---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Water Policy Amendments"
description: "State Water Policy Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 37"
citation: "Utah HB 37 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environment", "Legislative Water Development Commission", "Natural Resources", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stratton, Keven J."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-12-14"
last_action: "2022-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80cbae8e-419d-4d1f-b824-a7feeb027d11"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0037.html"
source_hash: "31759fa13176bfe452edd0a81c2343f762c307b12b167deb74a1455bf132cbb8"
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 37 (2022) — State Water Policy 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/HB0037.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillenr/HB0037.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stratton, Keven J. — primary (person)
- Sandall, Scott D. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-14** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-12-14** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-12-14** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2022-01-05** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-01-12** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-01-12** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-01-18** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-18** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2022-01-18** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-01-18** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-01-18** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-01-18** to Senate
- **2022-01-19** received from House
- **2022-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-21** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-27** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-27** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-02** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-03** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-03** signed by President/returned to House
- **2022-02-03** to House
- **2022-02-03** received from Senate
- **2022-02-03** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2022-02-15** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2022-02-15** 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`
- **2022-03-15** 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/80cbae8e-419d-4d1f-b824-a7feeb027d11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).