Through our cooperation with the Utah Mining Association, UPA held weekly legislative committee meetings where we tracked 159 bills and engaged with bill sponsors on nearly half of those. Of the 27 bills we took a position of support on, 24 passed. Of the seven bills that we remained opposed to at the end of the session, all seven failed. You may note that we support many more bills than we oppose as we work hard to educate, advocate and cooperatively improve bills with the goal of always trying to address the policy challenge so that we can move a bill from oppose to neutral or support. To that end, we provided language for substitutes or amendments that were incorporated into more than 15 bills. All things considered, this was another successful legislative session for UPA in progressing our key priorities and fending off what could have been bad policies. The resounding theme of the legislature is the need for more affordable and reliable (and mostly baseload) power, which has been an opportunity to educate on the vital role of natural gas in meeting this energy need. The undercurrent of the state’s willingness to assert its position under the principles of federalism continues to grow. As you can gather from our bill tracking stats, we haven’t covered everything here, so if you have questions on a bill on our tracker or any bill, don’t hesitate to get in touch! DELIVERING EQUIPMENT SOLUTIONS • Reach Forklifts • Boom Lifts • Light Towers • Welders • Generators • Carry Deck Cranes • Industrial Tool & Much More! RENTALS I SALES I SERVICE 5050 West 150 South, SLC, UT 84104 801.596.2300 I www.mywse.com Serving Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, & Nevada EQUIPMENT 10 UPDATE
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