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Senate approves civil-negligence measure on negligent storage of loaded firearms after amendment
Summary
The Utah Senate amended and passed a civil-liability measure that creates a negligence-based cause of action when a loaded firearm accessible to a child causes injury; an amendment removed BB and air guns from coverage. The final roll-call tally was reported as 16 ayes, 12 nays.
Senator Robert Steiner urged passage of Senate Bill 110 on the Senate floor, describing it as a civil-negligence measure that would allow injured parties to sue adults if a loaded firearm accessible to children caused injury. Steiner said the bill does not impose criminal penalties but establishes a lower civil standard for negligence in those cases and emphasized parental responsibility: "Have as…
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