The record

LegislationLegislation· Dec 2025
HR 1045 Passed House — in Senate

Sponsored by Mike Kennedy (R)

Utah Wildfire Research Institute Act of 2025

Establishes a wildfire research institute in Utah to study forest health and fire prevention.

Tradeoff

Creates a new Southwest Ecological Restoration Institute in Utah. No cost figures provided in the bill or digests.

What's in it

See official bill text

Passed the House by on December 15, 2025 — sitting in the Senate.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Feb 6, 2025)

  2. House

    Committee on Natural Resources(Feb 6, 2025)

    The bill went to more than one committee at the same time.

  3. House

    The Committee on Natural Resources voted to send it to the floor

    Reported(Jul 23, 2025)

    Committee report H. Rept. 119-280, Part I.

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Dec 15, 2025)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Energy and Natural Resources(Dec 16, 2025)