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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Water Instream Flow Amendments"
+description: "Water Instream Flow Amendments"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
+legislature: "Utah Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 144"
+citation: "Utah SB 144 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Natural Resources", "State Engineer", "Water", "Water Rights"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hinkins, David P."]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2023-01-26"
+last_action: "2023-03-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe597b55-55a1-4d5e-9bd0-6881d55d4194"
+source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/SB0144.html"
+source_hash: "44b4efbbc4f23a4669eb0afc20dfe5e1e35f89ae21e246dc9d80d84d5954a36f"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ut"]
+---
+
+# Utah SB 144 (2023) — Water Instream Flow Amendments
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillint/SB0144.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillenr/SB0144.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passed 3rd reading — **67–0** (pass) · lower
+- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · upper
+- passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
+- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hinkins, David P. — primary (person)
+- Chew, Scott H. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-26** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
+- **2023-01-26** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
+- **2023-01-26** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
+- **2023-01-27** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
+- **2023-01-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-01-30** fiscal note publicly available
+- **2023-01-30** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
+- **2023-01-30** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
+- **2023-02-01** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-02** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-02** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
+- **2023-02-13** 2nd reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-13** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-14** 3rd reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-14** passed 3rd reading `passage`
+- **2023-02-14** to House
+- **2023-02-14** received from Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-02-14** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-02-15** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
+- **2023-02-22** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-22** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-22** 2nd reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-23** 3rd reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-23** passed 3rd reading `passage`
+- **2023-02-23** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
+- **2023-02-23** to Senate
+- **2023-02-23** received from House `receipt`
+- **2023-02-23** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
+- **2023-02-25** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
+- **2023-02-25** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
+- **2023-03-09** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
+- **2023-03-09** enrolled bill to Printing
+- **2023-03-13** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
+- **2023-03-13** to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-14** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe597b55-55a1-4d5e-9bd0-6881d55d4194`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).
+