---
type: "Bill"
title: "Instream Flow Water Right Amendments"
description: "Instream Flow Water Right Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H.B. 12"
citation: "Utah H.B. 12 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources", "Water and Irrigation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawkes, Timothy D."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-12-18"
last_action: "2019-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e90a2f6b-4d00-4a29-87ad-f8a0aba13639"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/HB0012.html"
source_hash: "18e8524a17cdae9187d9ee169719ae6ef0d352173440ed577ff57ca1b4902107"
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. 12 (2019) — Instream Flow Water Right 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/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0012.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillenr/HB0012.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hawkes, Timothy D. — primary (person)
- Sandall, Scott D. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-18** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-12-18** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-12-18** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2019-01-02** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-01-07** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-01-22** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-01-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-28** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2019-01-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-01-28** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-01-28** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-01-28** to Senate
- **2019-01-28** received from House
- **2019-01-29** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-04** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-05** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-05** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-02-06** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-06** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-07** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-07** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-07** signed by President/returned to House
- **2019-02-07** to House
- **2019-02-07** received from Senate
- **2019-02-07** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2019-02-08** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2019-02-08** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2019-03-19** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2019-03-19** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2019-03-20** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2019-03-20** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-22** 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/e90a2f6b-4d00-4a29-87ad-f8a0aba13639`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).