Bills

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Bill Status	Better Utah Position	Bill
Passed		S.B. 239 - Refinery Sales Tax Exemption Extends a tax break for refineries that haven’t begun producing Tier 3 fuel. Topic(s): Clean Energy Category: Sustainable Future
Passed		S.B. 150 - Transportation Governance and Funding Amendments Expands the Utah Transit Authority’s ability to enter into joint ventures with communities to develop around existing transit hubs. Topic(s): Public Transit Category: Sustainable Future
Passed		S.B. 131 - Mining Amendments Changes the definition of a small mining operation by doubling the size of a mine that qualifies as a small mining operation. Topic(s): Clean Energy Category: Sustainable Future
Passed		S.B. 112 - Inland Port Amendments Authorizes the Utah Inland Port Authority to establish a community enhancement program to address the impacts of development and inland port uses on adjacent communities. Topic(s): Infrastructure Category: Sustainable Future
Didn't Pass		S.B. 92 - Statewide Comprehensive Rail Plan Directs the Dept of Transportation to develop a statewide comprehensive rail plan. Topic(s): Public Transit Category: Sustainable Future
Passed		S.B. 78 - Energy Storage Innovation, Research, and Grant Program Act Provides funding for a grant program for related to energy storage. Topic(s): Clean Energy Category: Sustainable Future
Didn't Pass		S.B. 77 - Electric Energy Storage Tax Credit Creates income tax incentives for utility and residential energy storage technologies. Topic(s): Clean Energy Category: Sustainable Future
Passed		H.B. 328 - Division of Water Resources Study Update Requires the Division of Water Resources to update a study on diverting the Green River to bring more water to the Wasatch Front. Topic(s): Water Conservation Category: Sustainable Future
Didn't Pass		H.B. 322 - Utahraptor State Park Authorizes the Division of State Parks to create the Utahraptor State Park in Grand County. Topic(s): Public Lands Category: Sustainable Future
Didn't Pass		H.B. 317 - Nonroad Engine Study Directs the Division of Air Quality to study the number and type of nonroad engines in nonattainment areas of Utah Topic(s): Air Quality Category: Sustainable Future
Passed		H.B. 259 - Electric Vehicle Charging Network Directs the Dept. of Transportation to create a statewide electric vehicle charging network plan Topic(s): Air Quality Category: Sustainable Future
Passed		H.B. 235 - Voluntary Home Energy Information Pilot Program Creates a Voluntary Home Energy Information Pilot Program to educate homeowners and sellers on home energy use Topic(s): Clean Energy Category: Sustainable Future
Passed		H.B. 59 - Tax Credit for Alternative Fuel Heavy Duty Vehicles Extends an income tax credit for certain alternative fuel heavy-duty vehicles to 2029. Topic(s): Air Quality Category: Sustainable Future
Didn't Pass		S.J.R. 5 - Joint Resolution to Amend the Rules of Civil Procedure on Disqualification of a Judge Allows a lawyer to disqualify one judge per case without cause. Topic(s): Independent Judiciary Category: Good Government
Passed		S.B. 220 - Confession Of Judgement Amendments Allows parties to enter into a confession of judgment before a default, with exceptions. Topic(s): Access to Justice Category: Good Government
Passed		S.B. 200 - Redistricting Amendments Removes transparency and accountability requirements for the Legislature instituted by voters via Prop 4. Topic(s): Redistricting Category: Good Government
Passed		S.B. 173 - Disorderly Conduct Amendments Adjusts criminal provisions relating to disorderly conduct. Topic(s): Transparency & Accountability Category: Good Government
Passed		HC.R. 16 - Concurrent Resolution Calling for the Creation of a National Federalism Task Force Calls for the creation of a National Federalism Task Force for the purpose of convening a series of federalism summits. Topic(s): Checks & Balances Category: Good Government
Didn't Pass		H.B. 394 - Homeless and Transitional Housing Program Amendments Creates the position of a state homeless services director with sole control over decision making and funding for homelessness services. Topic(s): Checks & Balances Category: Good Government
Didn't Pass		H.B. 132 - Higher Education Student Speech Rights Prohibits a college or university from punishing certain acts of speech that do not meet the standard of “discriminatory harassment,” and allows the Attorney General to sue over violations. Topic(s): First Amendment Category: Good Government
