HJR 29 Utah House · 2026 General Session

Resolution in Support of the Upward Mobility Act

HJR 29 is a resolution passed by Utah's legislature expressing support for the federal Upward Mobility Act introduced by Rep. Blake Moore. The resolution highlights Utah's ranking as the top state for upward mobility and urges Congress to pass the Act, which would create a five-year pilot program combining 10 federal anti-poverty programs into a single block grant. This pilot would allow states like Utah to design flexible programs that eliminate "benefits cliffs" (where earning slightly more causes loss of assistance) and test approaches to help low-income individuals achieve financial independence. Utah volunteers to participate in the pilot if the Act is enacted, though the resolution itself has no funding or binding effect.

Issues: ✓ Labor & Employment

Bill status introduced 1 of 4 stages cleared

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Feb 2026

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Introduced Feb 19, 2026 Last action Mar 7, 2026

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The bill was reformatted as a substitute version with updated timestamps and formatting conventions. The substantive policy content remains largely the same, though some wording was slightly adjusted for clarity. The Senate Sponsor field was left blank, and the resolution's WHEREAS clauses were rephrased to improve readability while maintaining the same legislative intent.

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Formatting and timestamp information was updated to reflect the substitute bill version with new timestamp 02-19 18:34

The Senate Sponsor field was left blank in the substitute version

Some WHEREAS clauses were reworded for clarity (e.g., 'raises them from poverty' changed to 'assist low income individuals and families to raise them from poverty', 'creates' changed to 'create', 'prevent the reduction of poverty' changed to 'prevent the reduction of poverty')

Bullet points in the Highlighted Provisions section were changed from semicolons to arrow symbols (▸) for better visual formatting

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Feb 19, 2026

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House/ 1st reading (Introduced)

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