---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water Rights Applications Amendments"
description: "Water Rights Applications Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 46"
citation: "Utah HB 46 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources", "Water", "Water Rights"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Owens, Doug"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 35
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-12-20T00:25:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-12T15:21:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e270992-f1a1-44a4-9cd5-97c5f522d760"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/HB0046.html"
source_hash: "555f2bd3582ef04783ea8d1b8cd7c1a7794c9e03005423e5d94560f182eb6f38"
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 HB 46 (2025) — Water Rights Applications 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/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0046.xml)
2. **Amended 1/27/2025 11:01:149** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AV_HB0046_2025-01-27_11-11-08.pdf)
3. **Amended Excerpts 1/27/2025 11:01:149** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AP_HB0046_2025-01-27_11-11-08.pdf)
4. **House Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/HB0046.Hamd.1.pdf)
5. **House Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/HB0046.Hamd.2.pdf)
6. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/comreport/HB046H10.pdf)
7. **House Transmittal Letter 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/HB046H20.pdf)
8. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/comreport/HB046S10.pdf)
9. **Senate Transmittal Letter 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/HB046S10.pdf)
10. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/HB0046.xml)

## Sponsors

- Owens, Doug — primary (person)
- Vickers, Evan J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-20T00:25:00+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2024-12-20T00:25:00+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-01-15T16:59:00+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2025-01-15T19:49:00+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2025-01-21T18:18:00+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2025-01-21T18:33:00+00:00** House/ to standing committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-24T22:05:00+00:00** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-01-24T22:07:00+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-27T18:15:00+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-01-27T18:15:00+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2025-02-04T21:39:00+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2025-02-04T21:41:00+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2025-02-04T21:41:00+00:00** House/ held
- **2025-02-05T18:01:00+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2025-02-06T00:37:00+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2025-02-06T18:09:00+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2025-02-07T21:17:00+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10T22:58:00+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11T18:26:00+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11T18:26:00+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2025-02-13T18:46:00+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2025-02-13T18:48:00+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-14T18:29:00+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2025-02-14T18:30:00+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2025-02-14T18:30:00+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2025-02-14T18:30:00+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2025-02-18T18:36:00+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2025-02-18T18:36:00+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2025-02-19T22:12:00+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2025-02-19T22:12:00+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2025-02-27T15:08:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2025-02-27T15:08:00+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2025-03-01T00:00:00+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2025-03-01T00:00:00+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-12T15:21:00+00:00** 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/2e270992-f1a1-44a4-9cd5-97c5f522d760`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).