Passed		H.B. 70 - Repeal of Single-mark Straight Ticket Voting Removes a ballot option to vote for all candidates from one political party without voting for the candidates individually. Topic(s): Voting Category: Good Government
Passed		H.B. 17 - Congressional Vacancies Amendments Creates a process for filling congressional vacancies and grants the Legislature authority to nominate temporary replacements for a U.S. Senate vacancy. Topic(s): Checks & Balances Category: Good Government
Passed		S.B. 174 - Abortion Prohibition Amendments Prohibits a pregnant person from receiving an abortion, with limited exceptions. Topic(s): Reproductive Rights Category: Equal Rights
Passed		S.B. 102 - Bigamy Amendments Reduces the crime of bigamy from a third-degree felony to an infraction. Topic(s): Criminal Justice Reform Category: Equal Rights
Passed		S.B. 97 - License Plates Amendments Clarifies that the Motor Vehicle Division may refuse to issue a custom license plate if it determines that the plate disparages a group of people based on a protected class. Topic(s): Immigrant Rights Category: Equal Rights
Passed		S.B. 67 - Disposition of Fetal Remains Requires a health care facility to dispose of fetal tissue from a miscarriage or abortion via burial or cremation. Topic(s): Reproductive Rights Category: Equal Rights
Didn't Pass		H.B. 449 - Study of Hormonal Medications Used in Transgender Procedures for Minors Directs the Department of health to conduct a study on the diagnosis, treatment, and care of transgender minors. Topic(s): LGBTQ+ Rights Category: Equal Rights
Didn't Pass		H.B. 429 - Contraception for Inmates Requires a jail to provide an incarcerated person with the option of continuing medically prescribed contraception. Topic(s): Criminal Justice Reform Category: Equal Rights
Didn't Pass		H.B. 364 - Abortion Revisions Requires a pregnant person to recieve a medically uneccessary ultrasound 3+ days before having an abortion. Topic(s): Reproductive Rights Category: Equal Rights
Passed		H.B. 324 - Conviction Integrity Units Allows prosecution agencies to create conviction integrity units to review convictions. Topic(s): Criminal Justice Reform Category: Equal Rights
Passed		H.B. 298 - Victim Guidelines for Prosecutors Provides uniform guidelines for prosecutors and other entities related to a crime victim’s immigration status when receiving the assistance of the crime victim. Topic(s): Immigrant Rights Category: Equal Rights
Passed		H.B. 262 - Juvenile Delinquency Amendments Prohibits prosecuting a child for an offense committed before they were 12 years old in adult court, with some exceptions. Topic(s): Criminal Justice Reform Category: Equal Rights
Passed		H.B. 234 - Gestational Agreement Amendments Allows surrogacy gestational agreements to extend to LGBT+ couples. Topic(s): LGBTQ+ Rights Category: Equal Rights
Passed		H.B. 213 - Consent Language Amendments Narrows the definition of consent for sexual activity. Topic(s): Reproductive Rights Category: Equal Rights
Didn't Pass		H.B. 160 - Refugee Continuing Education Program Creates an education program for adult refugee students to obtain a high school diploma or its equivalent. Topic(s): Immigrant Rights Category: Equal Rights
Passed		H.B. 116 - Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls Task Force Creates a task force to identify systemic causes behind violence indigenous women and girls experience and recommend improvements in the criminal justice and social service systems. Topic(s): Racial Justice Category: Equal Rights
Didn't Pass		H.B. 65 - Abortion Amendments Removes a requirement for a physician to verify that a victim of rape or incest has filed a police report before performing an abortion Topic(s): Reproductive Rights Category: Equal Rights
Passed		S.B. 165 - Emergency Response Plans for Homelessness Requires local coordinating committees to develop an emergency response plan for the health and safety of people experiencing homelessness. Topic(s): Homelessness Category: Strong Communities
Passed		S.B. 39 - Affordable Housing Amendments Provides funding to incentivize the development and preservation of affordable housing. Topic(s): Affordable Housing Category: Strong Communities
Passed		H.B. 332 - Special Needs Scholarship Amendments Creates a voucher-like program for Special Needs Opportunity Scholarship recipients to use towards private school tuition. Topic(s): Education Category: Strong Communities
Didn't Pass		H.B. 271 - Firearm Preemption Amendments Removes a local authority or state agency’s ability to regulate firearms in Utah if those regulations exceed those adopted by the Legislature Topic(s): Gun Violence Prevention Category: Strong Communities
