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2026 floor votes

H.B. 314: Firearm Purchase Amendments

3 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 24, 2026. This bill addresses provisions related to the purchase of a firearm.

  • Removes a requirement that a Federal Firearms Licensee use a certain form provided by the Bureau of Criminal Identification (bureau) when selling a firearm
  • Extends the amount of time that the bureau may maintain records from a criminal history background check from 20 days to 30 days
  • Makes technical and conforming changes

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Matt MacPherson

Utah House, February 10, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · HB 314
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 64 Nays 4 N/V 7
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (60)

52 Republican, 8 Democratic

No (4)

4 Democratic

Absent or not voting (7)

5 Republican, 2 Democratic

Utah Senate, February 19, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on Second · HB 314
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 21 Nays 5 Abs 3
Official record

Yes (21)

19 Republican, 1 Forward, 1 Democratic

No (5)

5 Democratic

Absent or not voting (3)

3 Republican

Utah Senate, February 20, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · HB 314
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 18 Nays 6 Abs 5
Official record

Yes (18)

17 Republican, 1 Forward

No (6)

6 Democratic

Absent or not voting (5)

5 Republican

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.