UTAH 2020 LEGISLATIVE ACTION

Requires background checks for the transfer of a firearm between persons who are not federal firearms licensees;
Creates exceptions for family members, law enforcement agencies and officers, and others;
Allows for temporary transfers under specific circumstances; and sets penalties.

This bill provides a cause of action for negligent entrustment of a firearm.
Provides for circumstances under which a firearm custodian can be liable for damage caused by another individual’s use of the firearm custodian’s firearm; and
Provides for a defense to an action brought under the statute.

STATUS: House Rules Committee

Makes it a criminal offense if a firearm is stored in a place that the firearm owner knows or has reason to believe a minor or person legally restricted from possessing a firearm has access to and a person is injured by a minor or restricted person using the firearm;
Requires a firearm dealer to post written notice of possible prosecution for negligent storage of a firearm and provides a penalty for failure to post the notice; [EDIT: This portion gives me pause – Aaron]
And makes technical changes.

STATUS: Senate Rules Committee

Makes it a third degree felony to alter or remove identifying marks on a firearm; and
makes it a third degree felony to be in possession of a firearm on which the identifying marks have been removed or altered.

STATUS: Senate Rules Committee

This bill provides for circumstances where a cohabitant may commit the firearm of a firearm owner cohabitant without the permission of the owner cohabitant;
sets procedures for law enforcement to follow when accepting a firearm committed by a cohabitant without the owner cohabitant’s permission; and
makes technical changes.

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