---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 18 Water Modifications"
description: "S.B. 18 Water Modifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 18"
citation: "Utah SB 18 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources", "Water Conservation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sandall, Scott D."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-12-19"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41590c8f-d76f-4213-adea-7edef5ef74e8"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/SB0018.html"
source_hash: "d333126a0a0b948e76a4175b58929c2230fc5aed061427eb36f7aa7f005f7937"
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 18 (2024) — S.B. 18 Water Modifications

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/sbillint/SB0018S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/sbillenr/SB0018.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **66–3** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sandall, Scott D. — primary (person)
- Snider, Casey — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-19** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-12-19** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-12-20** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-12-20** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2024-01-16** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2024-01-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-19** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
- **2024-01-23** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-24** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-24** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-01-29** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2024-01-30** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-01-30** substituted from # 0 to # 1 `substitution`
- **2024-01-30** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-01-31** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-01-31** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-01-31** to House
- **2024-01-31** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-01-31** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-02** to House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
- **2024-02-07** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-14** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-14** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-14** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2024-02-14** to Senate
- **2024-02-14** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-14** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2024-02-15** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2024-02-15** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2024-03-07** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2024-03-07** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2024-03-07** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2024-03-12** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2024-03-12** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-13** 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/41590c8f-d76f-4213-adea-7edef5ef74e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).