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UtahH.B. 4922026 General SessionHouseWALLET
Transportation, Infrastructure, and Housing Amendments
Sponsored By: Calvin Roberts (Republican)
Signed by Governor
Public Funds and AccountsPublic BondsPolitical Subdivisions (Local Issues)Governor's Office of Economic OpportunityLocal Government Infrastructure and Utilities
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
11 provisions identified: 6 benefits, 0 costs, 5 mixed.
Convention center reserve and $50M transfer
Starting May 6, 2026, the law creates a Convention Center Reserves account inside the Transportation Fund. Money can fund convention center upgrades and nearby projects, or back county convention center debt up to $1.6 billion, if appropriated. For the fiscal year starting July 1, 2026, $50 million from the Transportation Investment Fund moves into this account.
More bonding and SR 89 cut
The law raises the transportation bond cap to $150 million, up from $70 million, starting May 6, 2026. The Department of Transportation must certify amounts and costs, and bonds cannot be issued if total general obligation debt would exceed half of the constitutional limit. For the fiscal year starting July 1, 2025, funding for SR‑89 improvements is capped at $250 million, down from $300 million.
New county money for local projects
For each fiscal year starting July 1, 2030 through July 1, 2060, $5,000,000 is distributed to a county of the first class. The county may use this money to revitalize a county‑owned convention center in a first‑class city and nearby related projects. The county highway projects fund may also be repaid from specified bond proceeds to support these grant payments under the law.
Public land to build affordable housing
Government bodies may grant or lease public land to develop moderate‑income housing. Each unit on that land must carry a deed restriction for at least 30 years from when the unit is finished and occupied. State agencies may also sell surplus property to qualifying housing entities at a pre‑entitlement appraised value and can defer payment if allowed by law.
State loans for housing infrastructure
The law creates the State Housing Infrastructure Partnership and a revolving loan fund. The board makes loans to cities, counties, and similar public bodies for system improvements that speed housing construction. Applicants must show a housing project is approved or pending, that the loan will accelerate it, agree to a builder timeline, provide matching funds, identify a repayment source, and show bonding capacity. Loans are backed by local revenues, usually last up to 20 years, and charge interest no more than 1.5 percentage points above the federal funds target set on January 1 of the loan year. The board may favor projects with many units per dollar and with starter single‑family homes, and can restructure loans for extenuating circumstances. The board may make one special loan to the Point of the Mountain State Authority up to $18,000,000 for up to three years. Administrative costs from the fund are capped at 1% of fund revenues, and earnings stay in the fund.
Grants to build affordable housing infrastructure
The law creates an Affordable Housing Infrastructure Grant program for public entities in counties of the first class. Grants must support at least one affordable unit for every $20,000 awarded, and each project must plan at least 50 units. The board favors proposals with starter single‑family homes and, for highway work, projects that connect to regional roads; highway proposals must provide needed right‑of‑way as the match. Funding comes from bond proceeds and, beginning July 1, 2026, the Transportation Investment Fund can front grant payments; the county highway fund can also front payments from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2028, with later repayment from bond proceeds and only if doing so does not delay commission‑prioritized projects. Before funds go out, the department must approve detailed planning and construction cost estimates (unless the board waives this). Starting May 6, 2026, an “affordable housing unit” under this program means an owner‑occupied sale home at a price the board deems affordable for that county, with a deed restriction up to five years. Bond proceeds may pay for land, site work, required improvements, and interest during construction (including six months).
Ethics safe harbor for affordable housing
Beginning May 6, 2026, public officers, public employees, and legislators may take part in work to build or operate affordable housing when local land‑use law allows it. The exception applies only when the housing benefits are offered to all qualified residents. This narrows certain ethics limits in that setting.
Faster housing infrastructure grant decisions
Beginning May 6, 2026, the Housing Infrastructure Partnership Board can make rules for how the fund runs and how loans are reviewed. The board must follow Utah’s rulemaking law and consider recommendations from two interim committees. For grants the board awards, the board may waive the department’s cost‑estimate and executive‑director pre‑approval and direct the department to transfer grant money to the recipient.
