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Brief Description |
Status |
Last
Update
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HB 472 |
Carry Loaded Concealed without a "Permit":
Provides that an individual who is 21 years or older,
and may lawfully possess afirearm, may carry a
concealed firearm in a public area without a permit.
Like previous years where
gun
owners were teased with permitless carry protections
that never materialized, this year's dangling
carrot was only INTRODUCED on March 4. The
session ends on March 12. In other
words, the sponsor, Walt Brooks, had no intention of
pushing it. |
DEAD. Held in Brad Wilson's hand-picked rules committee. |
3/13 |
|
NOTE:
HB 271 BECAME A
GUN
CONTROL BILL. LEARN MORE BELOW. |
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"Bad" Bills
Description: Bills that make statute worse
and violate UT Gun Rights'
Affirmative Agenda.
Observations:
"Bad Bills" should be killed; not amended. Bill
sponsors should be required to
go back to the drawing board, obtain more input from gun
owners, and complete the due diligence they failed to
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Brief Description |
Status |
Last
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|
! Priority Threats ! |
HB 3009
Threat Briefing |
Forced Vaccinations by
Local Tyrants!
In addition to leaving current bureaucratic powers
of local health departments intact, it creates and
expands sweeping new statutory powers that can be
exercised by any county or municipal regime.
Under the new term "local orders of constraint," a
mayor, or even an unelected city manager, could order
Citizens to be forcibly vaccinated, medicated,
incarcerated,
have their firearms seized, and
their other property stolen.
Current statutory
religious exemptions, firearms exemptions, or
requirements that public hearings and/or judicial
review be conducted, would NOT apply.
HB 3009 also empowers local "heath" departments to
issue "civil" fines related to these new, sweeping
powers, to punish those who refuse to bow down to
their unconscionable abuses — again without meaningful
due process protections. See
Threat Briefing. |
DEAD. Died in house. |
4/23 |
HB 73 |
Jail Time for Unknowingly and
Unintentionally "Interfering" with State Agents:
Provides that nearly anything could be considered "intereference"
and "obstruction" of a "public servant," punishable by
imprisonment and fines. Line 32 also strikes the
essential language that such behavior be done
"knowingly" and "intentionally." Someone who
doesn't even COMPREHEND that he/she is "interfering"
or "obstructing" would be "guilty." And if in
possession of a firearm, additional charges could
theoretically be added (i.e. a "crime" committed with
a dangerous weapon). There would be a "chilling
effect" on gun owners who might have a duty to
NON-VIOLENTLY refuse to cooperate with unjust,
inappropriate police behaviors. |
ENACTED.
Unanimously passed house
and senate; signed by Gary "Fudd"
Herbert. |
4/3 |
HB 100
Threat Briefing |
Veteran Disarmament Courts:
Expands "veterans courts"
enacted by SB 214 in 2015. These Kangaroo Courts
mirror Obama-era "drug courts" and their
purpose is to disarm Utah veterans. Court dictators (aka "judges")
become glorified social workers, who force
"collaboration" between prosecution teams, defense
counsels, state agencies, and federal agencies.
See
Threat Briefing. |
ENACTED.
Unanimously passed house
and senate; signed by Gary "Fudd"
Herbert. |
4/3 |
HB 229 |
Violent Gun Confiscation from Innocent Gun
Owners: Empowers a
jury-less court dictator (aka "judge") to confiscate
firearms from innocent owners based upon frivolous
charges, and without any meaningful due process
protections. This bill is an exapansion of
HB 50 enacted in 2013. |
DEAD. Died in house. |
3/13 |
HB
271
Threat Briefing |
Elitist GOP Deep State Declares Open Season on
Homeless Gun
Owners: Originally categorized as a "Good"
bill, recent amendments by gun control zealot Paul Ray allow state and local agencies and
government entities to prohibit homeless gun owners
from defending themselves inside government homeless
shelters. All possession could be banned without
requiring so much as a secure storage locker (see
amended lines 87a-87f).
Also, state agents would
be immune from lawsuit or liability if they
knowingly and willfully violate the rights of
gun owners (see
amended lines
426-429).
Once again, a sickening double-standard is
established. On the one hand, gun owners are
guilty of "criminal offenses" for unknowingly and
unintentionally violating nearly any statute. On
the other hand, corrupt Statute Enforcement Agents
(SEAs) can do whatever they want and violate statute
whenever they wish.
