---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 33 Water Related Liability Amendments"
description: "H.B. 33 Water Related Liability Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 33"
citation: "Utah HB 33 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dams and Canals", "Judicial Operations", "Liability", "Natural Resources", "Water", "Water Company"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Albrecht, Carl R."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-12-20"
last_action: "2023-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c805db9-6211-45d2-845e-a55b90c420be"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0033.html"
source_hash: "e9ac78994b32cdb032fcbc207739c6e0a2d5da53d537c4390b9f7a77a60af4ec"
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 33 (2023) — H.B. 33 Water Related Liability 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/HB0033S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0033.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albrecht, Carl R. — primary (person)
- Owens, Derrin R. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-20** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-12-20** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-04** 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`
- **2023-01-23** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
- **2023-01-25** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2023-01-25** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2023-01-25** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-26** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-01-26** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-31** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-31** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-01-31** to Senate
- **2023-02-01** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-01** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-01** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2023-02-06** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-06** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2023-02-07** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2023-02-07** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-10** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-10** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-10** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2023-02-10** to House
- **2023-02-13** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-13** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-02-14** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2023-02-14** 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/9c805db9-6211-45d2-845e-a55b90c420be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).