---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearm Safe Harbor Amendments"
description: "Firearm Safe Harbor Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 86"
citation: "Utah SB 86 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice", "Department of Public Safety", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Public Safety", "Suicide", "Weapons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilson, Chris H."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-06T20:11:58+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-23T13:33:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24dfe298-7510-4d5a-9ea1-c45559af0d1d"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0086.html"
source_hash: "790aeea22445e1abe72abd9d2458c2084397828fe071ebd765b567ebc932d99f"
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 SB 86 (2026) — Firearm Safe Harbor 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/SB0086.xml)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0086.xml)

## Votes

- House/ passed 3rd reading — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wilson, Chris H. — primary (person)
- Eliason, Steve — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-06T20:11:58+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-06T20:11:58+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-06T20:12:03+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0086
- **2026-01-06T20:12:03+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0086
- **2026-01-07T18:03:29+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0086
- **2026-01-07T18:03:31+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0086
- **2026-01-12T17:06:11+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-12T17:07:37+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T18:07:25+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-20T22:08:34+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22T21:00:00+00:00** Senate Comm - Not Considered [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee]
- **2026-01-27T21:21:28+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-29T18:43:59+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-29T18:44:00+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-13T18:26:45+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-13T18:31:17+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17T18:16:58+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-17T18:19:33+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-17T18:19:34+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-17T20:01:50+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-17T21:13:49+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-18T18:58:40+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Public Utilities and Energy Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20T00:04:43+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Public Utilities and Energy Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-20T00:10:36+00:00** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation [House Public Utilities and Energy Committee]
- **2026-02-20T17:22:16+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ placed on Consent Calendar [House Public Utilities and Energy Committee]
- **2026-02-20T17:22:17+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-23T17:26:21+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-23T17:26:46+00:00** House/ circled
- **2026-02-23T17:28:56+00:00** House/ uncircled
- **2026-02-23T17:30:42+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-23T17:30:43+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-23T17:30:44+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-23T21:37:35+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-23T21:37:36+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-02-25T16:55:52+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2026-02-25T16:55:56+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-02-26T15:39:24+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-02-26T15:39:30+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-03T22:36:12+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-03T22:36:14+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-23T13:33:00+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/24dfe298-7510-4d5a-9ea1-c45559af0d1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).