Note: The
Utah Shooting SPORTS Council supports this attack
on gun owners, as do others. See
Threat Briefing. |
DEAD. Passed house and died in
senate. |
3/13 |
HJR 5 |
Trojan Horse to Destroy Home/Private Schooling:
Alters Utah Constitution from, "...A public education
system... shall
be open to
all children of the state...." to, "...A public
education system... shall
provide an
ADEQUATE education to all children of
the state...." This change would empower government
agents to seize control of home and private school
education, which has traditionally served as a bastion
of support for the right to keep and bear arms. |
DEAD. Died in house. |
3/13 |
SB 62
Threat Briefing |
Gun Control by Unelected Bureaucrats: Reauthorizes
"administrative rules" created by unelected
bureaucrats that have the same effect as gun control
statutes. These rules include gun controls. See
Threat Briefing. |
ENACTED.
Passed house
and senate; signed by Gary "Fudd"
Herbert. |
4/3 |
SB 87 |
Government-Endorsed Theft of Firearms from
Innocent Owners: Further empowers Statute
Enforcement Agents ("SEAs") to accept and retain
firearms stolen from innocent gun owners, without any
meaningful due process protections.
This bill is an expansion
of
HB 121 enacted in 2013. Note: The
Utah Shooting SPORTS Council is "neutral" on this
gun control bill. Defending Utah
has conducted a
radio program describing and denouncing SB 87. |
DEAD. Died in senate. |
3/13 |
SB 173 |
Serious Jail Time for Bothering Your Masters:
If gun owners "disrupt" or "disturb" legislative
meetings, they could land in prison. These terms are
not defined. Will, for example, gun owners
who defy current statute against open carry without a
holster or case now also be penalized for
"disturbing" their precious political theater?
The third offense is a Class A Misdemeanor,
punishable by up to 364 days in jail and a fine of as much
as $2,500. Can the third offense be consecutive?
Is a third offense the third time a legislator and/or
Sergeant of Arms tells you you're a bother? No
definition is provided. |
ENACTED.
Passed house
and senate; signed by Gary "Fudd"
Herbert. |
4/3 |
Significant
Threats |
HB 6 |
Continue Funding "Permit" Attack on Natural
Right to Concealed Carry: Squanders
$3,524,700 in tax dollars for "Concealed Weapons
Account," which includes unjust, offensive concealed
carry government "permit" program.
Meanwhile,
violent criminals carry knives and loaded firearms
concealed ANY TIME THEY CHOOSE.
Carrying your firearm —
concealed or openly — is your right, NOT a
bureaucrat-sanctioned privilege. |
ENACTED.
Unanimously passed house
and senate; signed by Gary "Fudd"
Herbert. |
3/13 |
HB 8 |
Unjust Taxes on Firearms:
Reauthorizes taxes (aka "fees") for regime "services"
that violate natural rights, including "Firearm
Transaction (Brady Check)," "Concealed Firearm Permit
Instructor Registration", and "Concealed weapons
permit renewal Utah Interactive Convenience Fee."
|
ENACTED.
Unanimously passed house
and senate; signed by Gary "Fudd"
Herbert. |
4/3 |
HB 102 |
Triggered Regime Snowflakes
Feel
Threatened: Any person "who sends or causes
to be sent any form of communication to a judge, law
enforcement officer, investigator, public servant, or
prosecuting attorney that is
THREATENING or
designed to interfere with or impede the
investigation, prosecution, conviction, or punishment
of an individual..." is . What does
"threatening" mean? Whatever the state wants it
to mean. |
DEAD. Unanimously passed house;
died in senate. |
3/13 |
HB 171 |
Point Your Finger-Gun in School & Go to Jail:
Would criminalize, with serious potential jail time
and other punishment , ANY "threat" of "bodily injury"
(not defined), whether real or a "hoax" (not defined)
that "disrupt[s]... school" in any way. Draw a
picture of a gun, and a young person's innocent life
could be over.
Note: The
Utah Shooting SPORTS Council supports this attack
on gun owners. |
ENACTED.
Unanimously passed house
and senate; signed by Gary "Fudd"
Herbert. |
4/3 |
HB 197S1 |
Bureaucratic Jury-less Penalties that Exclusively
Discriminate Against
Innocent Gun Owners:
Allows jury-less courts and bureaucratic agencies to
prohibit issuance of a license, permit, or tag related
to fishing or hunting if an individual is deemed
"delinquent" in paying child support. Utah
courts do NOT provide meaningful due process (i.e. an
informed jury trial)
in assessing child support fees.
