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Senate backs firearm‑safety bill adding trigger‑lock funding and brief training

Utah State Senate · March 13, 2019
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Summary

The Senate passed Second Substitute House Bill 17 to expand a firearm safety pilot — funding cable trigger locks and requiring a brief training at concealed‑carry permit renewal — after the sponsor offered an amendment to reduce fiscal impact; the measure passed 26–0 with three absent.

The Utah Senate approved Second Substitute House Bill 17, a measure to expand a pilot firearm‑safety program and address teen suicide tied to firearm access.

Senator Bramble, sponsor of the bill, told colleagues the measure expands an existing pilot and requires the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health, in consultation with partners, to…

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