HB0520 • 2026

Higher Education Student Housing Study

Education Housing

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Jason E.
Last action: 2026-03-25
Official status: Governor Signed
Effective date: Not listed

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Higher Education Student Housing Study

This bill requires the completion of a feasibility study on higher education student housing.

What This Bill Does

This bill requires the completion of a feasibility study on higher education student housing.

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Bill History

2026-03-25 Lieutenant Governor's office for filing
Governor Signed
2026-03-11 Clerk of the House
House/ received enrolled bill from Printing
2026-03-11 Executive Branch - Governor
House/ to Governor
2026-03-05 Legislative Research and General Counsel / Enrolling
Bill Received from House for Enrolling
2026-03-05 Legislative Research and General Counsel / Enrolling
Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
2026-03-05 Clerk of the House
Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
2026-03-05 Clerk of the House
House/ enrolled bill to Printing
2026-03-05 House Speaker
House/ received from Senate
2026-03-05 Legislative Research and General Counsel / Enrolling
House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling
2026-03-04 Senate 2nd Reading Calendar
Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
2026-03-04 Senate Rules Committee
Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
2026-03-04 Senate 2nd Reading Calendar
Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
2026-03-04 Senate 2nd Reading Calendar
Senate/ circled
2026-03-04 Senate President
Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
2026-03-04 House Speaker
Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House
2026-03-04 House Speaker
Senate/ to House
2026-03-04 Senate 2nd Reading Calendar
Senate/ uncircled
2026-03-02 Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee
Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
2026-03-02 Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee
Senate/ committee report favorable
2026-03-02 Senate 2nd Reading Calendar
Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
2026-02-27 Senate Rules Committee
Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
2026-02-27 Waiting for Introduction in the Senate
Senate/ received from House
2026-02-27 Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee
Senate/ to standing committee
2026-02-26 House 3rd Reading Calendar for House bills
House/ 3rd reading
2026-02-26 House 3rd Reading Calendar for House bills
House/ floor amendment
2026-02-26 Senate Secretary
House/ passed 3rd reading
2026-02-26 Senate Secretary
House/ to Senate
2026-02-20 House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
2026-02-20 House 3rd Reading Calendar for House bills
House/ 2nd reading
2026-02-20 House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee
House/ committee report favorable
2026-02-17 House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee
House/ to standing committee
2026-02-10 House Rules Committee
House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
2026-02-09 Legislative Research and General Counsel
Bill Numbered but not Distributed
2026-02-09 House Rules Committee
House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
2026-02-09 Clerk of the House
House/ received bill from Legislative Research
2026-02-09 Legislative Fiscal Analyst
LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0520
2026-02-09 Legislative Fiscal Agency
LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0520
2026-02-09 Released
LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0520
2026-02-09 Version Sponsor
LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0520
2026-02-09 Legislative Research and General Counsel
Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed

Official Summary Text

This bill requires the completion of a feasibility study on higher education student housing.

Current Bill Text

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53H-9-405
53H-9-405
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Higher Education Student Housing Study
2026 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Jason E. Thompson
Senate Sponsor: Brady Brammer
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill requires the completion of a feasibility study on higher education student housing.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
requires an employee of the governor's office, in consultation with the commissioner of
higher education, to:
complete a feasibility study regarding the impact of higher education student housing
on surrounding communities; and
report to the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
This bill provides a special effective date.
Utah Code Sections Affected:
ENACTS:
53H-9-405
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section
53H-9-405
is enacted to read:
53H-9-405
. Higher education student housing feasibility study.
An employee of the governor's office who is an expert or advisor on housing strategy
shall, in consultation with the commissioner of higher education:
(1)
complete a feasibility study that:
(a)
examines the impact of higher education student populations on home ownership in
communities surrounding institutions of higher education, including the magnitude
and costs; and
(b)
proposes opportunities for state and institutional mitigation of the impacts described
in Subsection
(1)(a)
, which may include:
(i)
a uniform statewide effort to create dedicated student, faculty, and staff housing
on state- or institution-owned land; or
(ii)
state facilitation of negotiated development agreements with third-party
developers for student housing;
(2)
ensure the involvement of presidents of institutions of higher education, the Utah Board
of Higher Education, developers, municipalities in which an institution of higher
education is located, and other interested parties in the process of completing the
feasibility study; and
(3)
report to the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee before November 1, 2026,
regarding the outcome of the feasibility study described in Subsection
(1)
.
Section 2.
Effective Date.
This bill takes effect:
(1)
except as provided in Subsection (2), May 6, 2026; or
(2)
if approved by two-thirds of all members elected to each house:
(a)
upon approval by the governor;
(b)
without the governor's signature, the day following the constitutional time limit of
Utah Constitution, Article VII, Section 8; or
(c)
in the case of a veto, the date of veto override.
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