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Utah Shooting Sports Council
Protecting Safe and Legal Gun Ownership and Use
P.O. Box 17561. Salt Lake City, UT 84117
Copyright 1999-2004 by Utah Shooting Sports Council. All rights reserved.

2008 Utah Legislative Session Final Status of Gun Bills:

Bill number and link	Bill Title	Next Action	Sponsor	USSC Comments
HB 14	Discharge of a Firearm Amendments	Passed by House and Senate. Will go to Governor for his signature.	Rep. C. Wimmer	Revisions aimed at drive-by shootings. Will include clarification allowing shooting from vehicle at ranges. USSC SUPPORTS. [Note- similar bill passed House 73-0 in 2007 but died in Senate]
HB 110	Crime of Discharging a Dangerous Weapon or Firearm Within a Municipality	House committee "Tabled" bill 2/12/08. DEFEATED	Rep. Neil Hansen	Provides exceptions for self defense, shooting ranges, etc but for criminals it would be a 3rd degree felony. There are some problems with this bill that need to be clarified. USSC DOES NOT SUPPORT.
HB 195	Concealed Firearm Permit Amendments	Passed by House. Died in Senate DEFEATED .	Rep. M. Newbold	Limits Concealed Weapon Permits.for non-resident aliens to residents of countries with suitable background check info and raises fees for those cases to $100. USSC SUPPORTS this bill, but will watch carefully to ensure no changes made to other sections.
HB 473	Firearms Amendments	Passed House 60-11 on 3/3 after being amended to turn it into a GUN CONTROL BILL! Died in Senate. DEFEATED	Rep. Curt Oda	Modifies definitions in criminal code section. Anti-gun rights forces inocrrectly described this bill and were able to ram though amendments that CHANGED IT INTO AN ANTI-GUN BILL! THIS PLACES NEW RESTRICTIONS ON LAW ABIDING CITIZENS' SELF DEFENSE RIGHTS! USSC STRONGLY OPPOSES
SB 67	Protection of Constitutionally Guaranteed Activities in Certain Private Venues	Passed Senate 23-4 on 2/6. Tabled by House Judiciary Committee 2/22. DEFEATED .	Sen. Mark Madsen	Would prohibit discrimination against legally owned items in motor vehicles, including free speech bumper stickers, legally possessed firearms, etc. USSC STRONGLY SUPPORTS [Note- similar bill passed Senate 19-8 in 2007 but died in House]
SB 157 1st Substitute	Rights of Citizens to Carry Firearms in Declared Emergency	Passed Senate 26-2. Passsed by House 72-2 in final hours of session. Awaiting approval by governor.	Sen. Mark Madsen	Prohibits "Katrina style" confiscation or restrictions on legally owned guns during an emergency. USSC STRONGLY SUPPORTS [Note- similar bill passed Senate 26-3 in 2007 but died in House]
Not numbered	Law Enforcement Resale of Confiscated Handguns	Abandoned. DEAD FOR THS SESSION	Rep. R.C. Webb	Rumored to be aimed at allowing return of confiscated guns to owners or sale to licensed dealers.