Utah 2026 General Session Status: To Executive 1 R cosponsors

HB 363 — Water Easement Amendments

Last action — House/ filed

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced January 26, 2026. It awaits signature.

Next likely step: the executive signs it into law or issues a veto.

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Prognosis

Advancing 44% · moderate confidence

  • To Executive

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

70 added · 71 removed

Plain-language change summary

The revised bill, HB 363S02, now gives municipalities the first priority to take control of a water conveyance easement when the holder intends to abandon it. It also simplifies the process for municipalities wanting to change the use of these easements by requiring them to notify affected landowners and file a description of the new use with the county recorder. This change is significant because it streamlines the process for municipalities to manage water resources, ensuring that local governments have more authority to address water conveyance needs effectively.

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▸ requires a {municipality } political subdivision that desires to establish control of a prescriptive easement for water conveyance to file a notice describing the use and location of the prescriptive easement in the office of the county recorder in which the easement is located;
▸ requires a {municipality } political subdivision that {holds } desires to establish control of a prescriptive easement for water conveyance to file a notice describing the use and location of the prescriptive easement in the office of the county recorder in which the easement is located;
▸ allows a {municipality } political subdivision to convert the use of a prescriptive easement for H water conveyance if the {municipality} political subdivision:
▸ {allows a municipality to establish control of a prescriptive easement for water conveyance subject to a notice of intent to abandon the easement;} ▸ allows a {municipality } political subdivision to convert the use of a prescriptive Hasement for water conveyance if the {municipality} political subdivision:
0 ● files a notice describing the converted use of the easement in the office of the6county recorder;
3 ● 6 HB0363 compared with HB0363S02 files a notice describing the converted use of the easement in the office of the county recorder;
S ● 0 HB0363S01 compared with HB0363S02 waits 120 days from the day the {municipality } political subdivision sends notice to each affected landowner;
● waits 120 days from the day the {municipality } political subdivision sends notice to each affected landowner;
[(1)] (2) "Water conveyance" means a canal, ditch, pipeline, or other means of conveying water.
- 2 - HB0363 compared with HB0363S02 [(1)] (2) "Water conveyance" means a canal, ditch, pipeline, or other means of conveying water.
- 2 - HB0363S01 compared with HB0363S02 [(2)] (3) "Water user" means a water user or the water user's predecessor whose water being conveyed is represented by a water right recognized under state law or by shares in a mutual irrigation company.
[(2)] (3) "Water user" means a water user or the water user's predecessor whose water being conveyed is represented by a water right recognized under state law or by shares in a mutual irrigation company.
(i) in each county where the easement or part of the easement is located, file in the office of the county recorder a notice of intent to abandon the prescriptive easement that describes the easement or part of the easement to be abandoned[.] ;
(i) in each county {[where{]} in which} the easement or part of the easement is located, file in the office of the county recorder a notice of intent to abandon the prescriptive easement that describes the easement or part of the easement to be abandoned[.] ;
(c) Upon the filing of a notice of intent to abandon a prescriptive easement under Subsection (2)(a) (i), a municipality in which the prescriptive easement is located shall have first priority to establish - 3 - HB0363S01 compared with HB0363S02 control of any portion of the easement located within the municipality's boundaries in accordance with the requirements of Subsection (4)(b).
- 3 - HB0363 compared with HB0363S02 (c) Upon the filing of a notice of intent to abandon a prescriptive easement under Subsection (2)(a) (i), a municipality in which the prescriptive easement is located shall have first priority to establish control of any portion of the easement located within the municipality's boundaries in accordance with the requirements of Subsection (4)(b).
(d) Nothing in this section limits the ability of a {municipality } political subdivision to receive a transfer of a prescriptive easement for a water conveyance directly from the holder of the prescriptive easement.
(d) Nothing in this section limits the ability of a political subdivision to receive a transfer of a prescriptive easement for a water conveyance directly from the holder of the prescriptive easement.
Section 4.
- 4 - HB0363 compared with HB0363S02 Section 4.
- 4 - HB0363S01 compared with HB0363S02 57-13a-105.
57-13a-105.
- 5 - HB0363S01 compared with HB0363S02 (b) If a landowner objects to a {municipality's } political subdivision's converted use within 120 days of the {municipality } political subdivision providing notice described in Subsection (2)(a)(i), the {municipality } political subdivision shall:
- 5 - HB0363 compared with HB0363S02 (b) If a landowner objects to a {municipality's } political subdivision's converted use within 120 days of the {municipality } political subdivision providing notice described in Subsection (2)(a)(i), the {municipality } political subdivision shall:
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Action History

  1. House/ filed

  2. House/ strike enacting clause

  3. House/ filed

  4. House/ failed

  5. House/ floor amendment

  6. House/ 3rd reading

  7. LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0363S02

  8. LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0363S02

  9. House/ 2nd reading

  10. House/ comm rpt/ substituted [House Political Subdivisions Committee]

  11. LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0363S01

  12. LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0363S01

  13. House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Political Subdivisions Committee]

  14. House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Political Subdivisions Committee]

  15. LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0363S02

  16. LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0363S02

  17. House Comm - Not Considered [House Political Subdivisions Committee]

  18. LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0363S01

  19. LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0363S01

  20. House/ to standing committee [House Political Subdivisions Committee]

  21. House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst

  22. LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0363

  23. LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0363

  24. House/ 1st reading (Introduced)

  25. House/ received bill from Legislative Research

  26. LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0363

  27. LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0363

  28. Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed

  29. Bill Numbered but not Distributed

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Co-sponsors (0)

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Who sponsors HB 363?
HB 363 is sponsored by Nelson T. Abbott (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 363?
This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced January 26, 2026. It awaits signature.
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