---
type: "Bill"
title: "Navajo Water Rights Negotiation"
description: "Navajo Water Rights Negotiation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 225"
citation: "Utah SB 225 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Indian Affairs", "Tribal Nations Within Utah", "Water Rights - Const. Art. XVII"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hinkins, David P."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-22"
last_action: "2021-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfdf1f0c-fea7-484a-bf81-21098a021ce9"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/SB0225.html"
source_hash: "844ea9bf4a10b84275dbf2b7046ac7663f95db454dc40430172617d6cb27875e"
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 SB 225 (2021) — Navajo Water Rights Negotiation

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillint/SB0225.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillenr/SB0225.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hinkins, David P. — primary (person)
- Lyman, Phil — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-22** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-02-22** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-02-22** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2021-02-22** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-02-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-24** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2021-02-24** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-02-24** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-02-26** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-01** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-01** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-01** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-03-02** to House
- **2021-03-02** received from Senate
- **2021-03-02** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-05** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-05** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-05** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-05** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-03-05** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2021-03-05** to Senate
- **2021-03-05** received from House
- **2021-03-05** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2021-03-09** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2021-03-09** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-10** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-10** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-03-11** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-11** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-22** 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/dfdf1f0c-fea7-484a-bf81-21098a021ce9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).