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Thursday, November 5, 2026

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2026 floor votes

H.B. 60: Water Rights 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 23, 2026. This bill addresses water rights and the state engineer's actions related to water rights.

  • Addresses actions related to an application to appropriate public water
  • Modifies the extent to which the state engineer may consider a protest
  • Addresses temporary applications
  • Modifies the grounds that the state engineer may consider in approving or rejecting an application, including what the state engineer may consider related to public welfare
  • Clarifies who is an aggrieved person for purposes of seeking judicial review
  • Makes technical and conforming changes

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

Utah House, February 3, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 1st Sub. HB 60
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 54 Nays 17 N/V 4
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (50)

50 Republican

No (17)

13 Democratic, 4 Republican

Absent or not voting (4)

1 Democratic, 3 Republican

Utah Senate, February 18, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on Second · 1st Sub. HB 60
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 15 Nays 7 Abs 7
Official record

Yes (15)

15 Republican

No (7)

1 Forward, 5 Democratic, 1 Republican

Absent or not voting (7)

6 Republican, 1 Democratic

Utah Senate, February 20, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 1st Sub. HB 60
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 18 Nays 7 Abs 4
Official record

Yes (18)

18 Republican

No (7)

1 Forward, 6 Democratic

Absent or not voting (4)

4 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.