H.B. 5 Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environmental Quality Base Budget

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What the bill does

This bill supplements or reduces appropriations otherwise provided for the support and operation of state government for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025 and ending June 30, 2026 and appropriates funds for the support and operation of state government for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026 and ending June 30, 2027.

Hearings and debates

• Jan 26, 2026 House floor debate (day 7)▶ Watch
  Transcript (3 turns)

  1. Speaker (presiding)21:03

     House Bill five. Natural resources, agriculture and Environmental quality based budget by Representative Representative Barlow.

  2. Rep. Stewart E. Barlow21:19

     Thanks, Mr. Speaker. Uh, motion to circle.

  3. Speaker (presiding)21:21

     Thank you representative. The motion before this is the House circle HB five. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Roll That motion passes And HB five has been circled. Madam Reading Clerk

• Jan 28, 2026 House floor debate (day 9)▶ Watch
  Transcript (22 turns)

  1. Speaker (presiding)21:11

     Thank you Representative Barlow. The motion before us is the House encircle HB five. We're going place the motion. All in favor of the house. UNC HB five say Aye. Aye. And the opposed roll. That motion passes the bills.

  2. Rep. Stewart E. Barlow21:26

     Uncircled Representative Barlow to you for presentation Base. P five is the base budget for the natural resources, agriculture and environmental quality base budgets includes one-time changes and ongoing funding for the Department of Agriculture and Food, the Department of Environmental Quality, the Department of Natural Resources, the School and Institutional Trust, lands Administration, and the Colorado River Authority of Utah, which is in the governor's office. Section three of this based budget bill includes the budgets for entities in the Department of Natural Resources and government Governor's office reviewed in the 2025 interim accountable budget process. EAC did not approve any base budget increases in December for these agencies For fiscal year 2027, the bill app appropriates a total of $1.1 billion, including 163 million from the general fund and 268,000 from the income tax fund. And Mr. Speaker, I need a little help, a lifeline from a friend present to move this, uh, forward.

  3. Speaker (presiding)23:05

     Thank you Representative Barlow discussion to the bill, Representative Peterson.

  4. Rep. Peterson23:12speaker not certain

     Thank you Mr. Speaker. Um, I move first substitute house bill five and Representative Barlow's name.

  5. Speaker (presiding)23:19

     Thank you representative. Uh, that motion order, would you like to speak to it? Representative

  6. Rep. Peterson23:23speaker not certain

     Peterson? Yeah. So this, uh, bill just corrects a couple of technical things. First of all, it uh, includes some non lapsing intent language that was inadvertently omitted from the original bill. And the second thing it does is it also adds an appropriation from an existing restricted account balance to purchase water. And, uh, with that, I'm happy to answer any questions.

  7. Speaker (presiding)23:45

     Thank you Representative Peterson. Discussion to the motion to adopt HB five. Sorry to, to first substitute on HB five discussion to that motion. Actually let's go to Representative Barlow, uh, for, uh, on the motion to substitute.

  8. Rep. Stewart E. Barlow24:05

     Yes, I move. We, uh, move forward with HB uh, five sub one.

  9. Speaker (presiding)24:16

     Thank you Representative Barlow. Discussion to that motion Representative Cutler.

  10. Rep. Paul A. Cutler24:24

      Thank you Mr. Speaker with a sponsor, uh, yield to a question. Representative Peterson, will you yield to a question

  11. Rep. Peterson24:32

      I'll yield? Uh,

  12. Rep. Paul A. Cutler24:34

      Just wanted to clarify if, if this, uh, allows the, the purchase of the water rights, uh, that's been mentioned in the news for US magnesium, that will be a great benefit to the state of Utah.

  13. Rep. Peterson24:45

      So this, uh, this will allow for the purchase of water rights, uh, to, uh, help us with, uh, impending water shortages.

  14. Speaker (presiding)24:55

      Thank you. Thank you Representative Keller. Further discussion to the bill none.

  15. Speaker (presiding)25:04

      Back to your Representative Peterson for summation on the motion to substitute.

