Bills / H.B. 475
H.B. 475 Development Planning and Coordination Amendments
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
This bill renames the state economic development agency from GO Utah back to GOED. It also creates a coordinating council of state economic development officials and land authority representatives that must meet to coordinate economic development strategy, and requires the agency to report to a legislative committee on how opportunity zones are proposed for designation.
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Official description
- defines terms and modifies definitions
- renames the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity to the Governor's Office of Economic Development
- exempts the Governor's Office of Economic Development from procurement requirements related to the correctional industries division
- modifies the duties of the executive director of the Governor's Office of Economic Development (executive director)
- establishes the Economic Development Council (council)
- describes the membership of the council
- describes the duties of the council
- establishes reporting requirements for the council
- requires reports to the Economic Development and Workforce Services Interim Committee
- includes a coordination clause
- makes technical and conforming changes
What it costs you
- State spending from tax funds goes up by $209,700 in FY2027.
From the bill's latest official fiscal note, counting the state's tax funds (General, Income Tax, Education, Uniform School, and Transportation) in the first full budget year after the session. Some bills take effect partway through that year, so later years can be larger; the note shows each year. Household count: U.S. Census Bureau. An average is a starting point, not your bill.
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Every vote
- 8 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee: vote to change the bill · Feb 12, 2026Who voted how
- 7 yes, 1 no, 2 absentHouse Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 12, 2026Who voted how
- 61 yes, 4 no, 10 absentFinal House vote · Feb 20, 2026Who voted how
- 3 yes, 0 no, 3 absentSenate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 26, 2026Who voted how
- 27 yes, 2 noFinal Senate vote · Mar 4, 2026Who voted how
- 58 yes, 2 no, 15 absentHouse vote to accept the other chamber's changes · Mar 5, 2026Who voted how
Hearings and debates
- Feb 12, 2026 House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee▶ WatchRead the transcript (20 turns) →
- Feb 20, 2026 House floor debate▶ WatchRead the transcript (7 turns) →
- Feb 20, 2026 House floor debate▶ WatchRead the transcript (3 turns) →
- Feb 26, 2026 Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee▶ WatchRead the transcript (18 turns) →
- Mar 4, 2026 Senate floor debate▶ WatchRead the transcript (11 turns) →
- Mar 5, 2026 House floor debate▶ WatchRead the transcript (6 turns) →