---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 115 Firearm Preemption Amendments"
description: "S.B. 115 Firearm Preemption Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 115"
citation: "Utah SB 115 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Municipalities", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)", "Public Safety", "Weapons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilson, Chris H."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 49
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-01-18"
last_action: "2022-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64a5441d-9280-4f21-a7a5-dba8ed7a8735"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/SB0115.html"
source_hash: "55435246d695275a63a61b41f61f5db808ecd389724ea9e1c658a48479378dcf"
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 115 (2022) — S.B. 115 Firearm Preemption 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/~2022/bills/sbillint/SB0115S02.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/sbillamd/SB0115S02.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/sbillenr/SB0115.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **22–5** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **58–16** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2 — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with House amendment — **20–5** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **20–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wilson, Chris H. — primary (person)
- Maloy, A. Cory — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-18** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-01-18** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-01-19** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-21** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-01-25** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2022-01-25** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-27** comm rpt/substituted
- **2022-01-27** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-01** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-02** circled
- **2022-02-03** uncircled
- **2022-02-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-03** to House
- **2022-02-04** received from Senate
- **2022-02-04** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-09** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2
- **2022-02-11** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-11** comm rpt/substituted
- **2022-02-11** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2022-02-14** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-02-16** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-16** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-17** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-17** circled
- **2022-02-17** uncircled
- **2022-02-17** floor amendment # 1
- **2022-02-17** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-17** to Senate
- **2022-02-18** received from House
- **2022-02-18** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2022-02-22** concurs with House amendment
- **2022-02-22** to House
- **2022-02-22** received from Senate
- **2022-02-22** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2022-02-22** to Senate
- **2022-02-23** received from House
- **2022-02-23** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2022-02-24** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2022-02-24** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2022-03-14** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2022-03-14** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2022-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2022-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-24** 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/64a5441d-9280-4f21-a7a5-dba8ed7a8735`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).