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2022 RWAU Bill List
HB 21 2nd Sub School and Child Care Center Water Testing Rep. Handy
Requires testing of water for lead in schools and child care centers; requires action if results exceed certain levels;
RWAU Stance: Support
Passed both Houses
HB 33 1st Sub Instream Water Flow Amendments Rep. Ferry
Provides that certain entities or individuals may file a change application to provide water for an instream flow or for use on sovereign lands; amends the process by which such a change application is considered;
RWAU Stance: Track
Passed both Houses
HB 37 State Water Policy Amendments Rep. Stratton
Includes the recharge of aquifers as part of state water policy
RWAU Stance: Support
Passed both Houses
HB 64 2nd Sub Drinking Water Amendments Rep. Watkins
Creates the Drinking Water Capacity Account;
RWAU Stance: Support
Did Not Pass
HB 95 3rd Sub Landscaping Requirement Prohibition Rep. Ward
Prohibits certain government or private entities from requiring a property owner or resident to meet certain landscaping requirements and directs government or private entities to provide landscaping alternatives
RWAU Stance: Track
Did Not Pass
HB 115 Water Distribution Efficiency Rep. Ballard
Enacts the Water Distribution Efficiency Act; requires the Division of Water Resources to post a summary of water loss data; requires the establishment of standards of acceptable levels of water loss; addresses processes for dealing with excessive levels of water loss
RWAU Stance: Track
Failed in the House
HB 121 1st Sub Water Conservation Modifications Rep. Spendlove
Imposes requirements related to water conservation at state government facilities and state agencies; requires the Legislative Water Development Commission to study water conservation in the state
RWAU Stance: Track
Passed both Houses
HB 129 Navigable Water Determinations Rep. Hawkes
Provides for an administrative proceeding to determine navigability of waters; exempts the administrative proceeding from the Administrative Process Act; grants rulemaking authority; provides for judicial review; addresses the scope and impact of a determination; requires the Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands to publish a list of navigable waters in the state
RWAU Stance: Track
Held in Rules Committee
HB 131 Watershed Restoration Initiative Rep. Bennion
Creates the Watershed Restoration Initiative within the Department of Natural Resources; sets the policies and objectives of the initiative; describes how the initiative will be administered and funded; requires the initiative to submit an annual report to the Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Interim Committee; creates the Watershed Restoration Expendable Special Revenue Fund
RWAU Stance: Support
Passed both Houses
HB 132 1st Sub Uniform Easement Relocation Act Rep. Snow
Addresses the applicability of the Uniform Easement Relocation Act to certain easements; excludes certain easements from relocation under the act; establishes the right of a property owner to relocate and easement in certain circumstances; allows a property owner to commence a civil action to relocate an easement; provides the requirements for commencing a civil action to relocate an easement; addresses a court order for relocation of an easement; requires the parties to a civil action for easement relocation to act in good faith in facility relocation; addresses when a proposed easement relocation is considered final and complete; addresses the effect of an easement relocation under the Act; provides that the right of a property to relocate an easement under the Act cannot be waived, excluded or restricted by agreement; provides that the law should be applied and construed to promote uniformity with other states that enact the Act; contains a provision on the Act’s relation to the Electronic Signatures in Global National Commerce Act; provides that the Act applies to an easement created before, on or after the effective date of this bill; provides a severability clause
RWAU Stance: Track
Passed both Houses
HB 166 1st Sub Water Facilities Amendments Rep. Watkins
Modifies criminal and civil provisions related to water facilities, including defining terms and amending criminal intent provisions
RWAU Stance: Track
Passed both Houses
HB 168 Preferences of Water Rights Amendments Rep. Albrecht
Repeals language related to a temporary water shortage emergency; enacts a provision related to a temporary water shortage emergency with a delayed effective date; requires a study
RWAU Stance: Track
Passed both Houses
HB 177 Water Well Amendments Rep. Ferry
Restricts the state engineer’s rulemaking authority related to water production wells
RWAU Stance: Support
Passed both Houses
HB 232 Utah Lake Authority Rep. Brammer
