---
type: "Bill"
title: "Environmental Legal Action Amendments"
description: "Environmental Legal Action Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 419"
citation: "Utah HB 419 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Litigation", "Environment", "Judicial Operations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jack, Colin W."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-28T20:36:39+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-25T16:26:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/119a736f-1bb6-479f-9640-933364c30870"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0419.html"
source_hash: "2fa15b32e839e7fa19c3c428e09033e3608f066a16c03bca7b041be8644f1cd9"
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 419 (2026) — Environmental Legal Action 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/HB0419.xml)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0419.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **15–5** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **25–1** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jack, Colin W. — primary (person)
- Hinkins, David P. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-28T20:36:39+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-28T20:36:39+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-28T20:36:41+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0419
- **2026-01-28T20:36:41+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0419
- **2026-01-29T14:24:22+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-29T18:42:09+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-02T14:20:54+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0419
- **2026-02-02T14:20:55+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0419
- **2026-02-05T19:00:02+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Public Utilities and Energy Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06T23:04:56+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Public Utilities and Energy Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-06T23:06:13+00:00** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation [House Public Utilities and Energy Committee]
- **2026-02-09T18:19:52+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ placed on Consent Calendar [House Public Utilities and Energy Committee]
- **2026-02-09T18:19:53+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-11T18:14:21+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-11T18:17:31+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-11T18:17:33+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-11T19:24:51+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-12T17:33:01+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-17T17:22:53+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18T23:25:15+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-19T17:24:13+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-19T17:24:14+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-25T21:52:39+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-25T21:54:40+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-26T17:43:29+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-26T17:45:01+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-26T17:45:02+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-02-26T17:45:03+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-26T19:34:32+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-26T19:34:33+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-02T16:40:33+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-02T16:40:34+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-06T19:24:10+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-06T19:24:12+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-11T19:17:24+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-11T19:17:26+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25T16:26:00+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/119a736f-1bb6-479f-9640-933364c30870`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).