---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 242 Secondary Water Metering Amendments"
description: "H.B. 242 Secondary Water Metering Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 242"
citation: "Utah HB 242 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Rulemaking", "Administrative Rulemaking and Procedures", "Department of Natural Resources", "Economic Development", "Grant Programs and Incentives", "Natural Resources", "New Rulemaking Authority", "Water", "Water Company", "Water Utilities", "Irrigation", "and Sewer"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peterson, Val L."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 40
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-26"
last_action: "2022-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/979d8bb2-5738-4202-9daf-e599692ed55c"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0242.html"
source_hash: "dee15730eddd81d60c631f2432593b5b7c642dec6de5b9e7180cf8e59e2054ce"
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 242 (2022) — H.B. 242 Secondary Water Metering 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/HB0242S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillenr/HB0242.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–1** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **58–14** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–4** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **22–3** (pass) · upper
- concurs with Senate amendment — **64–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Peterson, Val L. — primary (person)
- McKell, Michael K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-26** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-01-26** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-01-27** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-01-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-01** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-02-01** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-09** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-09** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-14** substituted from # 0 to # 1
- **2022-02-14** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-14** to Senate
- **2022-02-15** received from House
- **2022-02-15** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-16** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-01** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2022-03-01** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2022-03-02** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** substituted from # 1 to # 2
- **2022-03-02** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2022-03-02** to House with amendments
- **2022-03-02** received from Senate
- **2022-03-02** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2022-03-03** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2022-03-03** to Senate
- **2022-03-03** received from House
- **2022-03-03** signed by President/returned to House
- **2022-03-03** to House
- **2022-03-03** received from Senate
- **2022-03-03** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2022-03-08** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2022-03-08** 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/979d8bb2-5738-4202-9daf-e599692ed55c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).