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HB 183 Utah House · 2025 General Session

Noncitizen Restricted Person Amendments

HB 183 amends Utah law to clarify that noncitizens with pending asylum or temporary protected status (TPS) applications are prohibited from possessing, purchasing, transferring, or owning dangerous weapons. This technical amendment adds these individuals to the existing list of "Category I restricted persons" under Utah Code Section 76-10-503, specifically addressing those waiting for immigration decisions. The bill does not change other restrictions or create new requirements; it only explicitly includes pending asylum and TPS applicants under the existing prohibition. No funding is appropriated, and the change coordinates with related legislation (H.B. 133).
Issues: ✗ ImmigrationOpposes ImmigrationRestricts weapon access for noncitizens with pending asylum/TPS, limiting their rights under immigration status95% confidence
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Signed Mar 26, 2025
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What changed between versions

Substitute #1 → Enrolled · 3 edits · Mar 26, 2025
MINOR
The bill was finalized by removing a coordination clause that was intended to update a separate bill (H.B. 133) and updating the long title to reflect that the coordination clause is no longer included. The core policy regarding non-citizen restrictions on weapon possession remains unchanged.
Scope change
The bill's scope regarding who is restricted from owning weapons did not change; however, the legislative mechanism for coordinating this bill with another bill was removed.
TECHNICAL

Removed Section 3, which contained a coordination clause intended to automatically update Section 76-11-302 of the Utah Code to match the new definitions for aliens with pending asylum or temporary protected status applications.

Updated the 'Other Special Clauses' section in the long title from 'This bill provides a coordination clause' to 'None' to accurately reflect the removal of that clause.

Removed the reference to 'H.B. 133, Dangerous Weapons Amendments' from the 'Highlighted Provisions' section in the long title.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
34
Key actions
8
Committee
6
Mar 26, 2025
Signed into law
Governor Signed
executive
Mar 7, 2025
Legislature · Passed
House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling
legislature
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate/ committee report favorable
upper
Feb 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Committee
Senate/ to standing committee
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Introduced
Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
House/ passed 3rd reading
upper
Feb 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
House/ committee report favorable
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
lower
Jan 31, 2025
Committee
House/ to standing committee
lower
Jan 21, 2025
Introduced
House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
lower
0 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.