---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water Related Process Amendments"
description: "Water Related Process Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "S.B. 144"
citation: "Utah S.B. 144 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources", "Water Rights - Const. Art. XVII", "State Engineer", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Okerlund, Ralph"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-02-14"
last_action: "2020-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aae6d65a-5485-4ccc-a14a-2957cd7b0f35"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/SB0144.html"
source_hash: "d248f2e8ba39b0e6089d4db816dc3901bc6d591d40ee7bdf2ad5bbe10362e85f"
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 S.B. 144 (2020) — Water Related Process 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/sbillint/SB0144.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/sbillamd/SB0144.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/sbillenr/SB0144.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 3 — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with House amendment — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Okerlund, Ralph — primary (person)
- Stratton, Keven J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-14** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-02-14** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-02-14** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2020-02-18** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2020-02-18** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-19** fiscal note publicly available
- **2020-02-20** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2020-02-20** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-24** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2020-02-24** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-24** comm rpt/amended
- **2020-02-24** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-02-24** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-24** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-25** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-25** circled
- **2020-02-25** uncircled
- **2020-02-25** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-25** to House
- **2020-02-25** received from Senate
- **2020-02-25** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-26** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 3
- **2020-03-03** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-03** comm rpt/amended
- **2020-03-03** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-03-04** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-03-04** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-03-04** to Senate
- **2020-03-04** received from House
- **2020-03-04** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2020-03-05** concurs with House amendment
- **2020-03-05** to House
- **2020-03-05** received from Senate
- **2020-03-05** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2020-03-05** to Senate
- **2020-03-06** received from House
- **2020-03-06** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2020-03-06** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2020-03-06** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2020-03-16** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2020-03-16** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2020-03-28** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2020-03-28** 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/aae6d65a-5485-4ccc-a14a-2957cd7b0f35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).