---
type: "Bill"
title: "Watershed Restoration Initiative"
description: "Watershed Restoration Initiative"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 131"
citation: "Utah HB 131 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Natural Resources", "Environment", "Natural Resources", "Water", "Water Quality"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennion, Gay Lynn"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/233ce7df-f4c0-4cd9-bad1-c35ebd88c05b"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0131.html"
source_hash: "b271aaf47b3080ba70e0bd7d66df74ae03b3d0c4221f5b63e436ef21de8f3706"
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 HB 131 (2022) — Watershed Restoration Initiative

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillint/HB0131.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillenr/HB0131.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennion, Gay Lynn — primary (person)
- Vickers, Evan J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-01-11** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-01-11** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2022-01-12** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-01-14** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2022-01-15** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-01-18** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-01-18** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-21** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-01** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-07** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-07** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-07** to Senate
- **2022-02-07** received from House
- **2022-02-07** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-14** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-17** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-17** circled
- **2022-02-17** uncircled
- **2022-02-17** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-18** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-18** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-18** signed by President/returned to House
- **2022-02-18** to House
- **2022-02-18** received from Senate
- **2022-02-18** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2022-02-22** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2022-02-22** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2022-03-10** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2022-03-10** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2022-03-10** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-21** 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/233ce7df-f4c0-4cd9-bad1-c35ebd88c05b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).