Utah’s HB0016 in the 2024 General Session is titled “Sexual Offenses Amendments.” It was sponsored in the House by Rep. Jon Hawkins, with Sen. Todd D. Weiler listed as the Senate sponsor, which means he formally agreed to carry and support the bill in the Senate chamber ((Utah State Legislature, HB0016, 2024)).

• HB0016 tightens and clarifies definitions around serious child sex crimes like rape of a child, object rape of a child, and aggravated sexual abuse of a child ((Utah State Legislature, HB0016, 2024)).
• Because Todd Weiler is the official Senate sponsor, that signals he supports the bill’s goals and is willing to argue for it and guide it through Senate committees and floor votes ((Utah State Legislature, HB0016, 2024)).
• In other sex-crime bills, Weiler has sometimes pushed back against what he sees as over‑broad penalty increases, calling for balance and warning against lawmakers being used as “pawns” by prosecutors ((Dunphey, Utah News Dispatch, 2025)).
• So based on his sponsorship and record, it’s fair to infer he likely sees HB0016 as a targeted, justified tightening of law around child sexual abuse, but only he could say exactly what he “thinks” about each detail.

Todd Weiler hasn’t publicly commented on HB 16 (Solar Power Plant Amendments) in a way I can find, so anything about what he “would think” is an educated guess, not a fact.

Here’s what we can see and reasonably infer:

• HB 16 is a Republican-sponsored bill (Rep. Colin Jack; Sen. David Hinkins) that would limit or reshape state incentives for utility-scale solar projects depending on the productivity of the agricultural land they use, and add wildlife/consultation requirements. (Mortensen, Proposed legislation would limit solar incentives on agricultural land, 2026); (Cabrera, Utah may remove incentives for solar power projects based on their location, 2025)
• Weiler has previously co-sponsored and carried a pro-rooftop-solar bill in the Senate (HB 119 in 2025), which made it harder for HOAs to block residents from installing solar panels. (Breathe Utah, HB 119 Solar Panel Restrictions in Homeowners Association Amendments, 2025)
• That pattern suggests he’s open to expanding small-scale, homeowner solar, but HB 16 is about large, utility-scale solar on farmland, where concerns about agriculture, wildlife, and land use are stronger among many Utah legislators. (Mortensen, Proposed legislation would limit solar incentives on agricultural land, 2026)
• Given that mix, a reasonable guess is: he’d likely support some version of HB 16 that protects productive farmland and wildlife while still preserving a path for solar development elsewhere—but to know for sure, you’d have to see how he votes or what he says in committee or on the floor.