---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agricultural Water Optimization Task Force Amendments"
description: "Agricultural Water Optimization Task Force Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H.B. 39"
citation: "Utah H.B. 39 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Legislature", "Task Force / Committees", "Legislative Operations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Snider, Casey"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-12-20"
last_action: "2020-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68891a98-71ef-4c74-9e8d-4e4efa789bfa"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/HB0039.html"
source_hash: "50a5a290fc9fbdb2e4001334df9b037d0f5250c0912bf9618d630b7d1da133fe"
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. 39 (2020) — Agricultural Water Optimization Task Force 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/HB0039.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillenr/HB0039.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **72–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Snider, Casey — primary (person)
- Hinkins, David P. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-20** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-12-23** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-12-23** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2020-01-16** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2020-01-18** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2020-01-22** fiscal note publicly available
- **2020-01-23** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2020-01-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-01-27** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2020-01-27** 2nd suspended
- **2020-01-27** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-01-27** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-01-27** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-01-27** to Senate
- **2020-01-28** received from House
- **2020-01-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-01-30** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-03** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2020-02-04** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2020-02-04** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-07** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-07** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-07** signed by President/returned to House
- **2020-02-07** to House
- **2020-02-10** received from Senate
- **2020-02-10** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2020-02-11** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2020-02-11** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2020-03-16** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2020-03-16** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2020-03-18** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2020-03-18** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-24** 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/68891a98-71ef-4c74-9e8d-4e4efa789bfa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).