---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearm Records Protection Amendments"
description: "Firearm Records Protection Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H.B. 174"
citation: "Utah H.B. 174 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Weapons", "Federal Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Potter, Val K."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2017-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d1cb42d-8d7f-40b8-a4b2-fd53a70574c9"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/HB0174.html"
source_hash: "50548633e9a36136e7f20cc16ef89e8de476bb2aa42ccab37bf818f8b466e75d"
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 H.B. 174 (2017) — Firearm Records Protection Amendments

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillint/HB0174.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillamd/HB0174.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillenr/HB0174.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **28–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **63–1** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **2–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Potter, Val K. — primary (person)
- Knudson, Peter C. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-23** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-01-23** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-01-23** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2017-01-24** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-01-24** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-25** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-01-26** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-31** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2017-01-31** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-01** comm rpt/amended
- **2017-02-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-10** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-10** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-10** to Senate
- **2017-02-10** received from House
- **2017-02-13** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-15** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-17** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-17** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-17** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-02-22** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-22** circled
- **2017-02-23** uncircled
- **2017-02-23** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-24** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-24** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-24** signed by President/returned to House
- **2017-02-24** to House
- **2017-02-24** received from Senate
- **2017-02-24** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2017-02-24** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2017-02-24** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2017-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-22** 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/5d1cb42d-8d7f-40b8-a4b2-fd53a70574c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).