---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 240 First-time Homebuyer Assistance Program"
description: "S.B. 240 First-time Homebuyer Assistance Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 240"
citation: "Utah SB 240 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "Economic Development", "Fair Housing", "Housing", "Independent Entities", "Land Use", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)", "Real Estate", "Real Property", "Utah Housing Corporation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams, J. Stuart"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-02-14"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b78cc8fc-88e2-48ad-98b4-003f25708ec9"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/SB0240.html"
source_hash: "030150350e0582228af79bd7eeba88c422cee0d3fdf870c89070a81927cee268"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ut"]
---

# Utah SB 240 (2023) — S.B. 240 First-time Homebuyer Assistance Program

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillint/SB0240S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillenr/SB0240.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **60–8** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **28–1** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Adams, J. Stuart — primary (person)
- Whyte, Stephen L. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-02-14** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-02-14** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-02-15** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-02-15** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** to Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee
- **2023-02-17** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2023-02-17** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-17** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-02-17** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-21** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-02-21** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-02-21** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** circled
- **2023-02-21** uncircled
- **2023-02-21** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-22** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22** circled
- **2023-02-22** uncircled
- **2023-02-22** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-22** to House
- **2023-02-23** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-23** to House Government Operations Committee
- **2023-02-27** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2023-02-28** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28** circled
- **2023-02-28** uncircled
- **2023-02-28** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-28** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2023-02-28** to Senate
- **2023-03-01** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-03-01** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-03-01** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2023-03-01** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2023-03-09** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2023-03-09** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2023-03-13** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2023-03-13** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Governor Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b78cc8fc-88e2-48ad-98b4-003f25708ec9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).