---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education Student Housing Study"
description: "Higher Education Student Housing Study"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 520"
citation: "Utah HB 520 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Colleges and Universities", "Education", "Higher Education", "Housing", "Utah System of Higher Education", "Workforce Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thompson, Jason E."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-09T17:09:03+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-25T15:06:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76391108-0537-41c9-abcb-e13c265ae369"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0520.html"
source_hash: "c7b2a6209b8b69ade9cfaf2df3957f5dfd3a49611e175de26e7102f120cb2c5d"
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 HB 520 (2026) — Higher Education Student Housing Study

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0520.xml)
2. **Amended 2/26/2026 19:02:896** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0520_2026-02-26_19-00-39.pdf)
3. **Amended Excerpts 2/26/2026 19:02:896** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_HB0520_2026-02-26_19-00-39.pdf)
4. **House Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/HB0520.Hamd.1.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0520.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **25–4** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **45–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thompson, Jason E. — primary (person)
- Brammer, Brady — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-09T17:09:03+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-02-09T17:09:03+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-02-09T17:09:06+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0520
- **2026-02-09T17:09:06+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0520
- **2026-02-09T17:55:46+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-02-09T18:26:46+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-10T01:01:16+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0520
- **2026-02-10T05:37:15+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0520
- **2026-02-10T14:41:01+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-02-17T19:08:16+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20T15:15:40+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-20T21:12:07+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-20T21:12:08+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-27T01:32:59+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-27T01:33:44+00:00** House/ floor amendment
- **2026-02-27T01:45:07+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-27T01:45:09+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-27T16:02:23+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-27T17:16:39+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-27T23:03:05+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02T16:05:24+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02T21:52:56+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02T21:52:57+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-05T00:03:14+00:00** Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules [Senate Rules Committee] `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05T02:35:54+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-05T03:09:46+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-05T03:09:59+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-03-05T03:19:28+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-03-05T03:21:49+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-05T03:21:50+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-05T03:21:51+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-05T15:49:09+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-05T15:49:10+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-05T18:14:36+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-05T18:14:41+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-05T22:00:20+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-05T22:00:25+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-11T16:25:35+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-11T16:25:37+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25T15:06:00+00:00** 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/76391108-0537-41c9-abcb-e13c265ae369`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).