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The Utah Homeless Services Board oversees the state's coordinated response to homelessness, and this bill would change who sits on that board when a new "homeless services campus" is planned. A homeless services campus is defined as a facility combining emergency shelter, behavioral and mental health treatment, and other support services in one location, though it would not include correctional facilities, medical or psychiatric facilities, microshelter communities, or overflow shelters. Under the bill, within 30 days of a homeless services campus location being announced or recommended, the board would be required to add a representative who lives within five miles of that campus, chosen by a community organization selected by the Office of Homeless Services; if the campus is announced for the west side of Salt Lake City, that representative would instead be appointed by the Westside Coalition. The bill also sets a deadline of June 5, 2026, for making this appointment if a campus location is announced or recommended on or before May 6, 2026, and makes related technical updates to definitions used throughout the homeless services law.