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Council receives legislative session update; staff flag election, TRT, homeless services and land‑use bills for interim work
Summary
County staff summarized 2025 session outcomes and items for the interim, including changes to vote‑by‑mail rules, a state tourism tax adjustment, a homeless services board reorganization and several tax‑increment finance measures. Council members asked staff to continue interim work on county impacts.
County staff provided a detailed legislative update to the Salt Lake County Council on March 18, reviewing bills that passed, those that were amended and items the county intends to work on during the legislative interim.
Kara, the county’s legislative staffer, highlighted several passed measures the county will track. She said House Bill 300 preserved vote‑by‑mail but added new identification and timing rules: voters will need to opt in to a four‑digit code linked to a state ID and, starting with the next cycle, ballots will generally be counted only if in the clerk’s hands by 8 p.m. on election night rather than by postmark. "The other big change is instead of the postmark…
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