# Utah H.B. 311: Watershed Amendments Utah H.B. 311, Watershed Amendments, is a 2025 General Session House bill sponsored by Casey Snider (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-03-24 (Governor Signed); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB311-2025GS - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Utah H.B. 311 - State: Utah - Session: 2025 General Session - Title: Watershed Amendments - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-23 - Last action: 2025-03-24, Governor Signed - Sponsor: Casey Snider (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Natural Resources, Public Retirement and Insurance, Legislative Operations, Legislative Committees and Task Forces, Legislative Organization, Government Operations (State Issues), State Officers and Employees, Legislative Water Development Commission, Water - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 20 (178 yes, 5 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Benefit access for full-time water commissioners: benefit, high. Starting May 7, 2025, Utah water commissioners who meet regular full-time employee requirements are appointed officers. They can qualify for health and retirement benefits, with eligibility decided by the distribution system committee. Benefits are not guaranteed for every commissioner. Commissione… - Utah gains broader water project powers: benefit, low. Starting May 7, 2025, Utah's Board of Water Resources can contract to build or buy water and power projects. Projects must serve Utah residents through water and power conservation and use, and contracts must follow state water-project rules. Utah's water agent can negotiate interstate water projec… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Casey Snider (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Scott D. Sandall (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-07 | Senate | Senate/ substituted | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-03-07 | House | House/ concurs with Senate amendment | pass | 69 | 0 | | | 2025-03-07 | House | House/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-03-07 | House | House/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-03-07 | Senate | Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension | pass | 21 | 4 | | | 2025-03-07 | Senate | Senate/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-03-07 | Senate | Senate/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-02-27 | Senate | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 4 | 1 | | | 2025-02-21 | House | House/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-02-21 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 68 | 0 | | | 2025-02-20 | House | House/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-02-13 | House | House Comm - Substitute Recommendation | pass | 8 | 0 | | | 2025-02-13 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 8 | 0 | | | | House | House/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | Senate | Senate/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | Senate | Senate/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | Senate | Senate/ substituted | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | House | House/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | House | House/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | House | House/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | ## Actions (46) - 2025-03-24: Governor Signed - 2025-03-13: House/ to Governor (House) - 2025-03-13: House/ received enrolled bill from Printing (House) - 2025-03-12: House/ enrolled bill to Printing (House) - 2025-03-12: Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate - 2025-03-07: Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared - 2025-03-07: Bill Received from House for Enrolling - 2025-03-07: House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling (House) - 2025-03-07: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2025-03-07: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-03-07: House/ concurs with Senate amendment (House) - 2025-03-07: House/ uncircled (House) - 2025-03-07: House/ circled (House) - 2025-03-07: House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar (House) - 2025-03-07: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ to House with amendments (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ uncircled (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ circled (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ substituted (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules (Senate) - 2025-02-27: Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2025-02-27: Senate/ committee report favorable (Senate) - 2025-02-27: Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (Senate) - 2025-02-25: Senate/ to standing committee (Senate) - 2025-02-24: Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (Senate) - 2025-02-21: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2025-02-21: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-02-21: House/ passed 3rd reading (House) - 2025-02-21: House/ uncircled (House) - 2025-02-20: House/ circled (House) - 2025-02-20: House/ 3rd reading (House) - 2025-02-13: House/ 2nd reading (House) - 2025-02-13: House/ comm rpt/ substituted (House) - 2025-02-13: House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (House) - 2025-02-13: House Comm - Substitute Recommendation (House) - 2025-02-11: House/ to standing committee (House) - 2025-01-27: House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (House) - 2025-01-24: House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (House) - 2025-01-23: House/ received bill from Legislative Research (House) - 2025-01-23: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-03-12: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/HB0311.pdf) - Substitute #3, 2025-03-07: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0311S03.pdf) - Substitute #2, 2025-02-27: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0311S02.pdf) - Substitute #1, 2025-02-11: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0311S01.pdf) - Introduced, 2025-01-23: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0311.pdf) ## Related bills - S.B. 199: Guardianship Amendments (signed) - H.B. 562: Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Amendments (signed) - H.B. 493: Medical Examiner Amendments (signed) - H.B. 482: Health and Human Services Reporting Requirements (signed) - S.B. 197: Property Tax Amendments (vetoed) - S.B. 3: Appropriations Adjustments (signed) ## Sources - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/HB0311.pdf) - [Substitute #3 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0311S03.pdf) - [Substitute #2 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0311S02.pdf) - [Substitute #1 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0311S01.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0311.pdf) ## Related - [S.B. 199: Guardianship Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB199-2025GS) - [H.B. 562: Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB562-2025GS) - [H.B. 493: Medical Examiner Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB493-2025GS) - [H.B. 482: Health and Human Services Reporting Requirements](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB482-2025GS) - [S.B. 197: Property Tax Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB197-2025GS) - [S.B. 3: Appropriations Adjustments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB3-2025GS) - [Utah bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/utah/bills) - [Utah state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/utah) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB311-2025GS (as of 2026-10-17).