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House approves revised firearm suicide‑prevention bill with lock distribution and education provisions
Summary
Representative Elison’s floor amendment to HB 17 reinstates an education and lock‑distribution program, adds requirements for a brochure, supplies trigger locks with long‑gun purchases, and establishes a brief video at concealed‑carry renewal; the House passed the bill 66–4 and sent it to the Senate.
The Utah House on Feb. 26 approved first substitute House Bill 17, a package of firearm violence and suicide‑prevention amendments that restores an education program and adds provisions for lock distribution and concealed‑carry renewal education.
Representative Elison, the bill sponsor, told the House the legislation is intended to "reduce the number of suicides in Utah," describing the measure as a continuation of a previously successful program that provided brochures and trigger locks. Elison cited statistics from a study commissioned by the Legislature and conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health, saying roughly 85 percent of firearm deaths in Utah are suicides and noting…
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