---
type: "Bill"
title: "Utah Watersheds Council Amendments"
description: "Utah Watersheds Council Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 263"
citation: "Utah HB 263 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Committees", "Department of Natural Resources", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Natural Resources", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chew, Scott H."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-28"
last_action: "2022-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/432d0b25-e77f-4ccb-a51c-aaaa0a34920f"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0263.html"
source_hash: "2f4c3128f81b6ecc96ae61bfa04321c7246f7b72dd3ed6dbd46f1a31e95c82e5"
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 263 (2022) — Utah Watersheds Council 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/HB0263.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillamd/HB0263.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillenr/HB0263.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chew, Scott H. — primary (person)
- Hinkins, David P. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-28** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-01-28** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-01-28** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2022-01-31** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-01-31** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-31** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2022-02-02** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-02-02** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-02-03** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2022-02-11** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-11** comm rpt/amended
- **2022-02-11** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-15** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-15** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-15** to Senate
- **2022-02-16** received from House
- **2022-02-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-17** 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
- **2022-03-03** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2022-03-04** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-04** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2022-03-04** signed by President/returned to House
- **2022-03-04** to House
- **2022-03-04** received from Senate
- **2022-03-04** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2022-03-08** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2022-03-08** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2022-03-11** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2022-03-14** 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/432d0b25-e77f-4ccb-a51c-aaaa0a34920f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).