Passed		H.B. 264 - Infant At Work Pilot Program Creates the Infant at Work Pilot Program for employees to bring their infants to work. Topic(s): Child care Category: Strong Communities
Passed		H.B. 222 - Smart Start Utah Breakfast Program Creates the Start Smart Utah Program to expand access to school breakfast in public schools. Topic(s): Education Category: Strong Communities
Didn't Pass		H.B. 211 - Renter Expenses Disclosure Agreements Requires a landlord to make expense-related disclosures to a potential renter and prohibits a landlord from charging a renter under a rental agreement for costs not disclosed in the rental agreement. Topic(s): Affordable Housing Category: Strong Communities
Passed		H.B. 207 - Insulin Access Amendments Creates an incentive for health benefit plans to reduce the required copayments for insulin, directs the Public Employees’ Benefit and Insurance Program to purchase insulin in bulk, increases the number of days for which an insulin prescription can be refilled, and authorizes a pharmacist to refill an expired insulin prescription. Topic(s): Healthcare Category: Strong Communities
Passed		H.B. 197 - Fishing and Hunting Restrictions for Nonpayment of Child Support Prohibits someone from getting a hunting or fishing license, permit, or tag if they are delinquent in paying child support Topic(s): Child care Category: Strong Communities
Didn't Pass		H.B. 115 - Dangerous Weapon Custodian Liability States that a gun owner can be civily liable for damage caused by someone else’s use of that firearm if it was negligently entrusted to that person Topic(s): Gun Violence Prevention Category: Strong Communities
Didn't Pass		H.B. 109 - Universal Background Checks for Firearm Purchasers Requires a background check for all gun sales, with limited exceptions. Topic(s): Gun Violence Prevention Category: Strong Communities
Didn't Pass		H.B. 101 - Distracted Driver Amendments Updates Utah’s law prohibiting texting while driving to encompass common smartphone uses, with limited exceptions. Topic(s): Public Safety Category: Strong Communities
Didn't Pass		H.B. 99 - Enhanced Kindergarten Amendments Provides funding for enhanced kindergarten early intervention programs. Topic(s): Education Category: Strong Communities
Didn't Pass		H.B. 88 - School Water Testing Requirements Mandates testing drinking water for lead in all schools every five years with reporting and required improvements if lead is found. Topic(s): Education Category: Strong Communities
Didn't Pass		H.B. 69 - Sick Leave Amendments Allows employees who have accrued sick leave to use it to care for a sick family member. Topic(s): Economic Justice Category: Strong Communities
Passed		H.B. 38 - Substance Use and Health Care Amendments Directs the Dept. of Health to apply for a Medicaid wavier to enroll inmates up to 30 days before release. Topic(s): Healthcare Category: Strong Communities
Passed		H.B. 32 - Crisis Services Amendments Creates new mental health resources including expanded mobile crisis outreach teams, a health receiving center pilot program, and a state-wide peer support line. Topic(s): Healthcare Category: Strong Communities

Better Utah Position	Bill
	S.B. 144 - Environmental Quality Monitoring Amendments Requires the Department of Environmental Quality to monitor environmental impacts from the Inland Port development including air and water quality and increases in noise and light pollution. Topic(s): Sustainability Category: Sustainable Future
	S.B. 52 - Secondary Water Requirements Requires new secondary connections to be metered beginning in 2020 and that secondary water suppliers submit a plan for how they will implement metering in the future. Topic(s): Natural Resources Category: Sustainable Future
	S.B. 24 - State Energy Policy Amendments Commits Utah to promoting molten salt reactors, greater access to domestic and international markets for Utah’s natural resources, energy storage, and increased refinery capacity. Recommends including energy education programs in grades K-12. Topic(s): Natural Resources Category: Sustainable Future
	H.J.R. 17 - JR on Formation of Public Land Management Plans Authorizes the state Commission for the Stewardship of Public Lands to start forming public land management plans for federal lands. Topic(s): Public Lands Category: Sustainable Future
	H.C.R. 3 - CR Urging the EPA to Update Switcher Locomotive Emission Standards Urges the EPA to update emissions standards for switcher locomotives to Tier 4, which would result in an 89% reduction in nitrogen-oxide emissions and an 88.5% reduction in direct particulate matter emissions. Topic(s): Clean Air Category: Sustainable Future