Simpler city land grants process
Beginning May 6, 2026, when a city or town grants real property under this section, it does not have to follow Subsection 10‑8‑2(3). This removes a procedural step for those grants.
First chance when state sells road land
Starting May 6, 2026, if the transportation department sells property it acquired, the original grantor (or, for some easements, the servient‑estate owner) gets the first chance to match the highest offer. If the department never used the acquired property, the original grantor may buy it back at the original purchase price if they still own the adjacent or servient property. The right of first refusal does not apply to rights bought with the Marda Dillree Corridor Preservation Fund or to property that has been exchanged. If the rightsholder does not buy, the department may reject bids and dispose under the cited statute. The department can sell, lease, or exchange unneeded transportation property; sales under this section are exempt from state mineral reservations, and deeds without reservations convey the state’s full interest. The department must set appraisal and valuation rules and may allow certain sales, including pre‑entitlement appraised value with deferred payment to a state agency or housing entity. Most sale proceeds go to the Transportation Fund; maintenance‑facility sale proceeds may be used to buy or improve another maintenance site.
Local 0.25% transit tax rules
As of May 6, 2026, any county, city, or town can add a 0.25% local sales tax. If your area adopts it, you pay 0.25% more on taxable purchases made there. The money must fund public transit, certain airport projects, or both; airport spending is allowed only if the project is in the regional transportation plan and the airport meets location and ownership rules in law. In a first‑class county that uses this tax, 80% goes to transit and 20% to the county highway projects fund. Some third‑class counties that imposed the tax by January 1, 2020 and are partly inside a large transit district can change allowed uses by ordinance with the district, without a voter opinion question.
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Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Calvin Roberts
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Kirk A. Cullimore
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 3/6/2026
House Conference Committee - Final Passage
Yes: 66 • No: 5
House vote • 3/6/2026
House/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 3/6/2026
House/ refuse to concur with Senate amendment
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/6/2026
Senate/ refused to recede from Senate amendments
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/6/2026
Senate Motion to Adopt Joint Conference Comm Rpt
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/6/2026
Senate Conference Committee - Final Passage
Yes: 27 • No: 0
House vote • 3/6/2026
House Motion to Adopt Joint Conference Comm Rpt
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/6/2026
Senate/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/6/2026
Senate/ substituted
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/6/2026
Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
Yes: 24 • No: 5
House vote • 3/6/2026
House/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/5/2026
Senate/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 2/27/2026
Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 4 • No: 0
House vote • 2/24/2026
House/ substituted
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 2/24/2026
House/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 61 • No: 8
House vote • 2/18/2026
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 7 • No: 1
House vote • 2/18/2026
House Comm - Substitute Recommendation
Yes: 8 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Governor Signed
3/25/2026House/ to Governor
3/16/2026HouseHouse/ received enrolled bill from Printing
3/16/2026HouseHouse/ enrolled bill to Printing
3/12/2026HouseEnrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
3/12/2026Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
3/11/2026Bill Received from House for Enrolling
3/11/2026House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling
3/11/2026HouseHouse/ received from Senate
3/11/2026HouseSenate/ to House
3/10/2026SenateSenate/ signed by President/ returned to House
3/10/2026SenateSenate/ received from House
3/10/2026SenateHouse/ to Senate
3/6/2026HouseHouse Conference Committee - Final Passage
3/6/2026House Motion to Adopt Joint Conference Comm Rpt
3/6/2026House/ received from Senate
3/6/2026HouseSenate/ to House
3/6/2026SenateSenate Conference Committee - Final Passage
3/6/2026Senate Motion to Adopt Joint Conference Comm Rpt
3/6/2026Senate/ received from House
3/6/2026SenateConference Committee Report
3/6/2026Bill Substituted by Conference Committee
3/6/2026House/ to Senate
3/6/2026HouseHouse Conference Committee Appointed
3/6/2026House/ received from Senate
3/6/2026House
Bill Text
Enrolled
3/12/2026
Substitute #4
3/6/2026
Substitute #5
3/6/2026
Substitute #6
3/6/2026
Substitute #3
2/24/2026
Substitute #1
2/18/2026
Substitute #2
2/18/2026
Introduced
2/4/2026
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