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2026 floor votes

H.B. 439: Water Planning Amendments

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

About this bill

Did not pass both chambers; the bill was filed on March 6, 2026. This bill modifies provisions related to the planning of future water supply.

  • Defines and modifies terms
  • Requires counties, municipalities, and special districts to adopt a written plan, beginning on January 1, 2028, for determining the reasonable future water requirement of the public before imposing a water exaction
  • Requires the state engineer to make rules to establish standards for the written plan
  • Provides a coordination clause with S.B. 284, Local Land Use Modifications, to address a requirement for counties and municipalities to complete a written plan
  • Makes technical and conforming changes

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor David Shallenberger

Utah House, February 24, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 2nd Sub. HB 439
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 59 Nays 8 N/V 8
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (57)

44 Republican, 13 Democratic

No (8)

8 Republican

Absent or not voting (6)

1 Democratic, 5 Republican

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.