Spencer Cox in 2024 Governor's State of the State speeches


On Civil Rights: Paused transgender surgeries for minors, funded talk therapy

I know last session, there were difficult and controversial bills, including a pause on transgender surgeries and puberty blockers for minors which I supported. At the same time, we also unanimously passed a ban on conversion therapy and approved $1 million in funding to provide additional talk therapy for our transgender youth with one primary goal: to help those kids and let them know we want to keep you here. We want you to stay with us. Even when we disagree passionately, we must still love.
Source: 2024 State of the State Address to the Utah legislature Jan 18, 2024

On Families & Children: Build 35,000 single-family affordable starter homes

That is why I have proposed the Utah First Homes program, with the audacious goal to build 35,000 starter homes in the next five years. While we need more of everything, my focus is on affordable, attainable, single-family, owner-occupied, detached housing. Most of us grew up or started our own families in a 1,300-square-foot home. Our kids and grandkids are desperate for this opportunity. The greatest generation did this after WWII and we can do it again.
Source: 2024 State of the State Address to the Utah legislature Jan 18, 2024

On Principles & Values: Utah ranked best state; interested in keeping it that way

Probably my favorite ranking comes from U.S. News and World Report where they evaluated all 50 states using thousands of data points and more than 70 different metrics in eight categories. Their goal? To determine definitively, which is the best state. And for the very first time in 2023, Utah was named the best state in the nation. Period. I'm much more interested in why we are objectively the best state. And I'm most interested in how we keep it that way.
Source: 2024 State of the State Address to the Utah legislature Jan 18, 2024

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