---
type: "Bill"
title: "Voluntary Firearm Restrictions Amendments"
description: "Voluntary Firearm Restrictions Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 300"
citation: "Utah HB 300 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Rulemaking and Procedures", "Background Checks", "Bureau of Criminal Investigation", "Department of Public Safety", "Health", "Health Care Professionals", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "New Rulemaking Authority", "Public Safety", "Weapons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eliason, Steve"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64ce32ce-5ce2-43c0-8cca-f1a3f108d88e"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0300.html"
source_hash: "e75396491201df8b86ee5641607341719dd9d5de2303a5010429eb64aa9260bd"
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 300 (2023) — Voluntary Firearm Restrictions 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/HB0300.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0300.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eliason, Steve — primary (person)
- Kennedy, Michael S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-01-25** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-25** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2023-01-26** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-26** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-27** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-01-31** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-01-31** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-02-01** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2023-02-02** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-03** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-03** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-06** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-06** to Senate
- **2023-02-07** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-07** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2023-02-09** Senate Comm - Not Considered
- **2023-02-13** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-15** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-16** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2023-02-16** to House
- **2023-02-16** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-16** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-02-19** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2023-02-19** 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/64ce32ce-5ce2-43c0-8cca-f1a3f108d88e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).