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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Water Commitment Amendments"
+description: "Water Commitment Amendments"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
+legislature: "Utah Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 296"
+citation: "Utah HB 296 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Environment", "Great Salt Lake", "Natural Resources", "Water", "Water Conservation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Nguyen, Hoang"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 39
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-01-20T21:49:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2026-03-25T16:18:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41f22649-8d0c-4291-a480-659b6bfdc753"
+source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0296.html"
+source_hash: "d62748a93fdfa5b877507f22ed64bf47ce6a3939e8c2e82a16d02f60a20dd958"
+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 HB 296 (2026) — Water Commitment 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/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0296.xml)
+2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0296.xml)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House/ passed 3rd reading — **48–19** (pass) · lower
+- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **25–2** (pass) · upper
+- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **23–2** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Nguyen, Hoang — primary (person)
+- Sandall, Scott D. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-20T21:49:00+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
+- **2026-01-20T21:49:00+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
+- **2026-01-20T21:49:04+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0296
+- **2026-01-20T21:49:04+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0296
+- **2026-01-21T17:08:02+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
+- **2026-01-21T18:14:32+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
+- **2026-01-22T00:52:16+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0296
+- **2026-01-22T00:52:18+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0296
+- **2026-01-22T17:21:10+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
+- **2026-01-23T19:13:19+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-28T21:40:00+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-01-29T18:16:46+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-01-29T18:16:47+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
+- **2026-02-06T22:17:58+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
+- **2026-02-06T22:20:30+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
+- **2026-02-06T22:20:32+00:00** House/ to Senate
+- **2026-02-06T23:32:32+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
+- **2026-02-09T18:11:26+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
+- **2026-02-10T21:28:01+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-17T15:07:09+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-17T21:33:22+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-17T21:33:23+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
+- **2026-02-19T21:58:36+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
+- **2026-02-19T22:00:54+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-20T17:59:16+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
+- **2026-02-20T17:59:31+00:00** Senate/ circled
+- **2026-02-20T18:37:08+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
+- **2026-02-20T18:38:48+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
+- **2026-02-20T18:38:49+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
+- **2026-02-20T18:38:50+00:00** Senate/ to House
+- **2026-02-20T19:20:42+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
+- **2026-02-20T19:20:44+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
+- **2026-02-25T16:38:06+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
+- **2026-02-25T16:38:08+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
+- **2026-02-25T21:28:27+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
+- **2026-02-25T21:28:31+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
+- **2026-03-03T21:26:38+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
+- **2026-03-03T21:26:40+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-25T16:18:00+00:00** 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/41f22649-8d0c-4291-a480-659b6bfdc753`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).
+