---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 17 Firearm Violence and Suicide Prevention Amendments"
description: "H.B. 17 Firearm Violence and Suicide Prevention Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H.B. 17"
citation: "Utah H.B. 17 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health", "Criminal Conduct", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Suicide", "Human Services", "Weapons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eliason, Steve"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 48
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-12-18"
last_action: "2019-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/167ab990-c2c4-4f16-b8b2-0a4b9438fdbf"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/HB0017.html"
source_hash: "433114f465f13a1fa67c64c27895e549934c74ef912e4e4b981ed74b75f9310d"
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. 17 (2019) — H.B. 17 Firearm Violence and Suicide Prevention 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/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0017S02.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillamd/HB0017S02.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillenr/HB0017.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2 — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **22–2** (pass) · upper
- concurs with Senate amendment — **60–8** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **66–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eliason, Steve — primary (person)
- Bramble, Curtis S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-18** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-12-18** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-01-07** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-01-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-02-15** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2019-02-20** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-20** comm rpt/substituted
- **2019-02-20** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-26** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-26** floor amendment # 1
- **2019-02-26** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-26** to Senate
- **2019-02-27** received from House
- **2019-02-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-01** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2
- **2019-03-04** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** comm rpt/substituted
- **2019-03-05** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-03-06** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2019-03-06** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-03-07** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-07** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-08** placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table
- **2019-03-13** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-03-13** floor amendment # 1
- **2019-03-13** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-03-13** to House with amendments
- **2019-03-13** received from Senate
- **2019-03-13** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2019-03-13** circled
- **2019-03-14** uncircled
- **2019-03-14** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2019-03-14** to Senate
- **2019-03-14** received from House
- **2019-03-14** signed by President/returned to House
- **2019-03-14** to House
- **2019-03-14** received from Senate
- **2019-03-14** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2019-03-15** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2019-03-15** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2019-03-21** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2019-03-21** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2019-03-22** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2019-03-22** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-28** 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/167ab990-c2c4-4f16-b8b2-0a4b9438fdbf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).