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Committee favors HB 400 to push water-efficient landscaping for new construction in Great Salt Lake drainages
Utah House Political Subdivisions Committee · February 18, 2026
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Summary
HB 400 directs municipalities in the Great Salt Lake drainage without water-efficient new-construction ordinances to enact them; the committee gave the bill a favorable recommendation after hearing water-resource statistics and receiving agency support.
Representative Owens presented HB 400 as a water-conservation measure that encourages cities in the Great Salt Lake drainage that lack a water-efficient new-construction ordinance to enact one. He said the bill carries no enforcement penalties but aims to spur action through statutory direction and…
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