# Utah H.B. 520: Water Entity Amendments Utah H.B. 520, Water Entity Amendments, is a 2025 General Session House bill sponsored by Casey Snider (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-03-24 (Governor Signed) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB520-2025GS - 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. 520 - State: Utah - Session: 2025 General Session - Title: Water Entity Amendments - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-18 - Last action: 2025-03-24, Governor Signed - Sponsor: Casey Snider (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Natural Resources, Department of Natural Resources, Forestry, Fire, and State Lands, Water, Great Salt Lake - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 15 (185 yes, 2 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - New spending checks for Great Salt Lake: mixed, low. The Great Salt Lake Trust Council must review grant spending above a threshold it sets. It can approve that spending only if it serves the watershed program’s purposes. Beginning July 1, 2025, the commissioner cannot buy or lease water or water rights before council review and recommendations. The… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Casey Snider (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Brady Brammer (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-06 | Senate | Senate/ substituted | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-03-06 | House | House/ concurs with Senate amendment | pass | 69 | 0 | | | 2025-03-06 | Senate | Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension | pass | 24 | 2 | | | 2025-03-06 | Senate | Senate/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-03-06 | Senate | Senate/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-03-03 | House | House/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-03-03 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 70 | 0 | | | 2025-02-28 | House | House/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-02-26 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 11 | 0 | | | 2025-02-26 | House | House Comm - Substitute Recommendation | pass | 11 | 0 | | | | Senate | Senate/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | Senate | Senate/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | House | House/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | Senate | Senate/ substituted | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | House | House/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | ## Actions (39) - 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) - 2025-03-06: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-03-06: House/ concurs with Senate amendment (House) - 2025-03-06: House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar (House) - 2025-03-06: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2025-03-06: Senate/ to House with amendments (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Senate/ substituted (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Senate/ uncircled (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Senate/ circled (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (Senate) - 2025-03-03: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2025-03-03: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-03-03: House/ passed 3rd reading (House) - 2025-03-03: House/ uncircled (House) - 2025-02-28: House/ circled (House) - 2025-02-28: House/ 3rd reading (House) - 2025-02-26: House/ 2nd reading (House) - 2025-02-26: House/ comm rpt/ substituted (House) - 2025-02-26: House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (House) - 2025-02-26: House Comm - Substitute Recommendation (House) - 2025-02-24: House/ to standing committee (House) - 2025-02-20: House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (House) - 2025-02-18: House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (House) - 2025-02-18: House/ received bill from Legislative Research (House) - 2025-02-18: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-03-12: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/HB0520.pdf) - Substitute #2, 2025-03-06: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0520S02.pdf) - Substitute #1, 2025-02-26: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0520S01.pdf) - Introduced, 2025-02-18: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0520.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/HB0520.pdf) - [Substitute #2 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0520S02.pdf) - [Substitute #1 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0520S01.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0520.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-HB520-2025GS (as of 2026-10-17).