---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water Commitment Amendments"
description: "Water Commitment Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 296"
citation: "Utah HB 296 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environment", "Great Salt Lake", "Natural Resources", "Water", "Water Conservation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nguyen, Hoang"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-20T21:49:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-25T16:18:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41f22649-8d0c-4291-a480-659b6bfdc753"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0296.html"
source_hash: "d62748a93fdfa5b877507f22ed64bf47ce6a3939e8c2e82a16d02f60a20dd958"
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 296 (2026) — Water Commitment 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/HB0296.xml)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0296.xml)

## Votes

- House/ passed 3rd reading — **48–19** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **25–2** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **23–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nguyen, Hoang — primary (person)
- Sandall, Scott D. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-20T21:49:00+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-20T21:49:00+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-20T21:49:04+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0296
- **2026-01-20T21:49:04+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0296
- **2026-01-21T17:08:02+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-21T18:14:32+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-22T00:52:16+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0296
- **2026-01-22T00:52:18+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0296
- **2026-01-22T17:21:10+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-23T19:13:19+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28T21:40:00+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-29T18:16:46+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-29T18:16:47+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-06T22:17:58+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-06T22:20:30+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-06T22:20:32+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-06T23:32:32+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-09T18:11:26+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-10T21:28:01+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17T15:07:09+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17T21:33:22+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17T21:33:23+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-19T21:58:36+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-19T22:00:54+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-20T17:59:16+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-20T17:59:31+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-02-20T18:37:08+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-02-20T18:38:48+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-20T18:38:49+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-02-20T18:38:50+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-20T19:20:42+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-20T19:20:44+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-02-25T16:38:06+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-02-25T16:38:08+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-02-25T21:28:27+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-02-25T21:28:31+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-03T21:26:38+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-03T21:26:40+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25T16:18:00+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/41f22649-8d0c-4291-a480-659b6bfdc753`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).