---
type: "Bill"
title: "Preferences of Water Rights Amendments"
description: "Preferences of Water Rights Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 168"
citation: "Utah HB 168 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Rulemaking", "Administrative Rulemaking and Procedures", "Department of Natural Resources", "Natural Resources", "New Rulemaking Authority", "State Engineer", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Albrecht, Carl R."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-17"
last_action: "2022-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d439bf04-71e1-40b2-968f-b5a7ce00739a"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0168.html"
source_hash: "58c29cccdc24f5eeb3b32801c1feb6c05f2ca37f15574aff2da3244ef9ef2809"
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 168 (2022) — Preferences of Water Rights 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/~2022/bills/hbillint/HB0168.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillenr/HB0168.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albrecht, Carl R. — primary (person)
- McKell, Michael K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-17** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-01-17** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-01-17** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2022-01-18** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-01-18** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-20** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2022-01-21** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-01-21** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-01-24** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-27** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-27** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-03** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-03** to Senate
- **2022-02-04** received from House
- **2022-02-04** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-07** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-10** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-10** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-16** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-16** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-17** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-17** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-17** signed by President/returned to House
- **2022-02-17** to House
- **2022-02-17** received from Senate
- **2022-02-17** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2022-02-21** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2022-02-21** 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`
- **2022-03-24** 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/d439bf04-71e1-40b2-968f-b5a7ce00739a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).