This bill also EXCLUSIVELY discriminates
against gun owners. It does NOT, for example, prevent
"progressives" from purchasing tickets to see
tax-subsidized operas, planetariums, government gyms,
etc., if they are behind on their child support.
Note: The
Utah Shooting SPORTS Council supports this attack
on gun owners. |
ENACTED.
Passed house
and senate; signed by Gary "Fudd"
Herbert. |
4/3 |
HB 267 |
Self-incrimination for
Refusal to Surrender Firearms:
Forces those convicted of NON-VIOLENT "offenses," who
are ordered to surrender their firearms, to sign a
self-incriminating confessional that he/she has
surrendered all firearms, and is guilty of additional
crimes if he/she is ever caught with firearms in
his/her possession. See the "HB
100: Veteran Disarmament Courts" threat briefing,
and also the 9/23/2019 alert, "Warning!
Utah's 'Cannabis' Bill Designed to Entrap Gun Owners,"
alert as this ties in with the ongoing effort to
disarm veterans and other perceived threats to the
globalist gun control agenda.
Note: The
Utah Shooting SPORTS Council is "neutral" on this
gun control bill.
Utah Carry Laws is "neutral" on this
gun control bill. |
DEAD. Passed senate; died in
house. |
3/13 |
HB 282 |
"Voluntarily" Open Unwary Gun Owners to
Incredible Scrutiny & Harassment: Creates
a "voluntary process for a person to restrict their
ability to purchase a firearm" that involves Statue
Enforcement Agents (SEAs, aka "police") and the Utah
Bureau of Criminal Identification. The opportunities
for abuse are legion, including injustice court
dictators (aka "judges") who will coerce, threaten,
and intimidate innocent gun owners into
"volunteering." Only in effeminate Utah.
Note:
The
Utah Shooting SPORTS Council supports this attack
on gun owners. |
DEAD. Unanimously passed house;
died in senate. |
3/13 |
HB 340 |
Pay Gun Control Zealots to "Study" New Ways to
Enact Gun Control: Empowers the wonderful
people at the "State Commission on Criminal and
Juvenile Justice" to, "conduct a study on rampage
violence," and to contract-pay their pals in any
"state agency, private entity, or research institution
to assist in the study..." |
ENACTED.
Unanimously passed house
and senate; signed by Gary "Fudd"
Herbert. |
4/3 |
SB 33 |
Big Brother Must Always Track Your Private
Firearms: Makes it a third degree felony to
alter or remove identifying marks on a firearm or be
in possession of a firearm on which the identifying
marks have been removed or altered. Modern
police already have ballistics to match bullets to
perpetrators.
Notes:
Utah Shooting SPORTS Council recommends "study".
Utah Carry Laws is "neutral" on this
gun control bill. |
DEAD. Passed interim committee;
died in house. |
3/13 |
SB 80 |
Encourage Radical Board of Regents to Push for
More Gun Control on College Campuses: Rather
than fire the grossly incompetent, offensive, radical
gun control bureaucrats at the "State Board of
Regents," this bill requires them to, "coordinate with
government and community organizations to study and
make recommendations for providing public safety
services on college and university campuses; and
present a final report of the study and
recommendations." Guess which community
organizations they will collaborate with, and what
recommendations their "study" will make? Only in
Utah.... |
ENACTED.
Unanimously passed senate
and house; signed by Gary "Fudd"
Herbert. |
4/3 |
SB 178 |
Victim Disarmament Zone Expansion:
Empowers bureaucrats at the State Tax Commission to
ban firearms in its facilities, without guaranteeing
the safety and security of its visitors, or even
providing secure lockers to the public.
Note: The
Utah Shooting SPORTS Council is "neutral" on this
gun control bill. |
ENACTED.
Passed senate and house; signed by Gary "Fudd"
Herbert. |
4/3 |
Less Likely
/ Distractions |
The following Democrat wet-dream, feel-good bills allow them to tell their effeminate snowflake supporters they
"tried." Cowardly Republicans can also pretend
their gun control
bills aren't so traitorous. |
HB 109
|
Requiring Federal Regime Permission to Transfer
Private Firearms":
This bill would empower federal agents to micro-manage
all private firearm sales. Some have referred to it
as "universal background checks. See alert, "Speaker"
Brad Wilson Advances 3 Democrat Gun Control Bills:
Don't Fall for the Games." |
DEAD. Died in house. |
3/13 |
HB 115 |
Absurd Liability to Gun Owners for Lending Firearms to
Others":
This bill is designed to scare gun owners away from
lending their firearms to people who may desperately
need them. It
makes the gun owner ridiculously liable for just about
anything the recipient might possibly do. Lines 30
and 33 also define minors as automatically "unfit" to
lend firearms to.
