---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 118 Water Efficient Landscaping Incentives"
description: "S.B. 118 Water Efficient Landscaping Incentives"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 118"
citation: "Utah SB 118 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Rulemaking and Procedures", "Conservation Districts", "Counties", "Municipalities", "Natural Resources", "New Rulemaking Authority", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sandall, Scott D."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 52
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6426dac-90d6-459a-b360-561c2d2042d6"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/SB0118.html"
source_hash: "1d5e720c8b15b2ad2ed91ffdcc34c1ee957dfcd8e22d759c371c7d5a8b7cea21"
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 SB 118 (2023) — S.B. 118 Water Efficient Landscaping Incentives

## 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/sbillint/SB0118S05.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillenr/SB0118.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **60–12** (pass) · lower
- concurs with House amendment — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sandall, Scott D. — primary (person)
- Owens, Doug — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-01-19** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-20** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-20** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-23** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-01-23** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
- **2023-01-24** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2023-01-24** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-25** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-01-25** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** circled
- **2023-02-03** uncircled
- **2023-02-03** substituted from # 1 to # 3 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-06** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-06** to House
- **2023-02-06** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-06** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
- **2023-02-13** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2023-02-28** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28** circled
- **2023-03-01** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2023-03-01** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-03-01** uncircled
- **2023-03-01** substituted from # 3 to # 5 `substitution`
- **2023-03-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-03-01** to Senate
- **2023-03-02** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-03-02** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2023-03-02** circled
- **2023-03-02** uncircled
- **2023-03-02** concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-02** to House
- **2023-03-02** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-02** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-02** to Senate
- **2023-03-02** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-03-02** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-03-03** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2023-03-03** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2023-03-10** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2023-03-10** 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/b6426dac-90d6-459a-b360-561c2d2042d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).