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Senate advances House Bill 441 to fund resource centers, set timeline to close Rio Grande shelter
Summary
Senator Milner’s House Bill 441—amending the state’s homeless strategy to fund distributed resource centers and set a timetable toward closing the Rio Grande shelter—drew debate over local authority and site-selection process before the Senate advanced and later passed the bill.
Senators on Feb. 27 debated amendments to House Bill 441, legislation that would move the state toward a distributed network of resource centers for people experiencing homelessness and set a timeline for closing the Rio Grande emergency shelter in Salt Lake City. Sponsor Senator Daniel McCay Milner (presented as Senator Milner in the transcript) said the amendment aligns fiscal notes with the budget and establishes public site-selection timelines and public hearings.
Milner described a multi-year effort to break the “one-size-fits-all” shelter model…
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