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UtahUtahLawHB 76
Data Center Water Transparency Amendments
Requires reporting related to water use by large data centers.
Signed by the governorMar 23 7 months ago
- Body
- Utah Legislature
- Session
- 2026
- Introduced
- Jan 20
- In effect since
- May 66 months ago
- Votes
- House 72-0, Senate 19-5, House concurred 62-2
- Sponsors
- R (Republican)Republican
- Topics
- Data centers
Timeline
May 6 6 months ago
Mar 23 7 months ago
Mar 5 8 months ago
Jan 29 9 months ago
Jan 20 9 months ago
Sponsors
- R (Republican)Jill Koford
- R (Republican)Scott D. Sandall
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Change log
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