2025 bills / H.B. 227
H.B. 227 Restricted Person Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote (stopped here)
- Signed into law
What this bill does
AI summary from the official description
This bill would make a person a "restricted person" under Utah weapons law if a court found them not guilty by reason of insanity or mentally incompetent to stand trial for any criminal offense, not just felonies. It also includes a coordination clause to align technical changes with H.B. 133, Dangerous Weapon Amendments.
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Official description
- makes a person a restricted person if the person has been found not guilty by reason of insanity for any criminal offense not just a felony level offense
- makes a person a restricted person if the person has been found mentally incompetent to stand trial for any criminal offense not just a felony level offense
- contains a coordination clause to coordinate technical changes between this bill and H.B. 133, Dangerous Weapon Amendments
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What members get
- An alert the day H.B. 227 is put on a committee agenda, with time and room, so you can be there to speak
- When H.B. 227 is rewritten, exactly which words changed
- Its hearings in your own calendar
- Your own scorecard: pick the side you favor and see how every legislator voted
Every vote
- 10 yes, 0 no, 1 absentHouse Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee: vote, which it did not pass · Feb 6, 2025Who voted how
- 7 yes, 0 no, 4 absentHouse Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 18, 2025Who voted how
- 44 yes, 20 no, 11 absentFinal House vote · Feb 25, 2025Who voted how
- 3 yes, 0 no, 4 absentSenate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee: vote to approve it · Mar 4, 2025Who voted how
Hearings and debates
- Feb 6, 2025 House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee▶ Watch
- Feb 14, 2025 House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee▶ Watch
- Feb 18, 2025 House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee▶ Watch
- Mar 4, 2025 Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee▶ Watch
- 25/2/2025 House floor debate▶ Watch