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Committee endorses bill to rename GOED and create economic coordinating council

Utah Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Standing Committee · February 26, 2026
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Summary

The committee unanimously recommended the third substitute of House Bill 475, which renames GOEO back to GOED, establishes an economic coordinating council for major development actors and requires reporting to the interim committee about Opportunity Zone selections; proponents said it does not delegate land-use authority.

Representative Roberts presented the third substitute of House Bill 475, which primarily returns GOEO’s name back to GOED to reduce confusion in external economic-development interactions, establishes an economic coordinating council for principal economic actors, and requires GOED to report to the Economic Development & Workforce interim…

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