# Utah H.B. 37: Utah Housing Amendments Utah H.B. 37, Utah Housing Amendments, is a 2025 General Session House bill sponsored by James A. Dunnigan (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-03-26 (Governor Signed); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB37-2025GS - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Utah H.B. 37 - State: Utah - Session: 2025 General Session - Title: Utah Housing Amendments - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2024-12-19 - Last action: 2025-03-26, Governor Signed - Sponsor: James A. Dunnigan (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Counties, Land Use, Housing, Local Government Boundaries, Municipalities, Political Subdivisions (Local Issues), Transportation, Incorporation, Local Government Ordinances, Planning and Zoning, Public Transit, Affordable Housing - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 13 (140 yes, 45 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 14 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Counties must plan for water conservation: benefit, low. County general plans must address water distribution and consider combining public water systems. Counties must consult state agriculture officials about conservation easements and water-saving improvements, and notify local irrigation or canal companies. They must recommend conservation policies a… - Special districts can offer propane service: benefit, low. Utah special districts may operate propane systems as a local service. They remain subject to the four-service limit, with grandfathering rules, and other existing restrictions. Districts are not required to offer propane, and the law does not set household prices. - Town population rules retain 100-person floor: benefit, low. The law lowers one town-incorporation population threshold from 100 to 75 people. A separate rule still bars incorporation under this process for areas with fewer than 100 people. Areas with 75–99 people therefore remain ineligible, and other incorporation requirements still apply. - Cities gain more housing planning options: benefit, low. The law adds housing variety and affordability to city planning goals and expands the strategies cities can count. New options include projects receiving or qualifying for Utah Homes Investment Program funding and qualifying affordable homeownership density bonuses. Cities without fixed-guideway tr… - Counties gain more housing strategy choices: benefit, low. The law adds housing variety and affordability to county planning goals. Covered counties must plan for five years of moderate-income housing needs, using three A–V strategies or one W–BB strategy. Added options include housing investment zones, Utah Homes Investment Program projects, and affordabl… - County housing plans can boost transportation priority: benefit, low. The Transportation Commission may favor projects in a covered county's unincorporated areas when its compliant housing report plans five or more strategies. The housing division must notify the county and transportation department when it gains or loses this status. Priority consideration does not… - County permits cannot require annexation requests: benefit, low. County development agreements made on or after May 5, 2021, cannot enforce certain requirements to start municipal annexation. The ban covers clauses making an annexation request a condition of building permits or other development regulation in unincorporated areas. The rest of the agreement remai… - Local multifamily housing bonuses gain rules: benefit, low. Cities and counties may approve affordable homeownership bonuses for multifamily housing with at least 20 homes per acre. Both may require at least 20% more homes than zoning otherwise allows and set affordability, size, or owner-occupancy conditions. City options include 60% owner-occupancy for at… - Local single-family housing bonuses gain rules: benefit, low. Cities and counties may approve affordable homeownership density bonuses through zoning ordinances or development agreements. Single-family bonuses allow at least six homes per acre where zoning allows fewer, or at least 0.5 more where it allows six or more. Cities may require 60% owner-occupancy f… - Utah must create statewide housing plan: benefit, low. The Governor's Office of Planning and Budget must develop a state housing plan by December 31, 2025. It must work with lawmakers, local governments, home builders, related groups, and the public. Reports to the Political Subdivisions Interim Committee are due each October 1. The planning requiremen… - Housing-report lawsuits cannot win money damages: cost, low. Plaintiffs in covered municipal housing-report enforcement lawsuits cannot collect money damages. They may seek court orders or other non-money relief. The limit also covers claims under Utah Code 10-9a-404(4)(c). - Daily fees for local housing-report failures: cost, low. Beginning with 2024 reports, cities and covered counties owe $250 daily for missed housing reports or unresolved report problems. Beginning with 2025 reports, the fee rises to $500 daily for a consecutive year of failure. City fees start the day after the report deadline or the deadline to fix prob… - Housing-report failures block local transportation funding: cost, low. Missed housing reports, unresolved problems, or unsuccessful appeals can block state transportation and transit funding in cities and unincorporated county areas. Cities have 90 days to fix report problems; appeal requests generally have a 10-day deadline after notice. Beginning May 7, 2025, the tr… - Housing incentives can carry affordability requirements: mixed, low. Cities and counties may tie a required number of moderate-income homes to accepted qualifying housing incentives. Cities may also use written agreements or city-provided incentives to set these approval conditions. A city generally cannot count an applicant's refusal to participate against the land… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: James A. Dunnigan (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Lincoln