All Roll Calls
Yes: 123 • No: 0
UtahH.B. 5052025 General SessionHouseWALLET
Homeless Services Revisions
Sponsored By: Steve Eliason (Republican)
Signed by Governor
Department of Workforce ServicesWorkforce ServicesHomelessness
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
5 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 3 costs, 1 mixed.
Unauthorized camping on state land criminalized
Beginning May 7, 2025, camping on Utah state property without express state permission is a class C misdemeanor. Covered land includes state-owned or leased property and land owned, leased, or managed by the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration. Property owned or leased by local governments is excluded. Camping includes putting up or occupying structures, using items for sleeping, or cooking with portable equipment.
Domestic violence facilities keep compliance protections
Domestic violence service facilities do not have to follow homeless-services requirements that conflict with their licensing obligations. The same protection applies when those requirements conflict with conditions for receiving state or federal funds.
Cold-weather outreach coordination is no longer required
During code blue cold-weather alerts, shelters, government agencies, and service groups no longer have to coordinate street outreach. They can still work together to distribute available survival supplies to people experiencing homelessness. The change does not specify an increase or cut in available supplies.
Cities face stricter shelter funding rules
To receive shelter mitigation funds, cities must enforce a camping ban and laws against unlawful traffic, sidewalk, or entrance obstruction. The board reviews enforcement results, public-space strategies, and gaps between homelessness and reasonably accessible shelter beds. Applications must report prior-year spending, results, progress toward goals, and proposed improvements, separately from the September 30 report. The board no longer weighs whether cities have other funding for shelter needs. It still considers proposal strength, past spending efficiency, available account funds, and other factors it identifies.
Counties change winter shelter planning rules
County task forces must use homelessness counts and blind facility reviews to rank temporary winter shelter sites. Reviews weigh transit access, transportation costs, and needed building updates. Task forces must prioritize sites more than one mile from both shelters and permanent supportive housing, with housing locations state-verified. They must also prioritize municipalities or unincorporated areas without a shelter. Required nonvoting members with current or past homelessness drop from two to one; the cities-and-towns league representative is no longer required.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Steve Eliason
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Todd Weiler
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 3/7/2025
Senate/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 22 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/3/2025
Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 5 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/3/2025
Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
Yes: 6 • No: 0
House vote • 2/28/2025
House/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 2/28/2025
House/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 2/28/2025
House/ substituted
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 2/28/2025
House/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 68 • No: 0
House vote • 2/25/2025
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 11 • No: 0
House vote • 2/25/2025
House Comm - Substitute Recommendation
Yes: 11 • No: 0
House vote • Unknown
House/ substituted
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • Unknown
House/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • Unknown
House/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Governor Signed
3/27/2025House/ to Governor
3/17/2025HouseHouse/ received enrolled bill from Printing
3/17/2025HouseHouse/ enrolled bill to Printing
3/13/2025HouseEnrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
3/13/2025Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
3/7/2025Bill Received from House for Enrolling
3/7/2025House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling
3/7/2025HouseHouse/ received from Senate
3/7/2025HouseSenate/ to House
3/7/2025SenateSenate/ signed by President/ returned to House
3/7/2025SenateSenate/ passed 3rd reading
3/7/2025SenateSenate/ 3rd reading
3/7/2025SenateSenate/ 2nd reading
3/4/2025SenateSenate/ comm rpt/ placed on Consent Calendar
3/4/2025SenateSenate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
3/3/2025SenateSenate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
3/3/2025SenateSenate/ to standing committee
2/28/2025SenateSenate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
2/28/2025SenateSenate/ received from House
2/28/2025SenateHouse/ to Senate
2/28/2025HouseHouse/ passed 3rd reading
2/28/2025HouseHouse/ substituted
2/28/2025HouseHouse/ uncircled
2/28/2025HouseHouse/ circled
2/28/2025House
Bill Text
Enrolled
3/13/2025
Substitute #3
2/28/2025
Substitute #1
2/25/2025
Substitute #2
2/25/2025
Introduced
2/14/2025