---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authority of State Engineer"
description: "Authority of State Engineer"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H.B. 118"
citation: "Utah H.B. 118 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources", "Water and Irrigation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawkes, Timothy D."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-09"
last_action: "2017-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a5b6ebb-08e7-473c-abed-2f83be3ac11a"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/HB0118.html"
source_hash: "b938c57b4ba7b898219538b2cd8d52427af81700897b2aba21758caaebe15a43"
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 H.B. 118 (2017) — Authority of State Engineer

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillint/HB0118.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillenr/HB0118.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **22–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Hawkes, Timothy D. — primary (person)
- Dayton, Margaret — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-09** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-01-09** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-01-09** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2017-01-18** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-01-18** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2017-01-20** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-01-23** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-01-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-26** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-31** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-01** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-13** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-13** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-13** to Senate
- **2017-02-14** received from House
- **2017-02-14** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-17** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-22** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-22** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-03-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-01** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-02** signed by President/returned to House
- **2017-03-02** to House
- **2017-03-02** received from Senate
- **2017-03-02** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2017-03-02** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2017-03-02** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2017-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-17** 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/6a5b6ebb-08e7-473c-abed-2f83be3ac11a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).