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Read. Follow. Verify.Utah Legislature Urges U.S. Government Not to Resume Explosive Nuclear Weapons Testing
Last action · March 6, 2026: Senate/ filedSponsors: Kathleen Riebe and 2 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Utah lawmakers urge the federal government to maintain its moratorium on explosive nuclear weapons testing, citing past radioactive fallout exposure in the state, existing stockpile reliability, and international non-proliferation concerns.
The measure formally registers state-level opposition in Utah to restarting nuclear bomb tests, drawing on historical health and economic impacts borne by local downwind populations.
- The United States conducted numerous nuclear weapons tests during the Cold War era, including atmospheric tests at the Nevada Test Site that created widespread downwind radioactive fallout. context
Who It Would Have Affected
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Utahns
Residents experience historical health and economic impacts from past radioactive fallout spread across the state during decades of explosive nuclear testing.
U.S. Congressional Delegation of Utah
Lawmakers are urged to convey the Legislature's opposition to federal leadership and consider supporting specific anti-testing bills in Congress.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This resolution did not become law - Died at adjournment · on the Senate floor.
Procedural history
18 actions- Mar 6, 2026SenateSenate/ filed
- Mar 6, 2026SenateSenate/ strike enacting clause
- Feb 3, 2026SenateSenate/ filed
- Feb 3, 2026SenateSenate/ failed
- Feb 3, 2026SenateSenate/ 2nd reading
- Jan 23, 2026SenateSenate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
Show 12 earlier actions
- Jan 23, 2026SenateSenate/ committee report favorable
- Jan 22, 2026SenateSenate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
- Jan 21, 2026SenateCommitteeSenate/ to standing committee
- Jan 20, 2026SenateIntroducedSenate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Jan 16, 2026SenateSenate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- Jan 16, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SCR003
- Jan 16, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SCR003
- Jan 15, 2026SenateSenate/ received bill from Legislative Research
- Jan 14, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SCR003
- Jan 14, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SCR003
- Jan 14, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselNumbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- Jan 14, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselBill Numbered but not Distributed
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0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 40)
- Controversy25Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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