---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water Law Amendments -- Diligence Claims"
description: "Water Law Amendments -- Diligence Claims"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S.B. 45"
citation: "Utah S.B. 45 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources", "Water and Irrigation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dayton, Margaret"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-12-15"
last_action: "2018-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/560514db-3d43-42f2-b0f0-b84cf478cb53"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/SB0045.html"
source_hash: "04f1a5493b91a5d9fac6c08274791b6c3105e4eacf5b1bf426bcdc2b7975d25f"
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 S.B. 45 (2018) — Water Law Amendments -- Diligence Claims

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillint/SB0045.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillenr/SB0045.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Dayton, Margaret — primary (person)
- Noel, Michael E. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-15** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-12-18** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-12-18** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2018-01-03** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-01-16** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-01-16** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-01-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-25** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-25** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-01-30** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-01-30** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-01-31** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-01-31** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-01-31** to House
- **2018-01-31** received from Senate
- **2018-01-31** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06** House Comm - Not Considered
- **2018-02-09** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-12** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-12** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-14** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-14** circled
- **2018-02-22** uncircled
- **2018-02-22** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-22** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2018-02-22** to Senate
- **2018-02-22** received from House
- **2018-02-22** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2018-02-23** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2018-02-23** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-14** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-14** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-16** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2018-03-16** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-20** 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/560514db-3d43-42f2-b0f0-b84cf478cb53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).