Utah legislation · 2025 General Session
Utah HJR9: Joint Resolution Regarding Utah's Share of Colorado River Water
Status: Passed both chambers, April 4, 2025
This resolution addresses usage of alloted shares of Colorado River water.
What the bill says
From the amended text:
Joint Resolution Regarding Utah's Share of Colorado River Water 2025 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Casey Snider Senate Sponsor: Scott D. Sandall LONG TITLE General Description: This resolution addresses usage of alloted shares of Colorado River water. Highlighted Provisions: This resolution: - outlines the historical interstate compact regarding the Colorado River; - highlights the significance of the Colorado River water allocated to Utah; and - declares that it is the position of the state of Utah that any basin state should be able to use the state's Colorado River allocation at any location within the geographic boundaries of that state. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: None Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Utah: WHEREAS, the Colorado River flows for approximately 1,450 miles and provides water to Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Arizona, California, and Nevada (basin states) and Mexico; WHEREAS, the Colorado River basin is a critical water source in the Western United States and supplies water to over 40 million people in the United States and Mexico, irrigates nearly 5.5 million acres of land, and is a water source for 30 federally recognized American Indian Tribes; WHEREAS, Colorado River water apportionments were determined in the 1922 Colorado River Compact (1922 Compact); WHEREAS, the 1922 Compact divided the Colorado River …
Sponsors
- Snider, Casey (R, 5) · primary sponsor
- Sandall, Scott D. (R, 1)
Latest actions
- : House/ to Lieutenant Governor
- : House/ received enrolled bill from Printing
- : House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- : Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- : Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- : Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- : House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling
- : House/ received from Senate
- : Senate/ to House
- : Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
Votes
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (February 28, 2025): 5 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House/ passed 3rd reading (February 25, 2025): 65 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (February 20, 2025): 11 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Water, Natural Resources, Resolutions, Compacts, Environment
Common questions
- What is HJR9?
- HJR9 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2025 General Session): Joint Resolution Regarding Utah's Share of Colorado River Water.
- What does HJR9 do?
- This resolution addresses usage of alloted shares of Colorado River water.
- What is the status of HJR9?
- Passed both chambers as of April 4, 2025. Latest action: House/ to Lieutenant Governor (April 4, 2025).
- Who sponsored HJR9?
- Snider, Casey (R, 5), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HJR9?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/HJR009.html
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