---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 264 Law Enforcement Weapons Use Amendments"
description: "H.B. 264 Law Enforcement Weapons Use Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 264"
citation: "Utah HB 264 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Peace Officers", "Public Safety", "Weapons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Romero, Angela"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/775a0cb4-9e76-4609-8aa1-95e3868390a6"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0264.html"
source_hash: "533bba7e8048be5fca4ad08adc56fb344b31edb0b0bec4ed7efec17e19056ed8"
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 HB 264 (2021) — H.B. 264 Law Enforcement Weapons Use 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/hbillint/HB0264S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0264.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **59–13** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **20–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Romero, Angela — primary (person)
- Weiler, Todd D. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-28** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-01-28** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-29** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-29** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-02** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-02-03** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2021-02-09** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-10** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-02-10** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-10** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-02-16** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-16** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-16** to Senate
- **2021-02-16** received from House
- **2021-02-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-26** to Senate Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-03** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2021-03-05** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-05** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-03-05** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2021-03-05** signed by President/returned to House
- **2021-03-05** to House
- **2021-03-05** received from Senate
- **2021-03-05** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2021-03-09** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2021-03-09** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-15** 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/775a0cb4-9e76-4609-8aa1-95e3868390a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).