---
type: "Bill"
title: "Weapon Possession Amendments"
description: "Weapon Possession Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 120"
citation: "Utah HB 120 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bureau of Criminal Investigation", "Department of Public Safety", "Expungement", "Judicial Operations", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Public Safety", "Weapons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lisonbee, Karianne"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-12-27"
last_action: "2023-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7187b88b-bcdb-485b-b818-ed9840284e98"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0120.html"
source_hash: "9bd6a521d82fda703881873feff26387b96efa2106cc58587cf02da41c6c07fd"
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 120 (2023) — Weapon Possession 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/~2023/bills/hbillint/HB0120.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0120.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lisonbee, Karianne — primary (person)
- Kennedy, Michael S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-27** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-12-28** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-12-28** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2022-12-28** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-01-11** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-17** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-01-17** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-24** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2023-01-25** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-26** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-26** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-31** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-31** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-01-31** to Senate
- **2023-02-01** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-01** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-01** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2023-02-06** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-07** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-07** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-09** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-09** circled
- **2023-02-09** uncircled
- **2023-02-09** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-10** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-10** circled
- **2023-02-10** uncircled
- **2023-02-10** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-10** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2023-02-10** to House
- **2023-02-13** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-13** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-02-14** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2023-02-14** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2023-03-09** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2023-03-09** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2023-03-13** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2023-03-13** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-20** 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/7187b88b-bcdb-485b-b818-ed9840284e98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).