---
type: "Bill"
title: "Watershed Councils"
description: "Watershed Councils"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H.B. 166"
citation: "Utah H.B. 166 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources", "Water Utilities", "Irrigation", "and Sewer", "Boards and Committees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawkes, Timothy D."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 49
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-01-21"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7227b587-3fc1-4d69-bc0c-3ac8fbba7c7b"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/HB0166.html"
source_hash: "63e19bf7551b776979e15f38d88656bcb5f672fda043efdae1c29989d70bb6de"
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. 166 (2020) — Watershed Councils

## 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/HB0166.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillamd/HB0166.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillenr/HB0166.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **65–5** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–3** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 3 — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **74–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hawkes, Timothy D. — primary (person)
- Okerlund, Ralph — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-21** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-01-21** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-01-21** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2020-01-22** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2020-01-25** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2020-01-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-01-29** fiscal note publicly available
- **2020-01-30** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2020-01-30** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2020-02-26** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2
- **2020-02-26** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-26** comm rpt/amended
- **2020-02-26** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-28** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-28** circled
- **2020-02-28** uncircled
- **2020-02-28** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-28** to Senate
- **2020-03-02** received from House
- **2020-03-02** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-03-03** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-05** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 3
- **2020-03-05** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-06** comm rpt/amended
- **2020-03-06** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-03-10** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2020-03-12** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-03-12** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2020-03-12** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2020-03-12** to House with amendments
- **2020-03-12** received from Senate
- **2020-03-12** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2020-03-12** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2020-03-12** to Senate
- **2020-03-12** received from House
- **2020-03-12** signed by President/returned to House
- **2020-03-12** to House
- **2020-03-12** received from Senate
- **2020-03-12** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2020-03-12** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2020-03-12** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2020-03-16** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2020-03-16** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2020-03-20** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2020-03-20** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2020-03-23** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2020-03-23** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-30** 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/7227b587-3fc1-4d69-bc0c-3ac8fbba7c7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).