors may still help a minor stop treatment. The Utah Senate passed it 20-6 and it was signed into law.

February 27, 2026

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Voted against House Bill 419, which makes people who sue to block a coal mining permit post a bond before a court or agency can put the permit on hold while the case goes on. If they lose the case, they must pay the other side's losses from the hold. Utah already had this rule for permits from other state agencies, but coal mining permits had been left out of it until now. The Utah Senate passed it 15-5 and it was signed into law.

February 26, 2026

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Voted against House Bill 330, which gives a person or a company a new defense when sued over harm. The defense applies if what they did was allowed or required at the time by a law, a rule, a permit, a license, or a government order. It does not apply if the agency that gave the permission found that they broke its terms, went past it, or got it by fraud. It does not cover suits over faulty products. The act also says it does not erase the duty to take reasonable care. The Utah Senate passed it 17-7 and it was signed into law.

February 25, 2026

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Voted against Senate Bill 234, which limits how strict Utah's environmental health rules can be. A state agency may not start a rule that sets a number limit on a pollutant in drinking water, air, or waste that is stricter than a federal standard on the same subject. Where there is no federal standard, the limit must rest on the best available science. Such a rule, if meant to protect health, must also show a direct link between exposure and a present illness or injury in people. A higher risk of disease is not enough. Emergency rules, rules that federal law requires, and site-specific rules that state law requires are exempt. The Utah Senate passed it 20-7 and it was signed into law.

February 23, 2026

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Voted against House Bill 404, which lets landlords, including private owners of dorms, boarding houses, and shared rentals, set aside housing for one sex where tenants share a bedroom or bathroom. They may limit it to people of that sex at birth, and Utah's fair housing law no longer counts this as unlawful bias. The rule does not cover housing run by state or local governments. The Utah Senate passed it 19-7 and it was signed into law.

February 20, 2026

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Voted against House Bill 60, which narrows the reasons Utah's state engineer may use to turn down a request for a new water right. To judge harm to the public, the engineer may now look only at how the plan affects the use, amount, quality, or supply of water, plus factors a law names. The engineer may not turn down a request over a harm that another agency is better placed to handle, or one that is small. Protests count only if they speak to those points. Only a person who would be hurt in a direct, personal way may ask a court to review a decision. The Utah Senate passed it 18-7 and it was signed into law.

February 20, 2026

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Voted against House Bill 214, which makes it harder to sue gun makers and sellers when someone misuses a gun. A claim must fit one of a short list of exceptions and must spell out in detail what the company knew and how it caused the harm. A claim that a company broke a gun law now works only if that was the sole direct cause of the harm. A company that wins dismissal gets its legal fees paid. Cities and counties may not create their own liability for gun misuse, and the shield now covers gun accessories too. The Utah Senate passed it 19-6 and it was signed into law.

February 20, 2026

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Voted against House Bill 222, which shields people and companies from lawsuits over climate change. No one may be held liable, in a civil or a criminal case, for harm from any effect on the climate caused by greenhouse gas emissions. The only exception is when a court finds clear and convincing evidence that they broke a state limit on emissions or the terms of their permit. Before, a narrower shield covered only people living or doing business in Utah. Now it covers anyone, and bars every kind of court remedy. The Utah Senate passed it 20-6 and it was signed into law.

February 20, 2026

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Voted against Senate Bill 68, which lets a Utah person or business that is sued over a website disabled people cannot use sue back if the first lawsuit was abusive. A suit counts as abusive if its main aim was to get paid rather than to fix the website. The law presumes abuse if the business tried in good faith to fix the problem within 30 days of a detailed notice, or fixed it within 90 days. A court may award legal fees, plus punitive damages and sanctions of up to three times those fees. The attorney general may bring the claim. The law ends in 2031. The Utah Senate passed it 20-6 and it was signed into law.

February 17, 2026

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Voted against Senate Bill 60, which cuts Utah's income tax rate for people and for companies from 4.5 percent to 4.45 percent, starting with the 2026 tax year. The Utah Senate passed it 22-7 and it was signed into law.

February 10, 2026

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Voted against House Bill 390, which bars a public college from treating a student group worse because the group is religious or political, or because of its views. That includes denying it meeting space or funding. A college also may not punish such a group for requiring its leaders to share its beliefs or follow its rules. The Utah Senate passed it 21-6 and it was signed into law.

March 7, 2025

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Voted against House Bill 233, which bars a public school that gets state money from letting any group that performs elective abortions, or its staff or partner groups, teach any health lesson. Such groups also may not supply health materials they made, paid for, donated, or branded. The state school board may fine a school system that breaks the rule. The Utah Senate passed it 18-8 and it was signed into law.

March 7, 2025

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Voted against House Bill 274, which pushes water suppliers to charge more for heavy use, to save water. By July 1, 2027, a supplier of drinking water to homes must build a conservation charge into the price of its highest block of use. By 2030, suppliers of untreated secondary water, used on lawns and gardens, must bill with rates that rise as use rises, and must charge the lowest rate for water used to grow food. Suppliers that do not have to meter every connection are exempt. A supplier that fails to comply loses state water money and can be fined. The Utah Senate passed it 17-10 and it was signed into law.

