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House adopts campus-conceal amendment to firearms bill after hours of debate; final passage pending in transcript
Summary
The Utah House debated House Bill 473 and adopted an amendment requiring that firearms carried under a concealed-carry permit on college campuses be concealed; the floor adopted Amendment No. 2 after sustained argument both for campus safety and for protecting Second Amendment rights. The transcript closes with voting on the amended bill still open.
Representative Oda presented House Bill 473 as a restatement and clarification of existing concealed-firearm permit language and related code sections, including references to section 53-5-704.
Floor debate produced several proposed amendments. Representative Verkhart described Amendment No. 2 as a narrow change: "What this exemption does... simply says that, firearms, if they are carried pursuant to conceal carry permit on college campuses, they need to be concealed." Supporters argued the…
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