---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water Rights Adjudication Amendments"
description: "Water Rights Adjudication Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 377"
citation: "Utah HB 377 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environment", "Natural Resources", "State Engineer", "Water", "Water Rights"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kohler, Mike L."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-02-11"
last_action: "2022-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96a4b880-99ac-4bd5-9288-cee5fdc20424"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0377.html"
source_hash: "7f167d539641e3a39e6d43385fae5e7eb442e81f26b877735aee50fd4fd74c7c"
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 377 (2022) — Water Rights Adjudication 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/HB0377.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillenr/HB0377.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **71–1** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kohler, Mike L. — primary (person)
- Hinkins, David P. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-11** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-02-11** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-02-11** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2022-02-14** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-02-14** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-15** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-02-16** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-02-17** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-18** House Comm - Not Considered
- **2022-02-23** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-24** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-24** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-24** to Senate
- **2022-02-24** received from House
- **2022-02-24** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-25** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-01** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-01** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-03** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2022-03-03** 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
- **2022-03-10** 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/96a4b880-99ac-4bd5-9288-cee5fdc20424`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).