---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearm Retention Amendments"
description: "Firearm Retention Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 195"
citation: "Utah HB 195 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Public Safety", "Punishment", "Sentencing", "Weapons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MacPherson, Matt"]
version_count: 19
action_count: 48
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-14T00:22:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-26T15:19:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83971f81-b4c3-445d-8241-167bcfbf20c8"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/HB0195.html"
source_hash: "a20813393553c023546c95de8db412f027bad271dc73e6567b6c92c1eb3142fe"
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 195 (2025) — Firearm Retention 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/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0195.xml)
2. **Amended 2/11/2025 12:02:771** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AV_HB0195S01_2025-02-11_12-07-04.pdf)
3. **Amended 2/4/2025 10:02:241** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AV_HB0195S01_2025-02-04_10-57-21.pdf)
4. **Amended 3/3/2025 15:03:89** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AV_HB0195S01_2025-03-03_15-57-01.pdf)
5. **Amended Excerpts 2/11/2025 12:02:771** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AP_HB0195S01_2025-02-11_12-07-04.pdf)
6. **Amended Excerpts 2/4/2025 10:02:241** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AP_HB0195S01_2025-02-04_10-57-21.pdf)
7. **Amended Excerpts 3/3/2025 15:03:89** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AP_HB0195S01_2025-03-03_15-57-01.pdf)
8. **Comparison to Sub #0** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/CP HB0195 To HB0195S01.pdf)
9. **House Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/HB0195S01.Hamd.1.pdf)
10. **House Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/HB0195S01.Hamd.2.pdf)
11. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/comreport/HB195H10.pdf)
12. **House Transmittal Letter 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/HB195H10.pdf)
13. **House Transmittal Letter 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/HB195H20.pdf)
14. **Senate Amendment 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/HB0195S01.Samd.3.pdf)
15. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/comreport/HB195S10.pdf)
16. **Senate Transmittal Letter 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/HB195S20.pdf)
17. **Senate Transmittal Letter 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/HB195S30.pdf)
18. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0195S01.xml)
19. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/HB0195.xml)

## Sponsors

- MacPherson, Matt — primary (person)
- McCay, Daniel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-14T00:22:00+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2025-01-14T00:22:00+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-01-15T19:20:00+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2025-01-21T16:18:00+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2025-01-21T22:28:00+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2025-01-24T19:05:00+00:00** House/ to standing committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-03T23:34:00+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation
- **2025-02-03T23:35:00+00:00** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-02-03T23:35:00+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-04T18:11:00+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted/ amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-04T18:11:00+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2025-02-11T18:46:00+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2025-02-11T18:47:00+00:00** House/ floor amendment
- **2025-02-11T18:55:00+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2025-02-11T18:55:00+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2025-02-11T19:24:00+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2025-02-11T21:22:00+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2025-02-14T17:12:00+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18T15:00:00+00:00** Senate Comm - Not Considered
- **2025-02-19T23:30:00+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20T17:21:00+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20T17:21:00+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2025-02-26T22:07:00+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2025-02-26T22:12:00+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-27T18:43:00+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2025-02-27T18:43:00+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2025-03-03T22:31:00+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2025-03-03T22:33:00+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2025-03-03T22:36:00+00:00** Senate/ motion to reconsider
- **2025-03-03T22:38:00+00:00** Senate/ floor amendment
- **2025-03-03T22:39:00+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2025-03-03T22:39:00+00:00** Senate/ to House with amendments
- **2025-03-04T16:48:00+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2025-03-04T16:48:00+00:00** House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2025-03-05T17:20:00+00:00** House/ concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-05T17:20:00+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2025-03-05T21:10:00+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2025-03-05T21:10:00+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2025-03-05T21:10:00+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2025-03-05T23:14:00+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2025-03-05T23:14:00+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2025-03-06T03:46:00+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2025-03-06T03:47:00+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2025-03-13T22:10:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2025-03-13T22:10:00+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2025-03-17T16:02:00+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2025-03-17T16:02:00+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-26T15:19:00+00:00** 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/83971f81-b4c3-445d-8241-167bcfbf20c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).