HB0596S01 (Substitute)
Homelessness Amendments
Introduction
Feb 23
House Rules
House Committee
Mar 2
House Floor Vote
Mar 3
Senate Rules
Senate Committee
Senate 2nd Reading
Senate 3rd Reading
Governor
This bill addresses provisions regarding homeless services.
This bill:
AI-generated summary, reviewed by Better Utah staff.
This bill makes several changes to how Utah funds and coordinates homeless services across the state. It creates a new Homeless Services Restricted Account, funded in part by cigarette tax revenues above $48.9 million annually, and allows the Office of Homeless Services to distribute those funds to counties that set up matching accounts and meet outcome-based reporting requirements — with eligible uses including behavioral health services, mobile crisis outreach, street medicine, shelter operations, and capital improvements. The bill also creates a Mitigation Fund Task Force to study and recommend how to fairly distribute mitigation funding between cities that host shelters and those that don't, lowers the temperature threshold that triggers a "code blue" emergency shelter alert from 18 to 25 degrees Fahrenheit, allows homeless shelter providers to temporarily expand their bed capacity up to 135% of their permitted limit with municipal consent, and permits the office to issue advance monthly payments to homeless service providers rather than requiring them to wait for reimbursement after services are delivered.
Current version: HB0596S01 (Substitute)
Introduction
Feb 23
House Rules
House Committee
Mar 2
House Floor Vote
Mar 3
Senate Rules
Senate Committee
Senate 2nd Reading
Senate 3rd Reading
Governor
IntroductionFeb 23
House Rules
House CommitteeMar 2
House Floor VoteMar 3
Senate Rules
Senate Committee
Senate 2nd Reading
Senate 3rd Reading
Governor
This bill addresses provisions regarding homeless services.
This bill:
AI-generated summary, reviewed by Better Utah staff.
This bill makes several changes to how Utah funds and coordinates homeless services across the state. It creates a new Homeless Services Restricted Account, funded in part by cigarette tax revenues above $48.9 million annually, and allows the Office of Homeless Services to distribute those funds to counties that set up matching accounts and meet outcome-based reporting requirements — with eligible uses including behavioral health services, mobile crisis outreach, street medicine, shelter operations, and capital improvements. The bill also creates a Mitigation Fund Task Force to study and recommend how to fairly distribute mitigation funding between cities that host shelters and those that don't, lowers the temperature threshold that triggers a "code blue" emergency shelter alert from 18 to 25 degrees Fahrenheit, allows homeless shelter providers to temporarily expand their bed capacity up to 135% of their permitted limit with municipal consent, and permits the office to issue advance monthly payments to homeless service providers rather than requiring them to wait for reimbursement after services are delivered.
Motion: Favorable Recommendation
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Last updated Mar 26, 2026, 9:42 PM