republic-os/legislation/us/states/ut/2026/hb-296.md

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Bill	Water Commitment Amendments	Water Commitment Amendments	us/states/ut	Utah Legislature	2026	HB 296	Utah HB 296 (2026)	bill	Environment Great Salt Lake Natural Resources Water Water Conservation	enacted	Nguyen, Hoang	2	39	3	2026-01-20T21:49:00+00:00	2026-03-25T16:18:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/41f22649-8d0c-4291-a480-659b6bfdc753	https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0296.html	d62748a93fdfa5b877507f22ed64bf47ce6a3939e8c2e82a16d02f60a20dd958	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ut

Utah HB 296 (2026) — Water Commitment Amendments

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• House/ passed 3rd reading — 48–19 (pass) · lower
• Senate/ passed 3rd reading — 25–2 (pass) · upper
• Senate/ passed 2nd reading — 23–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Nguyen, Hoang — primary (person)
• Sandall, Scott D. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-20T21:49:00+00:00 Bill Numbered but not Distributed
• 2026-01-20T21:49:00+00:00 Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
• 2026-01-20T21:49:04+00:00 LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0296
• 2026-01-20T21:49:04+00:00 LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0296
• 2026-01-21T17:08:02+00:00 House/ received bill from Legislative Research receipt
• 2026-01-21T18:14:32+00:00 House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
• 2026-01-22T00:52:16+00:00 LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0296
• 2026-01-22T00:52:18+00:00 LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0296
• 2026-01-22T17:21:10+00:00 House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst receipt
• 2026-01-23T19:13:19+00:00 House/ to standing committee [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] referral-committee
• 2026-01-28T21:40:00+00:00 House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-01-29T18:16:46+00:00 House/ committee report favorable [House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-01-29T18:16:47+00:00 House/ 2nd reading
• 2026-02-06T22:17:58+00:00 House/ 3rd reading
• 2026-02-06T22:20:30+00:00 House/ passed 3rd reading passage
• 2026-02-06T22:20:32+00:00 House/ to Senate
• 2026-02-06T23:32:32+00:00 Senate/ received from House receipt
• 2026-02-09T18:11:26+00:00 Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
• 2026-02-10T21:28:01+00:00 Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] referral-committee
• 2026-02-17T15:07:09+00:00 Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-17T21:33:22+00:00 Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-17T21:33:23+00:00 Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
• 2026-02-19T21:58:36+00:00 Senate/ 2nd reading
• 2026-02-19T22:00:54+00:00 Senate/ passed 2nd reading reading-2
• 2026-02-20T17:59:16+00:00 Senate/ 3rd reading
• 2026-02-20T17:59:31+00:00 Senate/ circled
• 2026-02-20T18:37:08+00:00 Senate/ uncircled
• 2026-02-20T18:38:48+00:00 Senate/ passed 3rd reading passage
• 2026-02-20T18:38:49+00:00 Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House passage
• 2026-02-20T18:38:50+00:00 Senate/ to House
• 2026-02-20T19:20:42+00:00 House/ received from Senate receipt
• 2026-02-20T19:20:44+00:00 House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling passage
• 2026-02-25T16:38:06+00:00 Bill Received from House for Enrolling
• 2026-02-25T16:38:08+00:00 Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
• 2026-02-25T21:28:27+00:00 Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate enrolled
• 2026-02-25T21:28:31+00:00 House/ enrolled bill to Printing
• 2026-03-03T21:26:38+00:00 House/ received enrolled bill from Printing receipt
• 2026-03-03T21:26:40+00:00 House/ to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-03-25T16:18:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/41f22649-8d0c-4291-a480-659b6bfdc753. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).