---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 223 Airport Weapon Possession Amendments"
description: "H.B. 223 Airport Weapon Possession Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 223"
citation: "Utah HB 223 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Aeronautics", "Airports", "Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice", "Crimes", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Government Records", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Public Safety", "Transportation", "Weapons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gricius, Stephanie"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07a201f0-e672-4bc0-ba7d-917b3233dfeb"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/HB0223.html"
source_hash: "4c9b1bbbf5b8a133871b9e8285bb13c0f765eb6e8a18553d84387f9973784978"
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 223 (2024) — H.B. 223 Airport Weapon 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/~2024/bills/hbillint/HB0223S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/hbillenr/HB0223.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2024-01-09** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2024-01-10** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2024-01-16** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2024-01-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-19** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2024-01-24** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2024-01-24** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-25** comm rpt/substituted
- **2024-01-25** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-01-27** fiscal note publicly available
- **2024-02-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-02** to Senate
- **2024-02-02** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-02** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-05** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2024-02-12** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-12** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-12** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-21** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-21** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-22** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-22** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-22** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2024-02-22** to House
- **2024-02-22** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-22** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2024-02-26** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2024-03-12** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2024-03-12** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2024-03-12** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2024-03-12** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-13** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2024-03-13** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2024-03-14** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2024-03-14** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2024-03-18** 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/07a201f0-e672-4bc0-ba7d-917b3233dfeb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).