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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Great Salt Lake Related Amendments"
description: "Great Salt Lake Related Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 247"
citation: "Utah HB 247 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Great Salt Lake", "Natural Resources", "Revenue and Taxation", "Severance Tax", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ward, Raymond P."]
version_count: 12
action_count: 66
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-13T22:29:19+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-25T16:17:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/126986de-45ce-416e-9b2b-56309df727cc"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0247.html"
source_hash: "f79bd61f3ee89cea4d42bdd9fa5d0ac389e938ac7e072130ae4942e9b6680104"
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 247 (2026) — Great Salt Lake Related 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/HB0247.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0247 To HB0247S01.pdf)
3. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0247S01 To HB0247S02.pdf)
4. **Comparison to Sub #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0247S02 To HB0247S03.pdf)
5. **Comparison to Sub #3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0247S03 To HB0247S04.pdf)
6. **Comparison to Sub #4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0247S04 To HB0247S05.pdf)
7. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0247S01.xml)
8. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0247S02.xml)
9. **Substitute #3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0247S03.xml)
10. **Substitute #4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0247S04.xml)
11. **Substitute #5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0247S05.xml)
12. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0247.xml)
## Votes
- House/ concurs with Senate amendment — **670** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **210** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **710** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Ward, Raymond P. — primary (person)
- Sandall, Scott D. — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-13T22:29:19+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-13T22:29:19+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-13T22:29:21+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0247
- **2026-01-13T22:29:21+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0247
- **2026-01-14T21:15:00+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-17T12:19:19+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0247
- **2026-01-17T18:43:06+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0247
- **2026-01-20T16:28:28+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T22:38:26+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-04T19:21:33+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05T21:10:45+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0247S01
- **2026-02-05T21:10:45+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0247S01
- **2026-02-05T23:46:50+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee]
- **2026-02-05T23:48:50+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
- **2026-02-07T14:13:35+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0247S01
- **2026-02-07T23:19:11+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0247S01
- **2026-02-17T21:22:57+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0247S02
- **2026-02-17T21:22:57+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0247S02
- **2026-02-17T22:12:32+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-17T22:17:13+00:00** House/ substituted
- **2026-02-17T22:21:09+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-17T22:21:11+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`
- **2026-02-20T12:44:24+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0247S02
- **2026-02-24T23:00:00+00:00** Senate Comm - Not Considered [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee]
- **2026-02-26T03:13:35+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0247S03
- **2026-02-26T03:13:35+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0247S03
- **2026-02-26T15:58:08+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-26T22:59:41+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-26T22:59:42+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-03T00:41:26+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0247S03
- **2026-03-03T05:04:59+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0247S03
- **2026-03-03T14:07:45+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0247S04
- **2026-03-03T14:07:45+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0247S04
- **2026-03-03T17:32:57+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0247S04
- **2026-03-03T20:20:14+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0247S04
- **2026-03-04T21:30:45+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0247S05
- **2026-03-04T21:30:45+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0247S05
- **2026-03-05T00:03:05+00:00** Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules [Senate Rules Committee] `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05T02:36:14+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0247S05
- **2026-03-05T15:38:09+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0247S05
- **2026-03-06T03:02:26+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-06T17:24:51+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-06T17:25:57+00:00** Senate/ substituted
- **2026-03-06T17:29:55+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-06T17:29:56+00:00** Senate/ to House with amendments
- **2026-03-06T19:28:44+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-06T19:28:45+00:00** House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-03-06T21:29:54+00:00** House/ concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-06T21:29:55+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-07T03:49:52+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-07T03:49:53+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-07T03:49:54+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-07T07:16:35+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-07T07:16:36+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-10T18:18:03+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-10T18:18:07+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-12T14:12:24+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-12T14:12:29+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-16T21:12:21+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-16T21:12:23+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25T16:17:00+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/126986de-45ce-416e-9b2b-56309df727cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).