Climate Utah update - 2026 legislative session

Welcome to the 2026 legislative session! Our legislative tracker is now up and starting to get populated with bills. As always, we will focus on legislation relating to climate change, clean energy, and the Great Salt Lake. We'll also include clean air bills if they have the possibility of significant greenhouse gas reductions. 

Climate Utah is our Utah grassroots state-level advocacy group. Updates to this list will be sent out during the legislative session and when there are key opportunities to interact with your legislators. For advocacy on federal legislation, monthly chapter meetings, and other events, please join us by signing up for Citizens' Climate Lobby.

New Reports

Two useful new reports were just published, which will be helpful in evaluating this year's proposed legislation. The Great Salt Lake Strike Team published their 2026 Great Salt Lake Data and Insights Summary, with key indicators and lessons learned. And Stewardship Utah updated their Prosperity 2030 plan to reduce Wasatch Front emissions by 50%.

Legislative Preview Events

This week is packed with legislative preview events from Utah Clean Energy, Utah Sustainable Business Network, Stewardship Utah, UCAIR, and Grow the Flow. See below for the full list with registration links.

Several groups have already held legislative previews. You can view the recordings of those here:

• HEAL Utah

• Utah League of Women Voters

Actions You Can Take Now:

• Contact your legislators: Now is a great time to contact your legislators about the bills we are tracking. You can look up your district and contact information for your legislators here. As always, legislators respond best when we are respectful and appreciative of the work they do, and when we are clear about what we are asking them to vote for or against.  NOTE: If you're emailing a legislator, include the bill number and title in the subject of the email, and include your address and contact information in your signature. They will typically respond only to constituents.

• Track proposed legislation: You can sign up for notifications on a bill you're interested in on the Utah legislature's web page (easiest if you go straight to one of the bills on our bill tracker). 

• Get ready to testify at a hearing: All of the committee hearings open to the public, and you can request to testify about a bill. Hearings are also streamed online.