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2025 bills / S.B. 130

S.B. 130 Firearm and Firearm Accessory Modifications (2025)

Did not passWritten by Sen. Nate Blouin

  1. Introduced
  2. Senate committee
  3. Senate vote (stopped here)
  4. House committee
  5. House vote
  6. Signed into law

What this bill does

Starting January 1, 2027, adults could not possess machinegun attachments, and certain gas-operated semiautomatic guns and large-capacity ammunition feeding devices could not be imported, sold, made, or possessed. It also adds a waiting period before buying a gun from a dealer, requires dealers to post negligent-storage liability notices, and makes possessing guns with removed or altered markings a crime.

Plain-English summary written by AI from the official description. Check the official text below.

Official description
  • defines terms
  • requires, beginning on January 1, 2027, a manufacturer or seller of gas-operated semiautomatic firearms that is manufacturing or selling the firearms to the government of the United States, a state, or a federally recognized tribe, to mark on the firearm that the firearm may only be used by a government employee in accordance with government policy
  • amends offenses related to a restricted person in possession of a dangerous weapon to include ammunition
  • makes possession of a firearm on which the identifying marks have been altered or removed a crime
  • makes possession of a firearm without identifying marks a crime
  • amends provisions requiring the Bureau of Criminal Identification to inform local law enforcement when a prohibited person attempts to purchase a firearm from a firearm dealer
  • creates a criminal offense, beginning on January 1, 2027, for an adult to possess a machinegun firearm attachment
  • creates a waiting period, with certain exemptions, between the purchase of a firearm from a dealer and the delivery of the firearm to the purchaser
  • creates a criminal offense, beginning on January 1, 2027, for a person to import, sell, manufacture, transfer, receive, or possess, in certain circumstances, a gas-operated semiautomatic firearm
  • requires a firearm dealer to post a written notice of potential liability for the negligent storage of a firearm and provides a penalty for failure to post the notice
  • requires the Department of Public Safety to create a system for individuals who possess certain gas-operated semiautomatic firearms before January 1, 2027, to register the firearm with the department
  • creates a criminal offense beginning on January 1, 2027, for a person to import, sell, manufacture, transfer, receive, or possess, in certain circumstances, a large-capacity ammunition feeding device
  • expands the criminal offense of altering a serial number on a pistol or revolver beginning on January 1, 2027, to include all firearms and large-capacity ammunition feeding devices
  • makes technical and conforming changes
Full text and history on le.utah.gov →

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