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Read. Follow. Verify.Utah Legislature urges cooperative agreement with BLM to streamline oil, gas, and mining permits
Last action · March 7, 2026: Governor SignedSponsors: Ron Winterton and 2 others
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What This Bill Does
Utah lawmakers urge the Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining to immediately negotiate a cooperative agreement with the Bureau of Land Management to streamline oil, gas, and mining permit reviews on federal lands.
Aims to reduce permitting delays for resource development operators on Bureau of Land Management lands while ensuring the federal government retains final decision-making authority.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining
The division is urged to negotiate a cooperative agreement with the Bureau of Land Management and take on an expanded role in reviewing and processing federal permit applications.
Bureau of Land Management
The federal agency is asked to enter into a cooperative agreement with the state to leverage local expertise and streamline the permit review process while retaining final approval authority.
resource development operators
Operators face a potentially streamlined application and approval process designed to significantly reduce permitting time frames.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
48 actions- Mar 7, 2026Lieutenant Governor's office for filingEnrolledGovernor Signed
- Mar 3, 2026SenateSenate/ to Governor
- Mar 3, 2026SenateSenate/ received enrolled bill from Printing
- Feb 23, 2026SenateSenate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- Feb 23, 2026Senate SecretaryEnrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- Feb 23, 2026Legislative Research and General Counsel / EnrollingDraft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
Show 42 earlier actions
- Feb 23, 2026Legislative Research and General Counsel / EnrollingBill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- Feb 20, 2026SenateSenate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling
- Feb 20, 2026SenateSenate/ received from House
- Feb 19, 2026HouseHouse/ to Senate
- Feb 19, 2026HouseHouse/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate
- Feb 19, 2026HouseHouse/ received from Senate
- Feb 19, 2026SenateSenate/ to House
- Feb 19, 2026SenateSenate/ concurs with House amendment
- Feb 18, 2026SenateSenate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- Feb 18, 2026SenateSenate/ received from House
- Feb 18, 2026HouseHouse/ to Senate
- Feb 18, 2026HouseFloorHouse/ passed 3rd reading
- Feb 18, 2026HouseHouse/ substituted
- Feb 18, 2026HouseHouse/ 3rd reading
- Feb 17, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SCR004S01
- Feb 17, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SCR004S01
- Feb 13, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SCR004S01
- Feb 13, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SCR004S01
- Feb 12, 2026HouseHouse/ 2nd reading
- Feb 12, 2026HouseHouse/ committee report favorable
- Feb 11, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Favorable Recommendation
- Feb 9, 2026HouseCommitteeHouse/ to standing committee
- Feb 4, 2026HouseIntroducedHouse/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Feb 4, 2026HouseHouse/ received from Senate
- Feb 4, 2026SenateSenate/ to House
- Feb 4, 2026SenateFloorSenate/ passed 3rd reading
- Feb 4, 2026SenateSenate/ 3rd reading
- Feb 3, 2026SenateFloorSenate/ passed 2nd reading
- Feb 3, 2026SenateSenate/ 2nd reading
- Jan 23, 2026SenateSenate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- 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 SCR004
- Jan 16, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SCR004
- Jan 15, 2026SenateSenate/ received bill from Legislative Research
- Jan 14, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SCR004
- Jan 14, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SCR004
- 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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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance45How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy20Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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