Utah Wildfire Research Institute Act of 2025 passed the House 312 days after introduction and awaits a vote in the Senate
IntroducedFeb 6, 2025
ReportedJul 23, 2025
Passed one chamberDec 15, 2025
Passed both—
Law—
What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 53 words.
Utah Wildfire Research Institute Act of 2025 This bill requires the establishment of a Southwest Ecological Restoration Institute in Utah. Such institutes currently exist in Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado and promote the use of adaptive ecosystem management to reduce the risk of wildfires and restore the health of forest and woodland ecosystems.
Context
- Committees
- House Agriculture Committee
House Natural Resources Committee
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee - Policy area
- Public Lands and Natural Resources: 136 of 3,779 bills became law, 113th–118th (3.6%)
- Sponsor
- 1 of 34 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 4, from introduced in house to referred in senate · 118 words
- Subjects
- EcologyFiresForests, forestry, treesHigher educationResearch administration and fundingUtah
- Latest action
- Dec 16, 2025: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Identical or companion · 1
- 119th S. 457 Utah Wildfire Research Institute Act of 2025 R · Introduced
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]