  16. Rep. Peterson25:08

      Thank you Mr. Speaker. So, um, what, what this, uh, purchase of water will do will be to add, uh, some additional water into the Great Salt Lake. And so this is a, a very strategic purchase that was, uh, put aside in a restricted account, um, five years ago for this very purpose. And so as we look forward to continuing our efforts in the Great Salt Lake, this is a key piece.

  17. Unknown speaker25:33speaker not certain

      Just to be clear. Representative Peterson, it's for the US Mag purchase. That's what that's for.

  18. Rep. Peterson25:37

      That's correct. Thank you, Representative Peterson.

  19. Speaker (presiding)25:41

      Uh, further discussion or sorry, we will go ahead and place the motion. All in favor? Adopting first substitute HP five. Uh, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Will that motion passes. The bill has been substituted before the body for its consideration. Further debate That will do it.

  20. Speaker (presiding)26:03

      See none. Back to U FM Barlow For summation, I wa I waive Summation has been waived.

  21. Speaker (presiding)26:08

      Voting will now be open on first substitute HP five seeing all present and voted voting is now closed. First substitute HB five passes this body with 71 yes votes zero no votes will be sent to the Senate for its consideration.

  22. Speaker (presiding)27:04

      Uh, speaker announces a rules committee meeting to be held in the House Rules Committee, uh, room. So all those members of the House Rules Committee, uh, house rules committee are excused.

• Jan 29, 2026 Senate floor debate (day 10)▶ Watch
  Transcript (6 turns)

  1. Sen. David P. Hinkins6:57

     The natural resource Agriculture environmental quality based budget includes one-time changes and ongoing funding. The Department of Agriculture and Food, the Department of Environmental Quality, the Department of Natural Resources, the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration, and the Colorado River Authority of Utah, which is part of the governor's office. Section three of the base bill includes the budgets in for entities in the Department of Natural Resources and the governor's office. Reviewed in the 2025 interim accountable budget process. The first substitute adds intent language as well as 40,000,001 time on item 41 in the fiscal year to 2026 from the restricted funds for the Department of Natural Resources to purchase water for the Great Salt Lakes as part of a time sensitive transaction. And as you've read in the news, that was, uh, part of, uh, the purchase, uh, out in the Great Salt Lake to be able to add more water to it. And for fiscal year 2027, the bill appropriates a total of 1.1 billion, including 163 million from the general fund, 268,000 from the income tax fund. And with that I'm open to questions.

  2. Sen. J. Stuart Adams (presiding)8:12

     Thank you for that, uh, presentation again. It's a base budget bill. I'm not seeing discussion. Senator Hinkins, I'm gonna ask you for a favor, need you to make a motion that we suspend the three reading requirement as allowed by the Constitution.

  3. Sen. David P. Hinkins8:25

     I make a motion that we suspend the three reading, uh, from the Constitution for the

  4. Sen. J. Stuart Adams (presiding)8:30

     Constitution. Thank you. We have a motion. Do we have discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? All the motion passes. So again, the, let me maybe clarify the motion. I may place it again. The motion is we suspend the constitutional three reading requirement for the budget bills for the base budget bills for the day. All in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Roll up Motion passes. We're not gonna spend. That'd be nice to suspend it for the rest of the session, wouldn't it? We're not gonna do that, so thank you. Okay. Just on the base budget Bill now for a motion or action on the bill.

  5. Sen. David P. Hinkins9:00

     With that Mr. President, I call the question. Thank you. The question is, under suspension, the role shall first substitute house bill five pass. Roll call vote.

  6. Senate clerk9:07

     Senator Vickers. Baldy Lein Aye. Brammer Bus Comore Escamia Fillmore Grover Harper Kins Ipson Johnson Qua McKay Mc Mikel Milner A Musselman Owens Pitcher Plum Rebi Sandal Stevenson Stevenson Stratton Aye. Vickers Weiler Aye. Wilson Winterton. President Adams Aye. First, first substitute House Bill five. Having received 27 a votes zero nay votes two being absent. Pass this, this body will be signed by the President. And return to the house for the signature of the speaker.

All votes

• 71-0-4House floor · House/ passed 3rd reading · Jan 28, 2026Roll call
• 27-0-2Senate floor · Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension · Jan 29, 2026Roll call

Tallies are yeas–nays–absent.