---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearm Purchase Amendments"
description: "Firearm Purchase Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 314"
citation: "Utah HB 314 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Background Checks", "Bureau of Criminal Identification", "Department of Public Safety", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Public Safety", "Weapons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MacPherson, Matt"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-21T20:53:20+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-24T20:11:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bda7f0b-2f0b-4468-9b64-acfd5a3ad3e8"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0314.html"
source_hash: "9cb4d15afcabe350d8d1fc625efdf607581344d0cb2eace40965d40fa27fac5c"
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 314 (2026) — Firearm Purchase 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/2026/bills/introduced/HB0314.xml)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0314.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **18–6** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **21–5** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **64–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- MacPherson, Matt — primary (person)
- Stratton, Keven J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-21T20:53:20+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-21T20:53:20+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-21T20:53:23+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0314
- **2026-01-21T20:53:23+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0314
- **2026-01-22T17:15:56+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-22T18:20:52+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-22T23:21:01+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0314
- **2026-01-22T23:21:01+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0314
- **2026-01-23T16:58:05+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-28T19:11:03+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Public Utilities and Energy Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29T21:35:34+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Public Utilities and Energy Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-30T18:48:27+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Public Utilities and Energy Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-30T18:48:28+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-10T18:52:57+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-10T18:56:55+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-10T18:56:57+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-10T19:40:28+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-10T21:29:41+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-13T17:17:19+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17T15:30:39+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17T21:33:22+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17T21:33:23+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-19T22:03:59+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-19T22:06:18+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-20T17:59:36+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-20T18:01:21+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-20T18:01:22+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-02-20T18:01:23+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-20T19:30:42+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-20T19:30:43+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-02-25T16:55:22+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-02-25T16:55:23+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-02-25T17:45:08+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-02-25T17:45:09+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-03T21:39:05+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-03T21:39:07+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-24T20:11:00+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/5bda7f0b-2f0b-4468-9b64-acfd5a3ad3e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).