March 7, 2025

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Voted against House Bill 263, which makes the video of ballot processing a public record. Before this act, only a short list of officials could watch it. Election officers must now keep the paperwork that tracks where ballots have been for as long as they keep the ballots. They must also publish a count of the ballots they sent out and got back, broken down by how each one was sent and returned. County councils and other government bodies may look at electronic copies of ballots and envelopes. They must do so at the county clerk's office and may not take copies away. The Utah Senate passed it 19-6 and it was signed into law.

March 7, 2025

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Voted against House Bill 226, which requires county jails and the state prison to tell U.S. immigration agents before they let out someone who is in the country unlawfully after a sentence for a felony or some other serious crimes. They must also help hand the person over to federal custody. It also says being here unlawfully is a sign a person may flee, when a court decides on release before trial. The Utah Senate passed it 21-8 and it was signed into law.

March 6, 2025

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Voted against House Bill 300, which requires a voter who mails in a ballot to write the last four digits of a Utah driver license, state ID, or Social Security number on the envelope. Starting in 2029, voters get a mail ballot only if they ask for one. A request can last up to eight years. The state must also join a federal program that checks immigration status, and look for address problems on voter rolls. The Utah Senate passed it 19-10 and it was signed into law.

March 6, 2025

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Voted against Senate Bill 277, which changes who decides when the government must hand over a public record. Those appeals went to the State Records Committee. It had seven members, among them private citizens, a city or county official, and a person from the news media. The act ends the committee. The work goes to the director of a new Government Records Office, chosen by the governor and confirmed by the Senate. The director serves four years and can be fired only for cause. The law says the director must be able to rule on appeals fairly, and a survey of the director's work is taken every two years. A person who loses before the director may still go to court. The Utah Senate passed it 18-6 and it was signed into law.

March 6, 2025

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Voted against House Bill 106, which cuts Utah's income tax rate for people and for companies from 4.55 percent to 4.5 percent, starting with the 2025 tax year. It widens the state's $1,000 child tax credit to cover every child under six. Before, it covered only children aged one through four. It also gives employers a tax credit worth 20 percent of the cost of building child care for their workers, plus 10 percent of running costs once they have claimed the building credit. An employer must pay back some or all of it if the center closes within five years. The Utah Senate passed it 23-6 and it was signed into law.

March 5, 2025

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Voted against House Bill 195, which limits when the state may keep a person's gun. A plea deal that holds off a conviction may no longer make the defendant give up a gun, unless the crime is one that would bar that person from owning guns. Say a person is charged with a crime that would not bar them from owning guns, and the gun is no longer needed as proof. Then the prosecutor must tell the police to give it back. The police must first check with the state that the person may lawfully own it. The Utah Senate passed it 21-6 and it was signed into law.

March 3, 2025

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Voted against House Bill 294, which takes away the power of health departments to give an order that binds a whole group during an outbreak. Such an order is called an order of constraint. It covers quarantine, a stay-at-home order, the closing of schools or theaters, and a ban on gatherings. Neither the state health department nor a local one may give one, ever again. An order to be tested, treated, or kept apart may now name only one person. The act also says a business open to the public may not require a face mask of a person who suffers real distress from wearing one because of a diagnosed condition or a disability. A hospital or a doctor's office may still require masks where patients are treated, but may not refuse care to someone who cannot wear one. The Utah Senate passed it 18-5 and it was signed into law.

February 27, 2025

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Voted against House Bill 264, which cuts back Utah's tax credits for clean energy. The state income tax credit for home and business energy systems, such as solar panels, wind, and geothermal, now goes only to systems put in service before January 1, 2028. The act also ends a separate credit for buying into large solar projects, and the credits for other new energy projects. The repeals reach back to the 2025 tax year. The Utah Senate passed it 16-7 and it was signed into law.

February 21, 2025

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Voted against House Bill 252, which bars county jails, state prisons, and youth custody from starting cross-sex hormones or sex-change surgery for people in their care. It also bars starting puberty blockers for minors in youth custody. They may still offer counseling and other mental health care, and youth lockups must house boys and girls separately. The Utah Senate passed it 19-6 and it was signed into law.

February 20, 2025

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Voted against House Bill 124, which protects the privacy of teachers and other school staff. A school district, a charter school, or the state school board may not sell or hand over staff members' work phone numbers, email addresses, and other work contact details to an outside party as a one-off deal. It must make public any records request for that information. A school may not make staff put a work app on their own phone if the app can reach data outside itself, and must offer another way, such as a school device, to a worker who objects. A school may not punish staff for using these rights. The Utah Senate passed it 16-5 and it was signed into law.

February 14, 2025

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Voted against House Bill 269, which requires public colleges to assign students to single-sex dorm units by their sex at birth, with an original birth certificate as proof. Colleges may still offer units that are unisex or for one person. It also drops medical records as proof that a person may use a restroom or locker room set aside for one sex. Schools now accept only an original birth certificate; public changing rooms still accept an amended one with proof of surgery. The Utah Senate passed it 20-7 and it was signed into law.

February 6, 2025

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Voted against House Bill 267, which barred state and local governments, including school districts, from bargaining with unions for public workers or signing union contracts. It also barred using public money or property to help unions. Unions paid through payroll had to report their spending each year. The Utah Senate passed it 16-13 and it was signed into law. Lawmakers repealed it in a December 2025 special session.

February 6, 2025

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