---
type: "Bill"
title: "Livestock Watering Amendments"
description: "Livestock Watering Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 63"
citation: "Utah HB 63 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture & Food", "Animals", "Livestock", "Natural Resources", "Water", "Water Rights"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chew, Scott H."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-12-22T20:10:58+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-25T15:43:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/523d6f11-5e90-4d10-a2f8-a364086d5e4d"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0063.html"
source_hash: "cc6e2507eca833ba7ee5be3a037eae1005b5093e10ecc4572c00e2908f9bf1b5"
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 63 (2026) — Livestock Watering 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/HB0063.xml)
2. **Amended 1/26/2026 10:01:943** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0063_2026-01-26_10-31-38.pdf)
3. **Amended Excerpts 1/26/2026 10:01:943** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_HB0063_2026-01-26_10-31-38.pdf)
4. **House Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/HB0063.Hamd.1.pdf)
5. **House Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/HB0063.Hamd.2.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0063.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chew, Scott H. — primary (person)
- Sandall, Scott D. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-22T20:10:58+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2025-12-22T20:10:58+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-12-22T20:11:02+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0063
- **2025-12-22T20:11:02+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0063
- **2026-01-05T21:06:00+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0063
- **2026-01-06T00:21:22+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0063
- **2026-01-14T20:43:15+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-14T21:21:49+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T22:38:23+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-21T18:43:14+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-23T21:10:13+00:00** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-01-23T21:11:10+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-26T18:16:20+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ amended [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `amendment-passage`
- **2026-01-26T18:16:21+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-03T21:40:14+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-03T21:42:24+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-03T21:42:26+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-03T22:42:03+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-04T18:14:03+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-05T21:12:24+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12T23:11:55+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17T17:38:28+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17T17:38:29+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-18T22:31:39+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-02-18T22:31:57+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-02-19T22:01:12+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-02-19T22:03:39+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-19T22:03:45+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-19T22:03:53+00:00** Senate/ placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table
- **2026-03-05T00:06:06+00:00** Senate/ 3nd Reading Calendar to Rules [Senate Rules Committee]
- **2026-03-05T02:35:54+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-05T02:35:55+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-05T03:09:44+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-05T03:09:45+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-05T03:09:46+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-05T15:44:13+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-05T15:44:14+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-06T16:34:12+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-06T16:34:13+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-11T15:45:24+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11T15:45:30+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-12T16:59:21+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-12T16:59:23+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25T15:43:00+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/523d6f11-5e90-4d10-a2f8-a364086d5e4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).