See alert, "Speaker"
Brad Wilson Advances 3 Democrat Gun Control Bills:
Don't Fall for the Games." |
DEAD. Died in house. |
3/13 |
HB 136 |
Criminalize Firearm Access for Parents/Guardians &
Other Innocent Gun Owners":
This bill criminalizes firearm storage where a minor
or "person legally restricted from possessing a
firearm" may access them, and criminalizes firearm
dealers who refuse to post a written notice of
possible prosecution for violating this new statute.
See alert, "Speaker"
Brad Wilson Advances 3 Democrat Gun Control Bills:
Don't Fall for the Games." |
DEAD. Died in house. |
3/13 |
HB 460 |
Firearm Confiscation by Jury-less Court Dictators:
Empowers "judges" to confiscate firearms from innocent
owners based upon heresay and absent meaningful due
process. |
DEAD. Died in house. |
3/13 |
SB 246 |
Todd "Wiley" Weiler's Formal Application to
Join the Democrat Party:
This bill would expand the
ability of court dictators (aka "judges" or appointed
commissioners") to violently confiscate firearms from
innocent owners without a jury trial or any other
meaningful due process. Sometimes referred to as a
"red flag bill." This bill is an expansion of
HB 50 enacted in 2013. |
DEAD. Died in senate. |
3/136 |
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"Ugly" Bills
Description:
Poorly-written bills
that masquerade as positive improvements, and that harmfully
distract and divert the attention and efforts of gun owners.
Did anyone ever take you on a
snipe hunt as a child, chasing after an imaginary and
ever-elusive target you could never find? It is a timeless and
effective tactic of professional manipulators to
send well-intentioned citizens on snipe hunts as a diversion.
The justifiable emotion and energy of
the citizen regarding an issue of importance is captured and
applied to a task that can't or won't be accomplished — or is
useless in its effect. The status quo is thereby preserved
and injustice is advanced.
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Ugly Bill |
Brief Description |
Status |
Last
Update
|
HB
33 |
Pretty Please to
Court Dictators: Makes believe that jury-less
court dictators (i.e. "judges") will actually listen
to toothless, feel-good guidelines about where to
place children whose parents are accused of child
abuse or neglect. |
Enacted. Unanimously passed house
and senate; signed by Gary "Fudd"
Herbert |
4/3 |
HB 149 |
Force Property Owners to Allow Firearms:
Prohibits a residential property management authority
from restricting a resident's ability to carry or
possess firearms in non-common areas. It is of
no effect if the resident must cross common areas to
get to the areas over which he has exclusive control.
The bill wrongfully infringes on private property
rights. A legitimate bill would significantly
increase property owner liability for any harm
resulting from a resident's inability to fully defend
him/her self. Notes: The
Utah Shooting SPORTS Council supports this bill.
