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S.B. 86

Signed into Law

Firearm Safe Harbor Amendments

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S.B. 86Signed into Law

Firearm Safe Harbor Amendments

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What This Bill Does

This bill concerns the safe harbor storage of a firearm.

Key Provisions

This bill:

  • requires a law enforcement agency to collect and report anonymous, aggregate data regarding the use of the firearm safe harbor program to the State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice (commission);
  • requires the commission to receive, compile, and provide aggregate data received from law enforcement agencies to the Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim Committee;
  • provides that a record created by a law enforcement agency under the firearm safe harbor program is a private record until the law enforcement agency disposes of the record;
  • provides a sunset date for the collection and reporting of firearm safe harbor aggregate data; and
  • makes technical and conforming changes.

Plain-Language Summary

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Utah's firearm safe harbor program allows household members to voluntarily surrender a firearm to law enforcement for safekeeping — up to 60 days at a time — when someone in the home is believed to pose an immediate threat. This bill adds new requirements to that program: starting July 1, 2026, law enforcement agencies must collect anonymous, aggregated data on how often the program is used — including how many firearms are received, returned, or disposed of — and report that data annually to the State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, which then forwards a compiled report to the Legislature's Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim Committee. The bill also formally classifies any records created under the safe harbor program as private until they are destroyed, and sets a sunset date of July 1, 2029 for the data collection and reporting requirements.