Creates the Utah Lake Authority; defines the status of the Utah Lake Authority and provides for the Authority’s purposes, powers, duties, policies and objectives; establishes a board to govern the Utah Lake Authority and provides for board membership, appointment, terms, duties and responsibilities; authorizes the board to appoint nonvoting members, board officers and advisory committees; prohibits certain individuals from serving as a member of the board or as executive director and prohibits board members and the executive director from receiving certain benefits; provides for the hiring of an executive director and defines the executive director’s role and provides for the qualifications and duties of the executive director; requires the attorney general to provide legal services to the lake authority; provides a process for the adoption and amendment of a project area pan and a project area budget; provides for the Utah Lake Authority to be paid certain sales tax revenue and other sources of revenue and provides for the allowable uses of revenue; authorizes the Utah Lake Authority to issue bonds and includes provisions related to bonds; requires the Utah Lake Authority to adopt an annual budget and provides a process for preparing and adopting or amending a budget; requires the Utah Lake Authority to provide reports and requires the Authority to comply with audit requirements and provides limits on the dissolution of the Utah Lake Authority and requirements if a dissolution occurs
RWAU Stance: Oppose
Passed both Houses
HB 242 Secondary Water Metering Amendments Rep. Peterson
Imposes requirements related to metering pressurized secondary water; provides for penalties for failure to comply with metering requirements; provides for grants to fund metering of certain pressurized secondary water services
RWAU Stance: Track
Passed both Houses
HB 269 3rd Sub Capital Assets for Water Rep. Stratton
Requires the adoption and implementation of policies and plans related to capital assets; requires reporting to the Division of Water Resources
RWAU Stance: Support
Passed both Houses
HB 282 Water Wise Landscaping Amendments Rep. Wilcox
Modifies provisions regarding water wise landscaping
RWAU Stance: Track
Passed both Houses
HB 343 Water Supply Amendments Rep. Lyman
Addresses a municipality’s supply of water to contract water customers.
RWAU Stance: Oppose
Held in Rules Committee
HB 377 Water Rights Adjudication Amendments Rep. Kohler
In an action for an adjudication of water rights, allows the state engineer to serve a claimant with a request for additional information; if a claimant who is served with a request for additional information fails to respond, allows the state engineer to make a recommendation to the court based on the engineer’s existing knowledge, which may include recommending a disallowance of the claimant’s claim; allows the state engineer to seek an interlocutory judgement on water rights which no contest is filed
RWAU Stance: Track
Passed both Houses
HB 410 Great Salt Lake Watershed Enhancement Rep. Wilson
Addresses the duties of the Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands related to the Great Salt Lake.
RWAU Stance: Track
Passed both Houses
SB 31 Water Rights Proofs on Small Amounts of Water Sen. Sandall
Modifies the requirements for a proof submitted to the State Engineer regarding a small amount of water
RWAU Stance: Support
Passed both Houses
SB 73 Flow Rates or Quantity for Plumbing Fixtures Sen. Iwamoto
Modifies the residential and plumbing code adopted by the state to address maximum flow rates or quantity for certain plumbing fixtures or fixture fittings
RWAU Stance: Support
Did Not Pass
SB 89 Water Amendments Sen. Iwamoto
Modifies provisions related to a water conservation plan; requires goal for water conservation to be set; addresses adopting, amending, submitting or posting a water conservation plan, requires rate structures to be submitted under certain circumstances; addresses division powers and rulemaking; modifies provision related to culinary water pricing structure
RWAU Stance: Support
Passed both Houses
SB 110 1st Sub Water as Part of a General Plan Sen. McKell
Requires a water use and preservation element to be part of a municipal or county general plan; outlines how a water use and preservation element is integrated into a general plan and what steps to take in developing a water use and preservation element; provides for action related to the general plan by the legislative body of a municipality or county; addresses assistance by the Division of Water Resources
RWAU Stance: Support
Passed both Houses
SB 221 Water Related Sales and Use Tax Amendments Sen. Hinkins
Replaces certain references to dedicated credits with references to sales and use tax revenue; removes a cap on sales and use tax revenue kept by the Division of Water Rights; addresses uses of money transferred to the Division of Water Rights
RWAU Stance: Track
Passed both Houses
SB 254 Government Records Access Revisions Sen. Cullimore
Exempts certain records related to a governmental entity’s security measures from the Government Records Access and Management Act (GRAMA); classifies certain drinking water and wastewater data as a protected record under GRAMA
RWAU Stance: Support