---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Water Policy Amendments"
description: "State Water Policy Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H.B. 41"
citation: "Utah H.B. 41 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Department of Agriculture and Food", "Recreation", "Environment", "Department of Environmental Quality", "Natural Resources", "Department of Natural Resources", "Water Utilities", "Irrigation", "and Sewer", "Water Quality"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stratton, Keven J."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-12-20"
last_action: "2020-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e3eff19-98ae-45d7-a390-47356dbec559"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/HB0041.html"
source_hash: "1ededfd22d369d24b7d267694a83e8c749e12fd30be0b60022616a3596c3eba7"
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. 41 (2020) — State Water Policy 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/HB0041.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillamd/HB0041.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillenr/HB0041.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 3 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 5 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **66–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stratton, Keven J. — 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
- **2020-01-20** 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 Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2020-02-04** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 3
- **2020-02-04** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 5
- **2020-02-04** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-05** comm rpt/amended
- **2020-02-05** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-11** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-11** floor amendment failed
- **2020-02-11** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-11** to Senate
- **2020-02-12** received from House
- **2020-02-12** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-14** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment 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** floor amendment # 8
- **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** to House with amendments
- **2020-02-24** received from Senate
- **2020-02-24** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2020-02-25** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2020-02-25** to Senate
- **2020-02-25** received from House
- **2020-02-25** signed by President/returned to House
- **2020-02-25** to House
- **2020-02-26** received from Senate
- **2020-02-26** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2020-02-26** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2020-02-26** 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`
- **2020-03-28** 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/5e3eff19-98ae-45d7-a390-47356dbec559`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).