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Read. Follow. Verify.Utah requires commuter rail electrification and hybrid-electric vehicle transition by 2031
Last action · March 6, 2026: House/ filedSponsor: Andrew Stoddard
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What This Bill Proposed
Utah enacts a new law requiring the Department of Transportation to transition commuter rail vehicles to operation and install necessary overhead and battery infrastructure by January 1, 2031. Beginning July 1, 2027, large public transit districts are prohibited from placing any non-hybrid commuter rail vehicle into service.
Commuters and transit operators face a mandatory fleet conversion timeline and new infrastructure construction along rail corridors across the state.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Department of Transportation
Must lead and coordinate the statewide transition of commuter rail service and install electrification infrastructure.
large public transit district
Must coordinate with the department and is barred from putting non-hybrid commuter rail vehicles into service starting July 1, 2027.
commuter rail passengers
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
14 actions- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ filed
- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ strike enacting clause
- Mar 5, 2026HouseHouse/ comm rpt/ sent to Rules
- Mar 3, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Recommends Returned to Rules
- Feb 17, 2026HouseCommitteeHouse/ to standing committee
- Feb 13, 2026HouseHouse/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
Show 8 earlier actions
- Feb 13, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0550
- Feb 13, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0550
- Feb 11, 2026HouseIntroducedHouse/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Feb 11, 2026HouseHouse/ received bill from Legislative Research
- Feb 11, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0550
- Feb 11, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0550
- Feb 11, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselNumbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- Feb 11, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselBill Numbered but not Distributed
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy30Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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