---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Gas Amendments"
description: "Natural Gas Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H.B. 129"
citation: "Utah H.B. 129 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development", "Energy", "Natural Gas", "Public Utilities", "Public Utilities & Technology", "Rural Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Watkins, Christine F"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-10"
last_action: "2020-03-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/532ad6b9-fc80-4c64-b9be-ccad9fb1fa67"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/HB0129.html"
source_hash: "7e820abcba8bd96ad2a2d965ca497b2ed9bc6ff842a9fcb68d12ae2daf221769"
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. 129 (2020) — Natural Gas 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/~2020/bills/hbillint/HB0129.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillenr/HB0129.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Watkins, Christine F — primary (person)
- Hinkins, David P. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-10** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-01-10** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-01-10** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2020-01-16** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2020-01-19** fiscal note publicly available
- **2020-01-22** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2020-01-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-01-29** to House Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-04** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-04** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-11** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-11** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-11** to Senate
- **2020-02-11** received from House
- **2020-02-11** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-13** to Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-19** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-19** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-02-20** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-20** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-21** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-21** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-21** signed by President/returned to House
- **2020-02-21** to House
- **2020-02-24** received from Senate
- **2020-02-24** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2020-02-24** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2020-02-24** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2020-02-25** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2020-02-25** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2020-02-25** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2020-02-25** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-02** 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/532ad6b9-fc80-4c64-b9be-ccad9fb1fa67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).