Fillmore (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-07 | Senate | Senate/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-03-07 | House | House/ concurs with Senate amendment | pass | 39 | 30 | | | 2025-03-07 | Senate | Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension | pass | 22 | 6 | | | 2025-03-07 | Senate | Senate/ substituted | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-03-07 | Senate | Senate/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-02-27 | Senate | Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation | pass | 5 | 0 | | | 2025-02-27 | Senate | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 4 | 0 | | | 2025-02-20 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 58 | 9 | | | 2025-02-13 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 6 | 0 | | | 2025-02-13 | House | House Comm - Substitute Recommendation | pass | 6 | 0 | | | | Senate | Senate/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | Senate | Senate/ substituted | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | Senate | Senate/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | ## Actions (46) - 2025-03-26: Governor Signed - 2025-03-17: House/ to Governor (House) - 2025-03-17: House/ received enrolled bill from Printing (House) - 2025-03-13: House/ enrolled bill to Printing (House) - 2025-03-13: Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate - 2025-03-12: Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared - 2025-03-12: Bill Received from House for Enrolling - 2025-03-12: House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling (House) - 2025-03-12: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2025-03-08: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2025-03-08: Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House (Senate) - 2025-03-08: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2025-03-07: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-03-07: House/ concurs with Senate amendment (House) - 2025-03-07: House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar (House) - 2025-03-07: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ to House with amendments (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ substituted (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ uncircled (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ circled (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules (Senate) - 2025-02-28: Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2025-02-28: Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted (Senate) - 2025-02-27: Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (Senate) - 2025-02-27: Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation (Senate) - 2025-02-25: Senate/ to standing committee (Senate) - 2025-02-24: Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (Senate) - 2025-02-21: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2025-02-21: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-02-20: House/ held (House) - 2025-02-20: House/ passed 3rd reading (House) - 2025-02-20: House/ 3rd reading (House) - 2025-02-13: House/ 2nd reading (House) - 2025-02-13: House/ comm rpt/ substituted (House) - 2025-02-13: House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (House) - 2025-02-13: House Comm - Substitute Recommendation (House) - 2025-01-24: House/ to standing committee (House) - 2025-01-23: House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (House) - 2025-01-21: House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (House) - 2025-01-15: House/ received bill from Legislative Research (House) - 2024-12-19: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-03-13: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/HB0037.pdf) - Substitute #4, 2025-03-07: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0037S04.pdf) - Substitute #5, 2025-03-07: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0037S05.pdf) - Substitute #3, 2025-03-06: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0037S03.pdf) - Substitute #2, 2025-02-27: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0037S02.pdf) - Substitute #1, 2025-02-13: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0037S01.pdf) - Introduced, 2024-12-19: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0037.pdf) ## Related bills - S.B. 199: Guardianship Amendments (signed) - H.B. 562: Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Amendments (signed) - H.B. 493: Medical Examiner Amendments (signed) - H.B. 482: Health and Human Services Reporting Requirements (signed) - S.B. 197: Property Tax Amendments (vetoed) - S.B. 3: Appropriations Adjustments (signed) ## Sources - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/HB0037.pdf) - [Substitute #4 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0037S04.pdf) - [Substitute #5 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0037S05.pdf) - [Substitute #3 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0037S03.pdf) - [Substitute #2 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0037S02.pdf) - [Substitute #1 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0037S01.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0037.pdf) ## Related - [S.B. 199: Guardianship Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB199-2025GS) - [H.B. 562: Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB562-2025GS) - [H.B. 493: Medical Examiner Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB493-2025GS) - [H.B. 482: Health and Human Services Reporting Requirements](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB482-2025GS) - [S.B. 197: Property Tax Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB197-2025GS) - [S.B. 3: Appropriations Adjustments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB3-2025GS) - [Utah bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/utah/bills) - [Utah state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/utah) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB37-2025GS (as of 2026-10-17).