Legislation – 2026 Bills

2026 Gun Bills updated Monday, 16 February at 10:53 AM

The 2026 legislative session started Tuesday 20 January and ends at midnight Friday 6 March.

Monday is a holiday, so there are only 14 working days left this session.

Good bills are inching ahead. Bad bill HB 180 eliminating lawful concealed carry K-12 and colleges was "held" by the committee 2/12/2026 and is likely dead for the session.

BAD BILL HB 133 was NOT considered on 2/11/26. YOUR CONTACTS PROBABLY STALLED THIS BILL! We may have to remind them again, so watch for more Alerts. THANK YOU!

A 17th gun bill, (HB 534) on immunity for firearm discharge was introduced.

SB 260 to ban legal concealed carry by CWP holders on any college campus was introduced Friday by a far left Democrat. Meanwhile, a House committee passed a bill to EXPAND legal concealed carry on campus from only CWP holders to add people eligible to carry under Utah's "Permitless carry"

HB 452 has been changed to "Firearm Storage for Concealed Permit Holders on Publicly Supported Entities." (See comments below).
We now have 17 gun related bills. One good bill has passed both House and Senate and is waiting for the Governor.
Most of the good/neutral bills have been passed by committees and ready to be considered by the full House or Senate before going over to the other chamber for their action.
One bad bill has been stopped and the others should be picked off as they come before a committee.

Every step on every gun bill is being monitored and we will send urgent ACTION ALERTS if needed. We will probably send an INFORMATION alert in a few days with info on legislative and other matters of interest to gun owners.

There are currently 5 gun related bills supported by USSC, 3 we are neutral on, and six bad ones so far. We expect several more, some good, some bad. We are studying each and while our Lobbyist, USSC Chairman Clark Aposhian and his assistants will be able to shepherd some bills with no additional assistance, we will need EVERY USSC member and supporter to weigh in to stop a few of the bad and pass some pro-gun bills.

WATCH FOR USSC ACTION ALERTS!

YOUR texts, phone calls and emails to legislators really made a difference getting things done last year, but every year is a new fight.

BILL DETAILS- Click on the bill number in the first column for full text and status. This opens the official state page with full text of the bill, as well as current status and any pending changes.

Makes a restricted person of anyone found not guilty by reason of insanity for any criminal offense, not just felonies and anyone found mentally incompetent to
stand trial for any criminal offense, not just felonies.
1/20/26- Awaiting action by House Judiciary Committee. Not considered at 1/22 meeting.
1/23/26- Referred to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice committee.
1/28/2026-House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee passed 7-1-3.
2/6/2026- Passed House 49-19-9
Awaiting action by Senate

Original version was horrible and prejudiced against lawful self defense. 1st Substitute summarized below is much improved.
USSC OPPOSES THIS AS INFRINGING ON BOTH GUN RIGHTS UNDER THE 2nd AMENDMENT, AND 5th Amendment protections against self incrimination. It does nothing to improve the existing pretrial justification hearing which is working well.

Requires reporting the use of deadly force to 911 or law enforcement within 24 hours in order to receive a pretrial justification hearing, which automatically provides a defendant with a prima facie claim of justification at a pretrial justification hearing. Reported use of deadly force grants automatic finding of "justified" unless the state proves otherwise at the hearing. Even if found not justified at the hearing, issue can be raised at trial, where again the state must prove that it was NOT justified. But, the reporting requirement adds excuses to not justify a finding of self defense. This is just a bad bill.

2/11/202 scheduled for Hearing by House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee, but was NOT CONSIDERED, although all other agenda items passed easily. Maybe they ran out of time, or the sponsor did not have the votes and delayed it to allow time to round up support. USSC view is that delay is better than passing with a favorable recommendation, so the bill lives to hopefully die another day, and hopefully the committee will bring it up and defeat it outright rather than return to Rules where i might be called out when no one it paying attention.

Makes it illegal for anyone EVEN WITH A CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT having a gun visible at a daycare or K-12 school even though they can legally carry concealed.
"Goldilocks gun control," where nothing is ever "just right." They used to argue that concealed carry was scary but open carry was okay.
Just say NO!" to this incremental infringement.
1/20/26- Two substitute bill has been drafted, but neither is any better than the original.
1/28/2026- 1st Substitute adopted, but still in Rules committee.
1/30/2026- 2nd Substitute adopted, but still in Rules committee.
2/12/2026 House Public Utilities and Energy Committee "held" the bill in committee 7-0-5, which usually means it is dead for the session.

