Senate circles nuclear reprocessing bill and passes resolution backing pursuit of nuclear agreements
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Senators circled S.B. 135 (nuclear reprocessing amendments) to allow additional Office of Energy Development language and passed SCR 1 expressing state support to pursue agreements with federal partners and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission concerning nuclear fuel-cycle elements.
On the Senate floor, lawmakers circled first substitute S.B. 135 — a package of nuclear reprocessing amendments — to allow the sponsor to incorporate language requested by the Office of Energy Development. The chamber also passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 1, which expresses Utah’s support and intent to pursue agreements with federal partners and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission around elements of the nuclear fuel cycle.
Senator Owens, speaking on both items, said the resolution was recommended by the Public Utilities, Energy and Technology Interim Committee and described SCR 1 as an expression of intent to engage federal partners and the NRC. On S.B. 135, Owens said he had requested robust Office of Energy Development language and moved to circle the bill so those edits could be included before further action.
SCR 1 passed on roll call with 26 yeas and one nay, with two absent; S.B. 135 was circled for further sponsor work. No formal statutory text changes were enacted on the floor for S.B. 135 during the circled action; the circle preserves the bill for further refinement rather than advancing it to final passage at this time.