As does
Utah Carry Laws. |
Dead. Died in Brad Wilson's house
rules committee |
4/3 |
HB
316 |
Force Defendants
to Sign Agreement to Disarm: Typical of
Utah's gun control industry, rather than protect gun
owners from unjust federal and state prosecution for
numerous non-violent "offenses" that renders them a
"restricted person", courts would force the defendant
to sign an agreement that he will immediately
surrender his firearms and remain defenseless. Note:
The
Utah Shooting SPORTS Council supports this bill. |
Dead. In Brad Wilson's house judiciary committee |
3/10 |
HJR
11 |
Pretty Up Unjust Rules: Rather than
restore power stolen from individual house members,
this bill attempts to paint the ugly pig pretty . |
Enacted. Unanimously passed house
and senate |
4/3 |
HCR 4 |
Rearrange Deck Chairs Rather than Safeguard
Utahans from Illegal Aliens: Focuses state
agencies on "cultural intelligence and linguistic
competence" and other multi-cultural diversity
feel-good nonsense. Ignores the truth that Utah
remains a sanctuary state for criminal illegal aliens
who overwhelmingly support gun control. |
Dead. Unanimously passed house
and senate committee, but not considered on senate
floor |
4/3 |
SB
42 |
Disappearing Ink
Will Make It All Better: Pretends that
covering up the voter's signature will magically make
mail-in ballots more secure and less ridiculous
. |
Dead. Passed senate committee, but
not considered on senate vote |
4/3 |
SJR 4 |
Allow 1 Man More Time to Choose Utah's Judges:
Rather than disperse the governor's sole powers to
nominate (via his hand-picked nominating commissions)
to select Utah judges, SJR 4 gives him more time to
choose them. Perhaps to arrange more special
favors/dispensations from them? |
Dead. Not considered by senate committee |
4/3 |
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Under Review
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is required to
review it. May also be a decent bill, but not yet
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Bill |
Brief Title and/or Description
(i.e. what is
supposed to
be in the bill) |
Last Update
|
HB 10 |
Repeals the Concealed Firearms Review Board |
2/11 |
HB 43 |
Peace Officer Standards and Training Amendment |
1/8 |
HB 65 |
Abortion Amendments |
2/29 |
HB 75 |
Initiatives and Referenda Amendments |
1/8 |
HB 81 |
Judicial Retention for Justice Court Judges |
1/8 |
HB 82 |
Governmental Immunity Modifications |
1/8 |
HB 83 |
Expungement Amendments |
1/8 |
HB 90 |
Child Abuse Reporting Amendments |
1/8 |
HB 98 |
Offenses Against the Administration of Government
Amendments |
1/8 |
HB 101 |
Distracted Driver Amendments |
1/8 |
HB 104 |
911 Responsibilities in an Emergency |
1/12 |
HB 112 |
Initiative Protection Act |
1/8 |
HB 117 |
Controlled Substance Database Amendments |
1/8 |
HB 137 |
Child Placement Background Check Limits |
2/29 |
HB 139 |
DUI Liability Amendments |
2/13 |
HB 142 |
Criminal Proceeding Amendments |
2/13 |
HB 167 |
Insanity Defense Amendments |
2/13 |
HB 183 |
Driver License Record Amendments |
2/13 |
HB 186 |
Lobbyist Amendments: defines "foreign agents" |
2/13 |
HB 198 |
Eminent Domain Limitations |
1/31 |
HB 202 |
Local Government Nuisance Ordinance Reform |
1/31 |
HB 206 |
Bail and Pretrial Release Amendments |
|
HB 217 |
Recall of United States Senator |
1/31 |
HB 238 |
Crime Enhancement Amendments |
|
HB 253 |
Campaign Finance Amendments |
|
HB 261 |
Eminent Domain Revisions |
2/13 |
HB 265 |
Government Records Transparency Act |
|
HB 276 |
Administrative Garnishment Order Amendments |
|
HB 323 |
School Mental Health Funding Amendments |
|
HB 350 |
Impaired Driving Amendments |
|
HB 353 |
Internal Investigation Amendments |
|
HB 365 |
Child Abuse and Endangerment Amendments |
|
HB 367 |
Criminal Nonsupport Amendments |
|
HB 390 |
Amendments to Asset Forfeiture |
|
HB 397 |
Expungement Changes |
|
HB 403 |
Protective Order and Stalking Injunction Amendments |
|
HJR 15 |
Amend Utah Constitution - the Right to Hunt, Fish, and
Harvest Wildlife |
2/13 |
SB 28 |
Ballot and Voter Information Amendments |
1/8 |
SB 46 |
Domestic Violence Amendments |
1/8 |
SB 53 |
Global Intangible Low Taxed Income Amendments |
1/31 |
SB 65 |
Child Welfare Amendments |
1/21 |
SB 76 |
Governmental Immunity Revisions |
1/31 |
SB 121 |
Medical Cannabis Amendments |
2/13 |
SB 173 |
Disrupting Legislative or Official Meetings |
|
SJR 3 |
Proposal to Amend Utah Constitution -- Annual General
Sessions of the Legislature |
1/8 |
SJR 5 |
Amend the Rules of Civil Procedure on Disqualification
of a Judge |
1/21 |
SJR 6 |
Joint Rules Resolution - Conflict of Interest
Disclosure |
2/13 |
SJR 8 |
Amend Utah Constitution - Judiciary Selection
Amendments |
2/13 |
SJR 9 |
Amend Utah Constitution - Tax Increase Requirements |
2/13 |
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