---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water Amendments"
description: "Water Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 187"
citation: "Utah HB 187 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Compacts", "Environment", "Natural Resources", "Water", "Water Conservation", "Water Rights"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jack, Colin W."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 47
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-07T23:21:22+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-25T16:04:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c08079d1-c377-4d11-978c-33b2b514cb3a"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0187.html"
source_hash: "71182fcfdcc545401a0461110ebfc28298b594a7091e2a208d6213246a137dbc"
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 187 (2026) — 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/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0187.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0187 To HB0187S01.pdf)
3. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0187S01 To HB0187S02.pdf)
4. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0187S01.xml)
5. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0187S02.xml)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0187.xml)

## Votes

- House/ passed 3rd reading — **66–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **20–1** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **24–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jack, Colin W. — primary (person)
- Ipson, Don L. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-07T23:21:22+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-07T23:21:22+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-07T23:21:23+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0187
- **2026-01-07T23:21:23+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0187
- **2026-01-13T17:52:53+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0187S01
- **2026-01-13T17:52:53+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0187S01
- **2026-01-14T21:01:54+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-16T12:59:13+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0187
- **2026-01-16T12:59:15+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0187
- **2026-01-16T12:59:30+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0187S01
- **2026-01-16T12:59:32+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0187S01
- **2026-01-20T16:23:39+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T22:38:26+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-21T18:22:00+00:00** Bill Substituted by Sponsor in House Rules Comm [House Rules Committee]
- **2026-01-21T18:43:14+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-30T22:13:33+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0187S02
- **2026-01-30T22:13:33+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0187S02
- **2026-02-02T22:12:20+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee]
- **2026-02-02T22:12:50+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-03T15:58:34+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0187S02
- **2026-02-03T15:58:36+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0187S02
- **2026-02-03T18:15:53+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee]
- **2026-02-03T18:15:54+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-12T17:43:02+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-12T17:47:07+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-12T17:47:09+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-12T20:09:24+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-17T17:26:53+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-17T21:25:08+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18T23:35:09+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-19T17:24:12+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-19T17:24:13+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-25T21:45:36+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-25T21:48:13+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-26T17:37:35+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-26T17:39:22+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-26T17:39:23+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-02-26T17:39:24+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-26T19:33:14+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-26T19:33:15+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-02T15:41:59+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-02T15:42:02+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-11T18:14:55+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11T18:14:59+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-12T17:15:06+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-12T17:15:08+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25T16:04:00+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/c08079d1-c377-4d11-978c-33b2b514cb3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).