2025 UAR Legislative Priorities

• Improving industry practices. Revisiting state code to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the Division of Real Estate and its licensees is an important component in improving our industry’s best practices. The following bill adjusts existing policies:

  HB 419 Real Estate Revisions – Rep. Neil Walter: This bill directs the Division of Real Estate to prioritize more serious complaints first as they investigate licensees, clarifies time periods for records retention and the division’s ability to request documents, addresses the sale of mobile homes, and clarifies advertisement disclosures.

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• Encouraging good governance. Ensuring our government systems and the programs they create are productive, successful, and meeting the needs of Utahns, is integral to improving our housing market. The following bills address the actions of government entities:

  HB 37 Utah Housing Amendments – Rep. Jim Dunnigan: This bill authorizes a cities and counties to implement a density overlay and directs the Commission on Affordable Housing to make regional strategic plans. It also gathers more data on the Moderate Income Housing Plans across the state to better inform future legislation.

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  HB 256 Municipal Zoning Amendments – Rep. Neil Walter: This bill strikes the right balance between protecting private property rights and the ability of cities to enforce short-term rental regulation.

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• Increasing housing supply and reducing production barriers. Utah has a critical housing supply shortage. The current lack of available homes, combined with time-consuming, expensive, and redundant regulation continue to exacerbate the housing gap in Utah. The following bills work to increase housing supply:

  HB 368 Local Land Use Amendments – Rep. Stephen Whyte: This bill is a Land Use Task Force Consensus bill and addresses plan reviews, public hearing requirements, landscaping, transferable development rights, and identical plan reviews to make development more efficient.

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  SB 181 Housing Affordability Amendments – Sen. Lincoln Fillmore: This bill directs municipalities to address several elements of the building process that will increase the efficiency of affordable housing development.

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  SB 262 Housing Affordability Modifications – Sen. Lincoln Fillmore: This bill creates the option for a municipality to create a residential density overlay for the development of single-family dwellings on small lots and diverse housing options.

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• Protecting the rights of private property owners. The ability of private property owners to determine the highest and best use of their land is a fundamental right. These bills impact the ability of a homeowner to exercise their property rights:

  HB 151 Home Sales Amendments – Rep. Gay Lynn Bennion: This bill restricts the sale of a single-family home (for the first 30 days the single-family home is on the market) to a purchaser that signs an affidavit of intent to occupy and prohibits the bulk sale of foreclosed single-family homes. OPPOSE

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  SB 55 Unauthorized Use of Real Property Amendments – Sen. Heidi Balderree: This bill allows a property owner to request law enforcement remove a squatter from a residential dwelling and makes fraudulent sale or rental of a residential property a second degree felony.

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