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Read. Follow. Verify.Utah bars Office of Homeless Services from funding large-scale shelters and repeals city land eminent domain
Last action · March 6, 2026: House/ filedSponsor: Casey Snider
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What This Bill Proposed
Utah House Bill 523 prohibits the Office of Homeless Services from using state funds to establish year-round homeless shelters with 300 or more beds, defines large-scale low-barrier shelters, and repeals provisions allowing the of unincorporated city-owned land effective May 6, 2026.
The measure alters how state homeless funds can be distributed by disqualifying large shelter facilities from receiving state appropriations, while ending a specific government land acquisition power.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Office of Homeless Services
The office is prohibited from spending state appropriations to establish large-scale, low-barrier shelters.
Homeless service providers
State funding restrictions apply to the establishment of shelters with 300 or more beds.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.
Procedural history
11 actions- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ filed
- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ strike enacting clause
- Feb 11, 2026HouseHouse/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- Feb 11, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0523
- Feb 10, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0523
- Feb 9, 2026HouseIntroducedHouse/ 1st reading (Introduced)
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- Feb 9, 2026HouseHouse/ received bill from Legislative Research
- Feb 9, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0523
- Feb 9, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0523
- Feb 9, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselNumbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- Feb 9, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselBill Numbered but not Distributed
Version history
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Restriction on Large Shelter Funding
The state explicitly bars its Office of Homeless Services from utilizing appropriated funds for overnight facilities with 300 or more beds.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy50Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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