---
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).