---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water Wise Landscaping Amendments"
description: "Water Wise Landscaping Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 46"
citation: "Utah SB 46 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Government Operations", "Education", "Environment", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Higher Education", "Natural Resources", "State Facilities", "Water", "Water Conservation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stratton, Keven J."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-12-22T23:11:15+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-24T19:56:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d26f442d-a383-40f3-8439-d22a3069daf7"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0046.html"
source_hash: "2798a209691d9a0e601a6edecba110f318dadeabf9505f5624fcd1d877a79199"
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 SB 46 (2026) — Water Wise Landscaping 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/SB0046.xml)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0046.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **59–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stratton, Keven J. — primary (person)
- Snider, Casey — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-22T23:11:15+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2025-12-22T23:11:15+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-12-22T23:11:18+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0046
- **2025-12-22T23:11:18+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0046
- **2026-01-07T17:05:52+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-08T15:17:58+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0046
- **2026-01-08T15:18:00+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0046
- **2026-01-12T17:02:24+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T18:07:24+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-20T22:09:44+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-01-21T18:48:30+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-01-21T18:51:46+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-01-27T18:13:05+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-01-27T19:10:44+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-01-28T18:24:32+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-30T19:17:04+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-02T21:00:00+00:00** House Comm - Not Considered [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee]
- **2026-02-05T23:29:45+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-06T18:24:13+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-06T18:24:14+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-11T18:34:05+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-11T18:36:07+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-11T18:36:08+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-11T18:36:09+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-12T17:32:24+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-12T17:32:25+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-02-13T15:58:26+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-02-13T15:58:27+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-02-19T22:06:43+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-02-19T22:06:50+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-03T22:36:12+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-03T22:36:14+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-24T19:56:00+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/d26f442d-a383-40f3-8439-d22a3069daf7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).