---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 158 Local Government Water Amendments"
description: "S.B. 158 Local Government Water Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 158"
citation: "Utah SB 158 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Limited Purpose Local Government Entities", "Local Government Controlled Districts", "Municipalities", "Natural Resources", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McKell, Michael K."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 45
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39287dee-73a7-484b-a224-91507f0676e9"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/SB0158.html"
source_hash: "9b13f4b87d5e149cc2398dd2cae9f05faccab661e8cf4c5e5da76e252777b087"
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 158 (2023) — S.B. 158 Local Government Water 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/sbillint/SB0158S03.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillenr/SB0158.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **66–4** (pass) · lower
- concurs with House amendment — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McKell, Michael K. — primary (person)
- Whyte, Stephen L. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-01-30** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-31** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-31** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-31** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
- **2023-02-01** Senate Comm - Not Considered
- **2023-02-02** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-02-16** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2023-02-16** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-16** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-02-16** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-21** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-22** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-22** to House
- **2023-02-23** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-23** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
- **2023-02-27** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-27** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-27** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2023-03-03** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-03** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-03** substituted from # 1 to # 3 `substitution`
- **2023-03-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-03-03** to Senate
- **2023-03-03** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-03-03** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-03-03** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2023-03-03** concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-03** to House
- **2023-03-03** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-03** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-03** to Senate
- **2023-03-03** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-03-03** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2023-03-06** 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/39287dee-73a7-484b-a224-91507f0676e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).