---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 53 Groundwater Use Amendments"
description: "S.B. 53 Groundwater Use Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 53"
citation: "Utah SB 53 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vickers, Evan J."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-12-23"
last_action: "2023-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ba7da3e-e2fb-417a-a131-cee6031fb7b3"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/SB0053.html"
source_hash: "e9c739d58c914d67aa4315ee58b5dcfbfdce14cedb319136d3bdf81bc78dbc8a"
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 53 (2023) — S.B. 53 Groundwater Use 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/SB0053S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillenr/SB0053.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Vickers, Evan J. — primary (person)
- Albrecht, Carl R. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-23** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-12-23** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-11** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-11** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-01-17** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-17** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
- **2023-01-19** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-20** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-20** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-01-25** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2023-01-31** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-31** substituted from # 0 to # 1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-31** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-01** to House
- **2023-02-01** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-01** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-02** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
- **2023-02-07** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-08** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-08** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-09** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-09** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-09** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2023-02-09** to Senate
- **2023-02-09** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-09** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-02-14** Bill Received from Senate 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/6ba7da3e-e2fb-417a-a131-cee6031fb7b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).