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Committee moves forward bill reorganizing GOEO programs and shifting several functions

2492757 · March 4, 2025
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Summary

The committee passed second substitute House Bill 542, which dissolves the Unified Economic Opportunity Commission, relocates several subcommittees and moves the broadband center to UDOT and the innovation center to USHE’s Nucleus Institute; sponsor said the changes consolidate functions and create synergies.

The Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee passed out second substitute House Bill 542, a package of reorganizations for the Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity (GOEO) that dissolves the Unified Economic Opportunity Commission (UEOC), reassigns several subcommittees and moves portions of GOEO into other state agencies.

Representative Hawkins (presenting) said the bill eliminates the UEOC at the request of…

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