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Thursday, November 5, 2026

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2026 floor votes

H.B. 101: Firearm Background Check Amendments

4 recorded floor votes in the 2026 General Session. The bill's official page has its text, sponsors, committee votes and full history.

About this bill

Signed by the governor on March 26, 2026. This bill addresses background checks for firearms.

  • Exempts an individual from undergoing a background check for the sale or transfer of a firearm that is regulated under the National Firearms Act if the individual has received an approved application within the last 30 days for the sale or transfer of the firearm from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
  • Clarifies that a Federal Firearms Licensee does not need to undergo a criminal background check for the transfer of a firearm to the federal firearms licensee
  • Makes technical and conforming changes

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor A. Cory Maloy

Utah House, February 4, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · HB 101
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 68 Nays 0 N/V 7
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (64)

52 Republican, 12 Democratic

Absent or not voting (7)

2 Democratic, 5 Republican

Utah Senate, February 18, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on Second · HB 101
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 19 Nays 1 Abs 9
Official record

Yes (19)

15 Republican, 1 Forward, 3 Democratic

No (1)

1 Democratic

Absent or not voting (9)

7 Republican, 2 Democratic

Utah Senate, February 19, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · HB 101
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 24 Nays 1 Abs 4
Official record

Yes (24)

18 Republican, 1 Forward, 5 Democratic

No (1)

1 Democratic

Absent or not voting (4)

4 Republican

Utah House, February 20, 2026

Concurrence, Concurred/Final Passage · HB 101
Result as recorded: Yeas 70 Nays 1 N/V 4
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (67)

55 Republican, 12 Democratic

No (1)

1 Democratic

Absent or not voting (3)

2 Republican, 1 Democratic

Votes are listed as the Utah Legislature's floor vote records show them. Names are matched to today's roster, so members who have since left the Legislature aren't in the lists; the totals are the record's own. Committee votes and voice votes aren't included.