What the record shows so far

The department's HOA news page has carried no dated update since the April announcement, and no specific listening-tour stop dates have been published. That is worth stating plainly: the group's existence and remit are on the record; its proceedings so far are not.

The interim committee track, which is separate and further along

The legislature's own Business and Labor Interim Committee approved two relevant 2026 study items on April 16, 2026.²

The first is homeowners' insurance: “Study emerging issues related to homeowners' insurance and state legislative trends to reduce costs and risks for homeowners. Also, consider proposals to address wildfire-related cost increases, such as creating state-supported high-risk pooled insurance or establishing a home mitigation grant program.” The committee took presentations on insurance trends, affordability and wildfire risk reduction at its June 17, 2026 meeting, alongside a draft bill titled “Construction Amendments.”

The second is property management oversight: “Review recommendations from the Department of Commerce and consider how to resolve shared regulatory obligations for property management licensees between the Divisions of Consumer Protection and Real Estate.”

The department delivered that report on August 19, 2026, setting out five statutory options — improved coordination, a single primary regulator, consolidating with Real Estate, consolidating with Consumer Protection under a business-registration model, or deregulation. It excluded community-association managers from its scope and listed them among the gaps: “Some related issues were flagged, such as HOA property managers, the legal process for tenant eviction, and debt collection tactics.”³

What the other committees are not doing

The Political Subdivisions, Judiciary, and Revenue and Taxation interim committees carried no HOA or condominium item on any 2026 agenda through September. Political Subdivisions spent the interim on tax increment financing, public infrastructure districts, municipal incorporation and impact fees. This is legislative work happening in one place, not five.

The gaps a 2027 bill would have to reach

Three are visible in the current record.

Records scope. The advisory opinions have consistently held that an association satisfies § 57-8a-227 by producing the summary statements the section names, and is not obliged to produce bank statements, transaction registers, invoices or bids. The deadline was shortened in 2026; the scope was not touched. Our Utah records inspection page covers what the list actually contains.

The administrative setup fee. H.B. 406 would have capped it at $200 and died at sine die; the reinvestment fee got a percentage cap in the same session and the setup fee did not.

Manager oversight. Community-association managers sit outside the 2025 property-manager licence by an express exemption for an association's salaried employee, and outside the department's oversight review by its own scoping decision.

What to watch next

Utah's 2027 General Session runs January 19 to March 5, 2027. Bill files open before it; no numbered HOA or condominium bill had appeared as of mid-September 2026. The interim committee's remaining 2026 meetings fall in October and November, and their agendas had not been posted.