republic-os/legislation/us/states/ut/2026/hb-251.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Diligence Claims Water Amendments	Diligence Claims Water Amendments	us/states/ut	Utah Legislature	2026	HB 251	Utah HB 251 (2026)	bill	Agriculture & Food Animals Livestock Natural Resources State Engineer Water Water Rights	enacted	Chew, Scott H.	4	42	3	2026-01-14T18:09:31+00:00	2026-03-25T16:17:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/4d86738e-e21e-4670-8e60-9284e4354bb0	https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0251.html	bc434f0d43af629916731a8f5fcc51dd9d8b2465424b386a3d595ac032838c3e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ut

Utah HB 251 (2026) — Diligence Claims Water Amendments

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Comparison to Original Bill (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0251 To HB0251S01.pdf)
3. Substitute #1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Senate/ passed 3rd reading — 19–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate/ passed 2nd reading — 24–0 (pass) · upper
• House/ passed 3rd reading — 68–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chew, Scott H. — primary (person)
• Hinkins, David P. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-14T18:09:31+00:00 Bill Numbered but not Distributed
• 2026-01-14T18:09:31+00:00 Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
• 2026-01-14T18:09:34+00:00 LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0251
• 2026-01-14T18:09:34+00:00 LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0251
• 2026-01-17T12:35:46+00:00 LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0251
• 2026-01-17T12:35:48+00:00 LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0251
• 2026-01-20T15:30:07+00:00 House/ received bill from Legislative Research receipt
• 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)
• 2026-01-28T19:10:46+00:00 House/ to standing committee [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] referral-committee
• 2026-02-02T20:19:08+00:00 LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0251S01
• 2026-02-02T20:19:08+00:00 LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0251S01
• 2026-02-02T21:56:40+00:00 House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee]
• 2026-02-02T21:57:20+00:00 House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-03T18:15:53+00:00 House/ comm rpt/ substituted [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee]
• 2026-02-03T18:15:54+00:00 House/ 2nd reading
• 2026-02-03T20:23:47+00:00 LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0251S01
• 2026-02-03T20:23:48+00:00 LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0251S01
• 2026-02-12T17:47:12+00:00 House/ 3rd reading
• 2026-02-12T17:52:05+00:00 House/ passed 3rd reading passage
• 2026-02-12T17:52:07+00:00 House/ to Senate
• 2026-02-12T20:09:24+00:00 Senate/ received from House receipt
• 2026-02-17T17:26:53+00:00 Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
• 2026-02-17T21:25:08+00:00 Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] referral-committee
• 2026-02-18T23:17:54+00:00 Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-19T17:24:12+00:00 Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-19T17:24:13+00:00 Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
• 2026-02-25T21:48:16+00:00 Senate/ 2nd reading
• 2026-02-25T21:50:20+00:00 Senate/ passed 2nd reading reading-2
• 2026-02-26T17:39:34+00:00 Senate/ 3rd reading
• 2026-02-26T17:41:33+00:00 Senate/ passed 3rd reading passage
• 2026-02-26T17:41:34+00:00 Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House passage
• 2026-02-26T17:41:35+00:00 Senate/ to House
• 2026-02-26T19:33:19+00:00 House/ received from Senate receipt
• 2026-02-26T19:33:20+00:00 House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling passage
• 2026-03-02T15:10:59+00:00 Bill Received from House for Enrolling
• 2026-03-02T15:11:03+00:00 Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
• 2026-03-05T02:00:26+00:00 Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate enrolled
• 2026-03-05T02:00:32+00:00 House/ enrolled bill to Printing
• 2026-03-11T16:25:34+00:00 House/ received enrolled bill from Printing receipt
• 2026-03-11T16:25:36+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; origin ocd-bill/4d86738e-e21e-4670-8e60-9284e4354bb0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).