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House approves state appeal process to restore gun rights for some adjudicated individuals after heated debate
Summary
The House passed first substitute HB266 (restoration of right to bear arms) 44–31 after extensive debate over mental-health adjudication, safeguards and federal funding; sponsor said the bill frames a state court appeal for restoration and amended its fiscal note to $13,100.
After extended debate, the Utah House passed first substitute House Bill 266 on Feb. 13, approving a state process for some adjudicated individuals to petition to have firearm rights restored.
Representative Matt Throckmorton, the bill sponsor, said the measure would create a court-based appeal process that mirrors certain federal provisions but places the restoration machinery within Utah courts. He acknowledged federal rules and case law but said the federal administrative appeal process has been unfunded and that the proposed state…
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