NOTE- HB84 2nd Substitute by Rep. Brooks takes the opposite approach and expands concealed carry at colleges to include those authorized to use "permitless carry." USSC supports that bill and opposes this bill (HB 180).

Protects "a manufacturer, seller, or trade association" from harassing lawsuits over marketing and sales as are being pushed by anti-gun activists to drive up legal costs for firearms sellers. An excellent bill, which even requires plaintiff to pay legal costs of people if the case is dismissed.
1/26/26 House Public Utilities and Energy Committee adopted 1st Substitute and passed 10-0-2.
2/5/2026 Passed House 61-12-2.
2/9/2026- Awaiting action by Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee.

Requires a private entity that receives $1 million or more to provide secure storage for CWP weapons IF THEY DO NOT ALLOW CONCEALED CARRY WITH A PERMIT on their premises.
Allows the entity to verify the CWP is valid.

++ Claims this "violates private property rights" fail when they take $1 million public funding.
++ State spaces (except courts, prisons, airport, etc) are all open to CWP holders, including the state Capitol. Federal restrictions in Post Offices are likely to be repealed soon. ++ CWP holders have almost zero history of causing problems.
++ Disarming law abiding citizens at their destination makes them vulnerable targets not only there, but en route to or from the venue.
++ Forcing them to leave defense weapons in their car increases the risk of criminal stealing guns.
++ This bill only applies to CWP holders, and should be expanded to law abiding citizens exercising "permitless carry"

2/9/2026- Awaiting hearing by House Public Utilities and Energy Committee

Mandates annual reports by law enforcement agencies and CCJJ to the legislature on the Safe Harbor program.
It would be interesting to see the data, but USSC opposes adding another reporting requirement on Law Enforcement when the Legislature takes no action after receiving reports related to firearms purchase attempts by prohibited persons, and those reports are not even complete. This bill has a sunset provision so the reporting will only be for two years, not forever.

This adds administrative burden and staff busy work with no value added to safety or crime prevention.
1/27/26- Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee passed 3-0-4.
Awaiting final action by full Senate.

Removes authority for Concealed Weapon Permit holders to carry anywhere on college campus, or to have firearms in their dorm room.
This is NOT a crime control bill, it is strictly an ill-advised ban on law abiding citizens, creating "unarmed victim zones" attractive to criminals. Permit holders are among the MOST law abiding citizens in the state, and decades of allowing CWP holder to carry on campus have had no problems. Sure, criminals still illegally have guns on campus and kill people, violating many laws in the process.
This is more foolish than shutting the pharmacy at the hospital because some students die of illegal drug overdoses.

This bill will probably be defeated. Note that a House committee voted 8-1-3 today to EXPAND legal campus carry to not just CWP holders but to people authorized to carry under Utah' "Permitless carry" law.
2/6/2026 Awaiting action by Senate Education Committee.

2026 Gun Bills updated Monday, 16 February at 10:53 AM

The 2026 legislative session started Tuesday 20 January and ends at midnight Friday 6 March.

Monday is a holiday, so there are only 14 working days left this session.

Good bills are inching ahead. Bad bill HB 180 eliminating lawful concealed carry K-12 and colleges was "held" by the committee 2/12/2026 and is likely dead for the session.

BAD BILL HB 133 was NOT considered on 2/11/26. YOUR CONTACTS PROBABLY STALLED THIS BILL! We may have to remind them again, so watch for more Alerts. THANK YOU!

A 17th gun bill, (HB 534) on immunity for firearm discharge was introduced.

SB 260 to ban legal concealed carry by CWP holders on any college campus was introduced Friday by a far left Democrat. Meanwhile, a House committee passed a bill to EXPAND legal concealed carry on campus from only CWP holders to add people eligible to carry under Utah's "Permitless carry"

Every step on every gun bill is being monitored and we will send urgent ACTION ALERTS if needed. We will probably send an INFORMATION alert in a few days with info on legislative and other matters of interest to gun owners.

WATCH FOR USSC ACTION ALERTS!

YOUR texts, phone calls and emails to legislators really made a difference getting things done last year, but every year is a new fight.

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