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Utah law currently requires a licensed firearms dealer to run a state criminal background check before selling or transferring a gun, with an existing exemption for sales to Federal Firearms Licensees. This bill would add a new exemption for firearms regulated under the federal National Firearms Act — such as silencers or short-barreled rifles — allowing a state background check to be skipped if the buyer already received an approved transfer application from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives within the past 30 days. It would also clarify in state law that a Federal Firearms Licensee does not need to undergo a state background check when a firearm is transferred to them, and it makes other minor technical wording changes to related definitions.