---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 34 Water Infrastructure Funding Study"
description: "S.B. 34 Water Infrastructure Funding Study"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 34"
citation: "Utah SB 34 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources", "Property Tax", "Revenue and Taxation", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCay, Daniel"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 50
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-12-19"
last_action: "2023-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/563e58ff-5e61-4037-9b0d-f2db4a7a655f"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/SB0034.html"
source_hash: "d350f37c1eed0fe8e7e5f1f33b4b4d312d667b9f514be949a62d667bd2175747"
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 34 (2023) — S.B. 34 Water Infrastructure Funding Study

## 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/SB0034S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillamd/SB0034S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillenr/SB0034.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **69–2** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with House amendment — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McCay, Daniel — primary (person)
- Brooks, Walt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-19** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-12-20** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-11** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-13** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-01-17** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-17** to Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee
- **2023-01-25** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2023-01-25** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-26** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-01-26** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-01-26** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-01-31** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-02-03** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** circled
- **2023-02-13** uncircled
- **2023-02-13** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-14** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-14** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-14** to House
- **2023-02-14** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-15** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-16** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
- **2023-02-17** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-17** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-17** 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** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-28** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2023-02-28** motion to reconsider
- **2023-02-28** floor amendment # 1
- **2023-02-28** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-28** to Senate
- **2023-03-01** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-03-01** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2023-03-01** concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-01** to House
- **2023-03-01** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-01** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-01** to Senate
- **2023-03-02** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-03-02** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Bill Received from Senate 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/563e58ff-5e61-4037-9b0d-f2db4a7a655f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).