Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah HB363: Water Easement Amendments
Status: Failed, March 6, 2026
This bill addresses provisions related to a prescriptive easement for water conveyance.
What the bill says
From the substitute text, February 25, 2026:
0 Water Easement Amendments 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Nelson T. Abbott Senate Sponsor: LONG TITLE General Description: This bill addresses provisions related to a prescriptive easement for water conveyance. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - provides that a municipality has first priority to establish control of a prescriptive easement for water conveyance upon the holder of the easement filing a notice of intent to abandon; - requires a 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; - allows a political subdivision to convert the use of a prescriptive easement for water conveyance if the political subdivision: - mails notice of the converted use of the easement to each affected landowner; - files a notice describing the converted use of the easement in the office of the county recorder; - waits 120 days from the day the political subdivision sends notice to each affected landowner; - receives no written objection to the converted use from an affected landowner; and - limits the modified use of the easement to not burden an affected landowner's use of land, interfere with an existing easement, or expand the size of …
Sponsors
- Nelson Abbott (R, 57) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : House/ filed
- : House/ strike enacting clause
- : House/ filed
- : House/ failed
- : House/ floor amendment
- : House/ 3rd reading
- : LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0363S02
- : LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0363S02
- : House/ 2nd reading
- : House/ comm rpt/ substituted
Votes
- House/ failed (February 27, 2026): 22 yea, 47 nay, failed
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation (February 25, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (February 25, 2026): 6 yea, 1 nay, passed
Subjects: Easements, Water, Natural Resources, Dams and Canals, Political Subdivisions (Local Issues), Municipalities
Common questions
- What is HB363?
- HB363 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2026 General Session): Water Easement Amendments.
- What does HB363 do?
- This bill addresses provisions related to a prescriptive easement for water conveyance.
- What is the status of HB363?
- Failed as of March 6, 2026. Latest action: House/ filed (March 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB363?
- Nelson Abbott (R, 57).
- Where is the official record for HB363?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0363.html
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