Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah HB166: Open Carry of a Firearm Amendments
Status: Failed, March 6, 2026
This bill addresses the open carrying of a firearm.
What the bill says
From the introduced text, January 7, 2026:
0 Open Carry of a Firearm Amendments 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Verona Mauga Senate Sponsor: LONG TITLE General Description: This bill addresses the open carrying of a firearm. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - defines terms; - creates the offense of prohibited open carry of a firearm at a large public gathering; and - makes technical and conforming changes. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: None Utah Code Sections Affected: AMENDS: 53-5a-102.2 , as enacted by Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 208 ENACTS: 76-11-221 , Utah Code Annotated 1953 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1. Section 53-5a-102.2 is amended to read: 53-5a-102.2 . Open and concealed carry of a firearm outside of an individual's residence. (1) To effectuate the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution and Utah Constitution, Article I, Section 6, that prohibit the infringement of the right of the people of Utah to keep and bear arms for security and defense of self, family, others, property, or the state, as well as for other lawful purposes, and consistent with the Legislature's ability to define the lawful use of arms: (a) subject to Subsections (2)(a) and (b), an individual 18 years old or older but younger than 21 years old without a provisional carry permit …
Sponsors
- Verona Mauga (D, 31) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : House/ filed
- : House/ strike enacting clause
- : House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- : House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- : LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0166
- : LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0166
- : House/ received bill from Legislative Research
- : LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0166
- : LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0166
- : Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
Subjects: Weapons, Crimes, Public Safety, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice
Common questions
- What is HB166?
- HB166 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2026 General Session): Open Carry of a Firearm Amendments.
- What does HB166 do?
- This bill addresses the open carrying of a firearm.
- What is the status of HB166?
- Failed as of March 6, 2026. Latest action: House/ filed (March 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB166?
- Verona Mauga (D, 31).
- Where is the official record for HB166?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0166.html
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