---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 96 Canal Amendments"
description: "S.B. 96 Canal Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S.B. 96"
citation: "Utah S.B. 96 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources", "Water and Irrigation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hinkins, David P."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 43
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-01-22"
last_action: "2018-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2998583-be7b-4a39-94e4-6e9fb58776e4"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/SB0096.html"
source_hash: "a6c71d1ea9b70e3b5f79c9d8d3eee23057d2f9d4ac5721408cbb23f5de60347c"
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. 96 (2018) — S.B. 96 Canal Amendments

## 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/SB0096S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillenr/SB0096.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **29–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Hinkins, David P. — primary (person)
- McKell, Michael K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-22** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-01-22** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-01-22** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-01-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2018-01-24** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-25** comm rpt/amended
- **2018-01-25** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-01-26** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-02-01** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2018-02-01** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2018-02-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-02** substituted from # 0 to # 2
- **2018-02-02** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-05** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-05** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-05** to House
- **2018-02-05** received from Senate
- **2018-02-05** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-07** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-02-21** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-21** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2018-02-21** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2018-02-21** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2018-03-06** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2018-03-06** 2nd suspended
- **2018-03-06** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-06** placed back on 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2018-03-06** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-03-06** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2018-03-06** to Senate
- **2018-03-07** received from House
- **2018-03-07** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2018-03-08** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2018-03-08** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2018-03-15** 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/c2998583-be7b-4a39-94e4-6e9fb58776e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).