---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dedicated Water Amendments"
description: "Dedicated Water Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 348"
citation: "Utah HB 348 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Agriculture & Food", "Environment", "Natural Resources", "State Engineer", "Water", "Water Rights"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Koford, Jill"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-23T16:21:55+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-23T16:59:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a59622f7-71cc-431d-be64-5a221f6ce2d6"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0348.html"
source_hash: "6d86b1924f844a194f7937108dccd70276dd0ee4d4d0b0057cd7bd2f69f6557a"
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 348 (2026) — Dedicated 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/HB0348.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0348 To HB0348S01.pdf)
3. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0348S01.xml)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0348.xml)

## Votes

- House/ passed 3rd reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Koford, Jill — primary (person)
- Sandall, Scott D. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-23T16:21:55+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-23T16:21:55+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-23T16:21:57+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0348
- **2026-01-23T16:21:57+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0348
- **2026-01-23T17:51:15+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-23T18:18:05+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-27T13:46:38+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0348
- **2026-01-27T13:46:39+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0348
- **2026-01-27T16:57:03+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-02-04T19:21:33+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05T21:55:48+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0348S01
- **2026-02-05T21:55:48+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0348S01
- **2026-02-06T00:09:06+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee]
- **2026-02-06T00:10:52+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-06T18:24:12+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee]
- **2026-02-06T18:24:13+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-09T04:14:25+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0348S01
- **2026-02-09T12:40:01+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0348S01
- **2026-02-17T22:25:40+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-17T22:27:44+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-17T22:27:46+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-17T23:12:41+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-18T17:27:28+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-19T21:58:28+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24T23:44:08+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25T17:20:50+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25T17:20:51+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-05T00:03:05+00:00** Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules [Senate Rules Committee] `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06T19:19:24+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-06T23:24:41+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-06T23:26:34+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-06T23:26:35+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-06T23:26:36+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-07T04:08:38+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-07T04:08:39+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-10T18:09:25+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-10T18:09:28+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-11T17:27:20+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11T17:27:24+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-12T18:32:31+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-12T18:32:33+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-23T16:59:00+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/a59622f7-71cc-431d-be64-5a221f6ce2d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).