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Committee hears bill to criminalize certain firearm rate-of-fire attachments; motion to advance fails after debate
Summary
A House committee debated House Bill 387, which would criminalize possession of device attachments that enable a semi-automatic firearm to function as a fully automatic weapon, but the measure did not pass out of committee.
House Bill 387, which would criminalize possession of certain firearm accessories defined by the sponsor as attachments that allow a semi-automatic firearm to function as fully automatic, failed to advance from the Public Utilities and Energy Committee after debate.
Representative Stoddard, the sponsor, said the bill closes a perceived loophole: existing Utah law already prohibits minors from possessing such attachments, and HB 387 would make possession by an adult a class B misdemeanor while retaining the existing…
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