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Utah House rejects Innkeepers Rights Act after hours of debate on hotel firearms and liability
Summary
The House debated a bill to treat rented hotel rooms as temporary residences for firearms and to limit hotelier liability; after amendments and a lengthy floor debate the measure failed 22‑48.
Representative Sandstrom brought House Bill 223, the Innkeepers Rights Act, to the floor seeking to make a rented hotel room a "temporary residence" for firearms purposes and to add language shielding hoteliers from civil or criminal liability for actions by guests lawfully possessing firearms. He said the bill "brings the hotel innkeepers portion of the code in line with current state code" and called it "about protecting life."
Opponents argued the measure interfered with private property and…
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