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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Law Enforcement Weapons Amendments"
+description: "Law Enforcement Weapons Amendments"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
+legislature: "Utah Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 68"
+citation: "Utah SB 68 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Department of Public Safety", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Public Safety", "Utah Highway Patrol", "Weapons"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Buxton, David G."]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 52
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2021-01-08"
+last_action: "2021-03-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11edd6f7-6df9-4c2f-b16d-77013778ec4d"
+source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/SB0068.html"
+source_hash: "195238bc61c674499538831d764b7bc59c39b4f713bf73be1e95c48c3d0c560c"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ut"]
+---
+
+# Utah SB 68 (2021) — Law Enforcement Weapons Amendments
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillint/SB0068.pdf)
+2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillamd/SB0068.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillenr/SB0068.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- passed 3rd reading — **29–0** (pass) · upper
+- concurs with House amendment — **28–0** (pass) · upper
+- passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · upper
+- passed 3rd reading — **63–5** (pass) · lower
+- passed 3rd reading — **65–6** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Buxton, David G. — primary (person)
+- Ray, Paul — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-08** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
+- **2021-01-08** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
+- **2021-01-08** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
+- **2021-01-12** received bill from Legislative Research
+- **2021-01-16** fiscal note sent to sponsor
+- **2021-01-18** fiscal note publicly available
+- **2021-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-01-19** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
+- **2021-01-19** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-21** Senate Comm - Not Considered
+- **2021-01-26** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-01-27** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-01-27** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
+- **2021-02-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-02** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-03** 3rd reading `reading-3`
+- **2021-02-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
+- **2021-02-03** to House
+- **2021-02-03** received from Senate
+- **2021-02-03** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-02-04** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-09** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-10** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-10** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
+- **2021-03-03** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
+- **2021-03-03** 2nd reading `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-03** 3rd reading `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
+- **2021-03-03** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
+- **2021-03-03** to Senate
+- **2021-03-04** received from House
+- **2021-03-04** recalled by House
+- **2021-03-04** to House
+- **2021-03-04** motion to reconsider
+- **2021-03-04** floor amendment # 1
+- **2021-03-04** passed 3rd reading `passage`
+- **2021-03-04** to Senate
+- **2021-03-04** placed on Concurrence Calendar
+- **2021-03-04** concurs with House amendment
+- **2021-03-04** to House
+- **2021-03-04** received from Senate
+- **2021-03-04** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
+- **2021-03-04** to Senate
+- **2021-03-05** received from House
+- **2021-03-05** signed by President/sent for enrolling
+- **2021-03-09** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
+- **2021-03-09** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
+- **2021-03-12** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
+- **2021-03-12** enrolled bill to Printing
+- **2021-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
+- **2021-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-03-16** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11edd6f7-6df9-4c2f-b16d-77013778ec4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).
+