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Utah Senate approves first-substitute affordable housing package after narrow floor vote
Summary
The Utah Senate passed first substitute Senate Bill 39, a multi-faceted affordable housing package developed over two years, on a 16–11 roll-call after sponsor warned of a large fiscal note and called the Senate to secure quorum. The bill moves to the House for consideration.
Senators voted to advance a broad affordable-housing package after a floor debate that emphasized both policy ambition and fiscal constraints.
Senator Andrag (sponsor) described first substitute Senate Bill 39 as the culmination of two years of work by the Utah Housing Affordability Commission and legislative negotiators, targeting housing for households between roughly 30% and 60% of area median income and seeking to…
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