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Utah's firearm safe harbor program lets household members voluntarily surrender a firearm to law enforcement for safekeeping—typically for up to 60 days—when someone in the home is believed to pose an immediate threat. This bill would require law enforcement agencies to collect anonymous, aggregated data on program use, 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 would compile the information and forward it to the Legislature's Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim Committee in 2027 and 2028. It would also formally classify any records created under the safe harbor program as private records until the firearm is returned or disposed of, meaning they would generally not be subject to public disclosure while the firearm remains in police custody. The data collection and reporting requirements would automatically expire on July 1, 2029 unless the Legislature acts to extend them.