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2026 floor votes

H.B. 251: Diligence Claims Water Amendments

3 recorded floor votes in the 2026 General Session. The bill's official page has its text, sponsors, committee votes and full history.

About this bill

Signed by the governor on March 25, 2026. This bill addresses use of water related to diligence claims.

  • Clarifies provisions related to submitting a claim
  • Defines terms
  • Provides for the creation of a rebuttable presumption of the right to use certain water related to a homestead parcel
  • Establishes the process for rebutting the presumption
  • Makes technical and conforming amendments

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Scott H. Chew

Utah House, February 12, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 1st Sub. HB 251
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 68 Nays 0 N/V 7
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (65)

53 Republican, 12 Democratic

Absent or not voting (6)

2 Democratic, 4 Republican

Utah Senate, February 25, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on Second · 1st Sub. HB 251
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 24 Nays 0 Abs 5
Official record

Yes (24)

17 Republican, 1 Forward, 6 Democratic

Absent or not voting (5)

5 Republican

Utah Senate, February 26, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 1st Sub. HB 251
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 19 Nays 0 Abs 10
Official record

Yes (19)

13 Republican, 1 Forward, 5 Democratic

Absent or not voting (10)

9 Republican, 1 Democratic

Votes are listed as the Utah Legislature's floor vote records show them. Names are matched to today's roster, so members who have since left the Legislature aren't in the lists; the totals are the record's own. Committee votes and voice votes aren't included.