---
type: "Bill"
title: "Per Capita Consumptive Use"
description: "Per Capita Consumptive Use"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 119"
citation: "Utah SB 119 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Conservation Districts", "Department of Natural Resources", "Natural Resources", "Water", "Water Rights"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McKell, Michael K."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8807ae72-c45b-4513-861d-96f78432777d"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/SB0119.html"
source_hash: "92f8e3ae2f61fea6cc3b0b9b238b0805f8ace96659781e9841d0994b39872643"
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 119 (2023) — Per Capita Consumptive Use

## 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/SB0119.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillenr/SB0119.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **22–1** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **68–3** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McKell, Michael K. — primary (person)
- Burton, Jefferson S. — 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
- **2023-01-19** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2023-01-20** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-20** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-23** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
- **2023-01-24** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-01-24** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-01-24** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-25** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-25** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-03** to House
- **2023-02-06** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-06** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** 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** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-15** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2023-02-15** to Senate
- **2023-02-16** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-16** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-02-17** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2023-02-17** 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/8807ae72-c45b-4513-861d-96f78432777d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).