	H.C.R 2 - CR Supporting Renewable and Sustainable Energy Options to Promote Rural Economic Development Recognizes the diversified nature of Utah’s energy production and the importance of rural counties in developing energy, and supports the development of wind, solar, hydrogen, hydroelectric, and geothermal energy, and exporting energy to other states. Topic(s): Clean Energy Category: Sustainable Future
	H.B. 433 - Inland Port Amendments Authorizes the Inland Port Authority to own and operate a trade hub and create project areas outside its jurisdictional land. Expands the Authority’s power to capture property taxes from 25 to 40 years. Increases the property tax differential revenue that the Authority can use for operating expenses, and authorizes the Authority to be paid sales and use tax revenue. Topic(s): Infrastructure Category: Sustainable Future
	H.B. 357 - Voluntary Wood Burning Conversion Program Adjusts Utah’s wood burning conversion program to prioritize individuals within 250% of the federal poverty level who live in an area with heavy air pollution. Topic(s): Clean Air Category: Sustainable Future
	H.B. 353 - Reduction of Single Occupanc Vehicle Trips Pilot Programs Appropriates funds to reduce air pollution on select bad air days by subsidizing public transit and encouraging carpooling and telework. Topic(s): Clean Air Category: Sustainable Future
	H.B. 288 - Critical Infrastructure Materials Creates protection zones for existing gravel, sand, or rock aggregate mining operations. Topic(s): Infrastructure Category: Sustainable Future
	H.B. 263 - Emissions Testing Revisions Requires a visual inspection of emissions on diesel engines 1998 and newer. Topic(s): Clean Air Category: Sustainable Future
	H.B. 220 - Radioactive Waste Amendments Allows the director of the Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control to authorize alternate requirements for waste classification, opening the door for Utah to store class B and C radioactive waste. Topic(s): Clean Energy Category: Sustainable Future
	H.B. 148 - Vehicle Idling Revisions Reduces the “warnings” police must give before issuing a ticket for vehicle idling from three to one Topic(s): Clean Air Category: Sustainable Future
	H.B. 139 - Motor Vehicle Emissions Amendments Increases fines for “coal rolling” and requires law enforcement to refer repeat offenders to the Motor Vehicle Division. Topic(s): Clean Air Category: Sustainable Future
	H.B. 78 - Federal Designations Requires a government entity advocating for a federal designation of state land to first present to the Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environmental Interim Committee for its review. Topic(s): Public Lands Category: Sustainable Future
	S.J.R. 9 - JR Calling for a Convention to Amend the United States Constitution Calls for a Constitutional Convention to propose amendments to the Constitution of the United States imposing fiscal restraints on the federal government, limiting the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and limiting the terms of office for federal officials and members of Congress. Topic(s): Government Balance Category: Good Government
	S.B. 236 - State Board of Education Candidacy Amendments Changes the current non-partisan candidacy requirements for the State Board of Education, allowing candidates to run as a member of a political party, as unaffiliated, or as a write-in candidate. Topic(s): Government Balance Category: Good Government
	S.B. 147 - Lobbyist Licensing Modifications Applies harassment training and prohibitions to lobbyists. Topic(s): Ethics Category: Good Government
	S.B. 123 - Election Process Amendments Allows political parties to nominate replacements to compete in a special election, excluding signiture-gathering candidates from the process. Allows the Utah Legislature to choose the replacement for a U.S. Senate vacancy. Topic(s): Voting Rights Category: Good Government
	S.B. 96 - Medicaid Expansion Adjustments Repeals Medicaid expansion passed by voters in Prop 3 and replaces it with a partial expansion plan requiring federal waivers, work requirements, and per capita caps on enrollment. Topic(s): Initiatives Category: Good Government
	S.B. 89 - Conflict Disclosure Amendments Requires the Lt. Gov to establish a website for electronic disclosure of potential conflicts of interest of state elected officials. Topic(s): Ethics Category: Good Government
	S.B. 61 - Poll Hours for Early Voting Removes the poll hour closing requirement on the last day of early voting. Topic(s): Voting Rights Category: Good Government
