---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 150 Emergency Water Shortages Amendments"
description: "H.B. 150 Emergency Water Shortages Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 150"
citation: "Utah HB 150 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Rulemaking and Procedures", "Agriculture and Food", "Department of Agriculture and Food", "Emergency Powers", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Natural Resources", "New Rulemaking Authority", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Albrecht, Carl R."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 51
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-12-29"
last_action: "2023-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ab7dae9-c945-409a-aa10-962617f542ee"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0150.html"
source_hash: "ef5ce2bc82f1fd2c91cb5991444c6b8359f3078b09e16731185f5ce18595cfdb"
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 150 (2023) — H.B. 150 Emergency Water Shortages 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/~2023/bills/hbillint/HB0150S03.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0150.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–2** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **70–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-29** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-12-29** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-11** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-17** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-01-17** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-20** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
- **2023-01-30** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2023-01-30** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-31** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-01-31** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-02** circled
- **2023-02-07** uncircled
- **2023-02-07** substituted from # 1 to # 2 `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** circled
- **2023-02-09** uncircled
- **2023-02-09** floor amendment # 1
- **2023-02-09** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-09** to Senate
- **2023-02-09** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-09** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-13** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
- **2023-02-14** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-16** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table
- **2023-02-28** placed back on 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-28** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28** substituted from # 2 to # 3 `substitution`
- **2023-02-28** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-28** to House with amendments
- **2023-03-01** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-01** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2023-03-01** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-03-01** concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-01** to Senate
- **2023-03-01** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-03-01** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2023-03-01** to House
- **2023-03-02** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-02** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-03-02** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-03-02** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2023-03-02** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2023-03-09** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2023-03-09** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2023-03-13** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2023-03-13** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-14** 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/4ab7dae9-c945-409a-aa10-962617f542ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).