---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 481 Firearm Safety and Suicide Prevention Education Requirements"
description: "H.B. 481 Firearm Safety and Suicide Prevention Education Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 481"
citation: "Utah HB 481 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Human Services", "K-12 Education", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Mental Health", "Suicide", "Weapons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hayes, Sahara"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-02-15"
last_action: "2023-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3017f76a-11e7-4fd6-8032-47d2119222b3"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0481.html"
source_hash: "97f0f5ad0a88d5483d9e94281dd32436ec41b976f4ef16fb38b43f68e7b49729"
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 481 (2023) — H.B. 481 Firearm Safety and Suicide Prevention Education Requirements

## 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/HB0481S03.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0481.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hayes, Sahara — primary (person)
- Pitcher, Stephanie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-15** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-02-15** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-02-16** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-02-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-21** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-02-22** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2023-02-23** to House Education Committee
- **2023-02-24** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2023-02-24** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-02-24** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2 `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-02-24** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-27** comm rpt/substituted/amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-27** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-27** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-27** circled
- **2023-02-28** uncircled
- **2023-02-28** substituted from # 1 to # 3 `substitution`
- **2023-02-28** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-28** to Senate
- **2023-02-28** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-02-28** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-01** Rules to 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
- **2023-03-02** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-02** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-03-03** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2023-03-03** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2023-03-09** 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/3017f76a-11e7-4fd6-8032-47d2119222b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).