---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 461 Airport Firearm Possession Amendments"
description: "H.B. 461 Airport Firearm Possession Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 461"
citation: "Utah HB 461 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Aeronautics", "Airports", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Public Safety", "Transportation", "Weapons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gricius, Stephanie"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-13"
last_action: "2023-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ffe981d-b533-445e-96a9-edacffb62789"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0461.html"
source_hash: "5fa49584bb714d6b0b4ba74d701821ca06c1f2637605cbd5922aaaa485272254"
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 461 (2023) — H.B. 461 Airport Firearm 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/HB0461S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0461.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–3** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **58–14** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–2** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **19–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gricius, Stephanie — primary (person)
- Hinkins, David P. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-13** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-02-13** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-02-13** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-02-13** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-16** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-02-17** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2023-02-22** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-24** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-24** substituted from # 0 to # 2 `substitution`
- **2023-02-24** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-24** to Senate
- **2023-02-24** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-24** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-24** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
- **2023-02-24** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-02-28** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** comm rpt/sent to Rules
- **2023-03-02** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-02** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-02** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2023-03-02** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2023-03-02** to House
- **2023-03-03** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-03** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-03-03** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2023-03-03** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2023-03-10** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2023-03-10** 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/4ffe981d-b533-445e-96a9-edacffb62789`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).