All Roll Calls
Yes: 171 • No: 22
UtahH.B. 2742025 General SessionHouseWALLET
Water Amendments
Sponsored By: Casey Snider (Republican)
Signed by Governor
Natural ResourcesWater Utilities, Irrigation, and SewerMunicipalitiesWaterWater Conservation
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
8 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 3 costs, 2 mixed.
Irrigation customers get water-use education
By April 1, 2030, secondary-water suppliers must provide customers with water-use education. It must appear on monthly statements or a customer-specific online portal showing usage more often than monthly. Utah's Division of Water Resources sets the education requirements by rule. The law guarantees no bill savings.
Food growers get lowest irrigation rate
Beginning July 1, 2030, secondary-water suppliers using tiered conservation rates must charge food-growing customers the lowest tier rate. Customers qualify if they use any portion of their water to grow food. This includes gardens, fruit trees, and pasture for grazing. The law sets no rate amount or dollar savings.
Water systems can share conservation money
Public water systems may use conservation-rate revenue for conservation work shared with another public system or wholesale water supplier. For-profit systems cannot use conservation revenue from their highest-use block to pay profits or dividends to owners or investors. The law sets no funding amount or customer discount.
Conservation costs shape household water rates
Utah municipalities may use conservation to justify different customer rates, and water districts may include conservation costs in service charges. Retail drinking-water suppliers must consider conservation when setting rates. By July 1, 2027, primarily residential increasing-block plans must include conservation efforts in at least the highest-use block's rate. Suppliers must also consider urban farming that improves food security, reduces pollution, and creates green spaces. The conservation portion of the highest-use rate is legally treated as reasonable without the specified actual-cost, comparison, or reasonable-return tests.
Irrigation suppliers must adopt tiered billing
Secondary water is water used for irrigation. Contracts made or renewed on or after July 1, 2025, must allow tiered conservation billing. By July 1, 2030, suppliers must use tiers that consider stable revenue, conservation, and service costs. Suppliers with statutory metering exemptions or approval to meter at strategic system points are exempt from this billing requirement. Suppliers may hire a third party to bill based on each customer's use; the law sets no tier prices.
Water suppliers face billing enforcement penalties
For covered secondary-water billing violations on or after April 1, 2030, suppliers lose access to state water-related money until compliance. The Division of Water Resources director can refer violations to the state engineer when enforcement is needed to protect or conserve state water. Administrative fines cannot exceed the supplier's metering-cost funds received under the specified state funding programs. These penalties apply to suppliers, not directly to household customers.
Water billing expands with possible charges
Public water systems must provide billing services when a secondary-water supplier requests them and supplies needed data in a compatible format. Systems must exchange relevant customer information to keep records accurate. They may collect reasonable billing, administrative, and overhead costs from those customers. Public water systems may also put fees, surcharges, penalties, and other charges collected under their wholesale water agreements on customer bills. The law sets no charge amounts.
Water board loses political party cap
The law removes the rule limiting Utah's Board of Water Resources to five members from the same political party. It does not directly change household water rates or service eligibility.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Casey Snider
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Daniel McCay
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 3/7/2025
Senate/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 3/7/2025
House/ concurs with Senate amendment
Yes: 60 • No: 9
House vote • 3/7/2025
House/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 3/7/2025
House/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/7/2025
Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
Yes: 17 • No: 10
Senate vote • 3/7/2025
Senate/ substituted
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/7/2025
Senate/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/27/2025
Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 3 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/27/2025
Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation
Yes: 3 • No: 0
House vote • 2/19/2025
House/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 2/19/2025
House/ substituted
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 2/19/2025
House/ floor amendment failed
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 2/19/2025
House/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 67 • No: 2
House vote • 2/18/2025
House/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 2/6/2025
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 10 • No: 1
House vote • 2/6/2025
House Comm - Substitute Recommendation
Yes: 11 • No: 0
Senate vote • Unknown
Senate/ substituted
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • Unknown
Senate/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • Unknown
House/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • Unknown
House/ floor amendment failed
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • Unknown
House/ substituted
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • Unknown
House/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • Unknown
Senate/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • Unknown
House/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • Unknown
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Actions Timeline
Governor Signed
3/24/2025House/ to Governor
3/17/2025HouseHouse/ received enrolled bill from Printing
3/17/2025HouseHouse/ enrolled bill to Printing
3/13/2025HouseEnrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
3/13/2025Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
3/12/2025Bill Received from House for Enrolling
3/12/2025House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling
3/12/2025HouseHouse/ received from Senate
3/12/2025HouseSenate/ to House
3/8/2025SenateSenate/ signed by President/ returned to House
3/8/2025SenateSenate/ received from House
3/8/2025SenateHouse/ to Senate
3/7/2025HouseHouse/ concurs with Senate amendment
3/7/2025HouseHouse/ uncircled
3/7/2025HouseHouse/ circled
3/7/2025HouseHouse/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
3/7/2025HouseHouse/ received from Senate
3/7/2025HouseSenate/ to House with amendments
3/7/2025SenateSenate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
3/7/2025SenateSenate/ substituted
3/7/2025SenateSenate/ uncircled
3/7/2025SenateSenate/ circled
3/7/2025SenateSenate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
3/7/2025SenateSenate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
3/7/2025Senate
Bill Text
Enrolled
3/13/2025
Substitute #5
3/7/2025
Substitute #4
3/5/2025
Amended 2/27/2025 12:02:910
2/27/2025
Substitute #3
2/18/2025
Substitute #2
2/6/2025
Substitute #1
2/5/2025
Introduced
1/20/2025