	S.B. 56 - Community Reinvestment Agency Report Establishes a public database for community reinvestment agencies to annually report financial information. Topic(s): Transparency Category: Good Government
	H.B. 277 - Amendments to Municipal Alternate Voting Methods Extends deadline for muncipalities to opt in to the pilot program from January 1st to April 15th of this year and allows the municipalities to contract with any political subdivision to run the election. Topic(s): Voting Rights Category: Good Government
	H.B. 145 - Citizen Political Process Amendments Requires county clerks to post names of signatories on the county website, and to count signatures and signature removals on a rolling basis every 14 days. Requires signature gatherers to turn in packets 30 days after beginning, and introduces criminal penalties for fraudulent information. Topic(s): Ballot Initiatives Category: Good Government
	H.B. 133 - Initiative Amendments Alters the implementation date for voter-passed propositions: 60 days after the next legislative session as a muminum, and over a year for propositions involving a tax increase (Jan. 1 of the year following the next session). Topic(s): Ballot Initiatives Category: Good Government
	H.B. 64 - Lobbyist Expenditures Amendments Extends lobbying disclosures to lobbyists influencing local elected officials or members of a board of education. Topic(s): Transparency Category: Good Government
	H.B. 57 - Electronic Information or Data Privacy Requires a search warrant for government to access electronic data shared with third parties such as cell service providers. Topic(s): Ethics Category: Good Government
	H.B. 38 - Administrative Appeal Rights Allows an individual to appeal the Director of Antidiscrimination and Labor’s decision to dismiss a discirmination complaint. Topic(s): Ethics Category: Good Government
	S.J.R. 7 - Proposal to Amend Utah Constitution -- Terminology Update Makes the Utah Constitution gender-neutral. Topic(s): Women's Rights Category: Equal Rights
	S.B. 103 - Victim Targeting Penalty Enhancements Creates a penalty enhancement for crimes committed against an individual based on age, ancestry, disability, ethnicity, familial status, gender identity, homelessness, marital status, matriculation, national origin, political expression, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or participation in law enforcement, emergency response, or the armed forces. Topic(s): Racial Justice, LGBT Rights, Women's Rights Category: Equal Rights
	S.B. 95 - Autism Amendments Requires health benefit plans to provide coverage for behavioral health treatment for individuals with an autism spectrum disorder. Topic(s): Disability Rights Category: Equal Rights
	S.B. 81 - Native American Remains Amendments Provides for tribal consultation in situations that require the reburial of Native American remains. Topic(s): Racial Justice Category: Equal Rights
	H.J.R. 21 - JR Reaffirming the Value of Women Reaffirms women’s equal political, civil, and religious rights in the Utah Constitution and recommends adding similar language to the US Constitution. Topic(s): Women's Rights Category: Equal Rights
	H.J.R 8 - Proposal to Amend Utah Constitution - Slavery and Involuntary Servitude Prohibition Eliminates an exception in the Utah Constitution to the prohibition against slavery and involuntary servitude. Topic(s): Racial Justice Category: Equal Rights
	H.C.R 6 - CR Designating May 5 as Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and LGBT+ Awareness Day Designates May 5th as Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and LGBT+ Awareness Day. Topic(s): Women's Rights, LGBT Rights, Indiginous Rights, Racial Justice Category: Equal Rights
	H.B. 422 - Marriage Code Revisions Makes marriage language in the code gender neutral. Topic(s): LGBT Rights Category: Equal Rights
	H.B. 244 - Misdemeanor Sentencing Timeline Reduces the maximum incarceration time for a midemeanor from 365 to 364 days. Topic(s): Immigrant Rights Category: Equal Rights
	H.B. 234 - Marriage Amendments Prohibits minors from getting married, with an exception for 16- and 17-year-olds with approval from a parent and a juvenile court judge. Topic(s): Women's Rights Category: Equal Rights
	H.B. 166 - Down Syndrome Nondiscrimination Abortion Act Prohibits physicians from performing abortion if the woman’s only reason is that the fetus has Down Syndrome, and requires an abortion pathology report stating whether an aborted fetus had or may have had DS. Does not go into effect unless permitted by a court of binding authority. Topic(s): Women's Rights Category: Equal Rights
