# Utah S.B. 46: Water Wise Landscaping Amendments Utah S.B. 46, Water Wise Landscaping Amendments, is a 2026 General Session Senate bill sponsored by Keven J. Stratton (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-03-24 (Governor Signed) (as of 2026-10-14). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB46-2026GS - As of: 2026-10-14 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Utah S.B. 46 - State: Utah - Session: 2026 General Session - Title: Water Wise Landscaping Amendments - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-12-22 - Last action: 2026-03-24, Governor Signed - Sponsor: Keven J. Stratton (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: State Facilities, Education, Higher Education, Environment, Natural Resources, Department of Government Operations, Government Operations (State Issues), Water, Water Conservation - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 3 (99 yes, 11 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Utah state agencies must improve watering practices: benefit, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, state agencies cannot run overhead landscape sprinklers between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. unless the Utah Division of Water Resources allows it. Agencies must manually shut them off during rain and wind when systems lack active weather- or soil-based monitoring technology. At least… - Water-saving landscaping rules for Utah state facilities: benefit, low. Utah state facilities built or rebuilt on or after May 6, 2026, must use water-wise landscaping. Canopy must cover at least 50% of landscaped grounds; qualifying turf used for recreation or community activities can count. Local ordinances limit how much canopy or qualifying turf agencies can instal… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Keven J. Stratton (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Casey Snider (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-02-11 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 59 | 11 | | | 2026-02-05 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 12 | 0 | | | 2026-01-21 | Senate | Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension | pass | 28 | 0 | | ## Actions (28) - 2026-03-24: Governor Signed - 2026-03-03: Senate/ to Governor (Senate) - 2026-03-03: Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing (Senate) - 2026-02-19: Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing (Senate) - 2026-02-19: Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate - 2026-02-13: Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared - 2026-02-13: Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling - 2026-02-12: Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling (Senate) - 2026-02-12: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2026-02-11: House/ to Senate (House) - 2026-02-11: House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate (House) - 2026-02-11: House/ passed 3rd reading (House) - 2026-02-11: House/ 3rd reading (House) - 2026-02-06: House/ 2nd reading (House) - 2026-02-06: House/ committee report favorable (House) - 2026-02-05: House Comm - Favorable Recommendation - 2026-02-02: House Comm - Not Considered - 2026-01-30: House/ to standing committee (House) - 2026-01-28: House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (House) - 2026-01-27: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2026-01-27: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2026-01-21: Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (Senate) - 2026-01-21: Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (Senate) - 2026-01-20: Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2026-01-20: Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (Senate) - 2026-01-12: Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (Senate) - 2026-01-07: Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research (Senate) - 2025-12-22: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2026-02-19: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0046.pdf) - Introduced, 2025-12-22: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0046.pdf) ## Related bills - H.B. 136: Unlicensed Driver Amendments (signed) - H.B. 101: Firearm Background Check Amendments (signed) - H.B. 134: Offender Transfer Amendments (signed) - H.B. 178: School Zone Speeding Amendments (signed) - H.B. 94: Criminal Accounts Receivable Amendments (signed) - H.B. 220: Public Safety Data Amendments (signed) ## Sources - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0046.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0046.pdf) ## Related - [H.B. 136: Unlicensed Driver Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB136-2026GS) - [H.B. 101: Firearm Background Check Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB101-2026GS) - [H.B. 134: Offender Transfer Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB134-2026GS) - [H.B. 178: School Zone Speeding Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB178-2026GS) - [H.B. 94: Criminal Accounts Receivable Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB94-2026GS) - [H.B. 220: Public Safety Data Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB220-2026GS) - [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-SB46-2026GS (as of 2026-10-14).