---
type: "Bill"
title: "Home Ownership Requirements"
description: "Home Ownership Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 271"
citation: "Utah SB 271 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Housing", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McKell, Michael K."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-20"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14b04ffc-2637-44d1-ab57-df131083692b"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/SB0271.html"
source_hash: "0dc8b5a472aa0913ce5e574366019897fa98980e945e95b3a2c597323b182ed7"
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 271 (2023) — Home Ownership Requirements

## 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/SB0271.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillamd/SB0271.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillenr/SB0271.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **56–16** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–1** (pass) · upper
- substitute adoption failed from # 0 to # 1 — **30–42** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- McKell, Michael K. — primary (person)
- Peterson, Val L. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-20** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-02-20** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-02-20** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2023-02-21** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-02-21** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-21** to Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee
- **2023-02-22** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-02-23** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-02-23** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-27** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-02-27** floor amendment # 1
- **2023-02-27** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2023-02-27** to House
- **2023-02-28** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-03** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-03** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-03** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-03** substitute adoption failed from # 0 to # 1 `failure`
- **2023-03-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-03-03** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-03** to Senate
- **2023-03-03** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-03-03** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2023-03-06** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2023-03-10** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2023-03-10** 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/14b04ffc-2637-44d1-ab57-df131083692b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).