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Under current Utah law, college and university campuses have very limited authority over firearms on their grounds. This bill significantly expands that authority by requiring the state Board of Higher Education to allow individual colleges and universities to create their own rules — up to and including a full prohibition on carrying or possessing firearms on campus. The bill also makes it a criminal offense (a class A misdemeanor for firearms, class B for other dangerous weapons) to carry, possess, or store any dangerous weapon in a campus dormitory, with no exemption even for permit holders.