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The committee heard reports and updates on workforce development, rural film incentives, tourism taxation and marketing, housing capacity and governance, and community-based youth services. Talent Ready Utah presented a data-driven ‘‘targeted workforce accelerator’’ focusing on energy, artificial intelligence and deep tech. The Utah Film Commission reviewed the rural film incentive’s economic impacts and urged sustained funding. The Office of Tourism summarized HB456 transient room tax changes and marketing results, while GOEO and Envision Utah reported a projected long-term housing shortfall and urged coordinated state action; legislators and GOEO leaders outlined a proposal to consolidate housing policy under a GOEO deputy director. The committee also received a Kempsey Gardner Policy Institute briefing on community-led programs for at‑risk youth.