	H.B. 136 - Abortion Amendments Bans abortion after 18 weeks, except in extreme cases affecting the health of the woman or fetus. Topic(s): Women's Rights Category: Equal Rights
	H.B. 132 - Occupational and Professional Licensing Amendments Allows the Dept. of Occupational and Professional Licensing to offer exams in languages besides English. Topic(s): Immigrant Rights Category: Equal Rights
	H.B. 129 - Campaign Amendments Allows political candidates to use campaign funds to pay for childcare expenses while engaging in campaign activities as well as while serving in office. Topic(s): Women's Rights Category: Equal Rights
	S.B. 134 - Campus Safety Amendments Requires colleges to have a campus safety plan and curriculum addressing sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking. Topic(s): Education Category: Strong Communities
	S.B. 34 - Affordable Housing Modifications Adds provisions for municipal and county planning that encourage moderate and affordable housing development in transit areas. Requires cities to adopt at least 3 affordable housing strategies to be eligible for Transportation Investment Fund money. Topic(s): Affordable Housing Category: Strong Communities
	S.B. 32 - Indigent Defense Amendments Ensures that all minors have a state-appointed attorney in court. Topic(s): Criminal Justice Reform Category: Strong Communities
	H.B. 431 - Expungement Act Amendments Allows for automatic expungement of some criminal records after a certain time. Topic(s): Criminal Justice Reform Category: Strong Communities
	H.B. 346 - Higher Education Responses to Allegations Creates honor code immunity for reporting sexual violence and requires victim consent for campus coordination with outside law enforcement. Makes retaliatory violence or threats to a victim or witness a third-degree felony. Topic(s): Education Category: Strong Communities
	H.B. 318 - Inmate Restrictions Standards Amendments Requires the least restrictive restraints be used on a pregnant inmate and prohibits shackling during labor and delivery. Topic(s): Criminal Justice Reform Category: Strong Communities
	H.B. 296 - Rural Online Working Hub Amendments Creates a grant program to develop coworking and innovation centers in rural areas, enabling remote online work. Topic(s): Economic Justice Category: Strong Communities
	H.B. 213 - Promotion of Student Loan Forgiveness Requires public entitites to annually provide materials to employees about the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program or the Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program. Topic(s): Economic Justice Category: Strong Communities
	H.B. 212 - Expungement Changes Prohibits employer inquiry into an applicant’s expunged criminal history, except for law enforcement agencies and other sensitive public jobs. Topic(s): Criminal Justice Reform Category: Strong Communities
	H.B. 114 - Self-Defense Amendments “Stand your ground” bill stating that an individual does not have a duty to retreat from an aggressor if possible to do so. Topic(s): Gun Violence Prevention Category: Strong Communities
	H.B. 100 - Sexual Violence Protective Orders Creates a protective order and ex-parte protective order for sexual violence, which are included on the statewide warrant system. Topic(s): Criminal Justice Reform Category: Strong Communities
	H.B. 84 - Economic Development Programs Amendments Reduces number of months observed for Rural Fast Track eligibility from 24 to 12 and removes caps on money the Business Expansion and Retention Initiative can award a rural economic development entity. Topic(s): Economic Justice Category: Strong Communities
	H.B. 71 - Health Education Amendments Clarifies that teachers are allowed to discuss contraceptives in a sex education curriculum. Topic(s): Education Category: Strong Communities
	H.B. 47 - Early Childhood Coordination Amendments Creates a cabinet level agency and advisory commission to coordinate all agencies who work with early childhood services. Topic(s): Afforable Child Care Category: Strong Communities
	H.B. 40 - Criminal Code Task Force Amendments Grants immunity for sex workers who work notify police of assault; repeals crimes of adultery and sodomy. Topic(s): Criminal Justice Reform Category: Strong Communities
	H.B. 17 - Firearm Violence and Suicide Prevention Amendments Requires state to set up firearm safety literature and suicide prevention course; distribute cable locks; coupons toward gun safes Topic(s): Gun Violence Prevention Category: Strong Communities

Better Utah Position	Bill