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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Diligence Claims Water Amendments"
description: "Diligence Claims Water Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 251"
citation: "Utah HB 251 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture & Food", "Animals", "Livestock", "Natural Resources", "State Engineer", "Water", "Water Rights"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chew, Scott H."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-14T18:09:31+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-25T16:17:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d86738e-e21e-4670-8e60-9284e4354bb0"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0251.html"
source_hash: "bc434f0d43af629916731a8f5fcc51dd9d8b2465424b386a3d595ac032838c3e"
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 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](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0251.xml)
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](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0251S01.xml)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0251.xml)
## Votes
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **190** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **240** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **680** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d86738e-e21e-4670-8e60-9284e4354bb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).