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FIREARM DATA AMENDMENTS

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2024 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Sahara Hayes

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Senate Sponsor: Todd D. Weiler

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill concerns law enforcement data collection and reporting concerning firearms.
10     Highlighted Provisions:
11          This bill:
12          ▸     establishes law enforcement agency reporting requirements concerning:
13               •     lost or stolen firearms that are used in a crime; and
14               •     the disposition of firearms in the custody of a law enforcement agency;
15          ▸     requires the State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice (commission) to
16     receive, compile, and publish law enforcement agency data concerning firearms;
17          ▸     provides that a law enforcement agency not in compliance with firearm data
18     reporting requirements may not receive grants from the commission; and
19          ▸     makes technical and conforming changes.
20     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
21          None
22     Other Special Clauses:
23          None
24     Utah Code Sections Affected:
25     AMENDS:
26          63A-16-1002, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2023, Chapters 158, 161, 382, and 448
27          63M-7-218, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2023, Chapters 158, 161 and 382
28     ENACTS:
29          53-25-102, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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31     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
32          Section 1. Section 53-25-102 is enacted to read:
33          53-25-102. Law enforcement agency reporting requirements for certain firearm
34     data.
35          (1) As used in this section, "commission" means the State Commission on Criminal
36     and Juvenile Justice.
37          (2) (a) Beginning on January 1, 2026, a law enforcement agency shall annually, on or
38     before April 30, submit a report to the commission for the previous calendar year containing:
39          (i) the number of crimes reported to or investigated by the law enforcement agency in
40     which the law enforcement agency determined that a lost or stolen firearm was used in the
41     commission of the crime, separated by the type of crime; and
42          (ii) the number of firearms, separated by category, in the custody of the law
43     enforcement agency that were:
44          (A) returned to the property owner;
45          (B) destroyed;
46          (C) retained in evidence or other storage;
47          (D) transferred to another governmental entity; or
48          (E) submitted to a non-governmental entity for sale or disposal under Section
49     77-11a-403.
50          (b) A law enforcement agency shall compile the report described in Subsection (2)(a)
51     for each calendar year in the standardized format developed by the commission under
52     Subsection (3).
53          (3) The commission shall:
54          (a) develop a standardized format for reporting the data described in Subsection (2);
55          (b) compile the data submitted under Subsection (2); and
56          (c) annually on or before August 1, publish a report of the data described in Subsection
57     (2) on the commission's website.
58          (4) The provisions of this section do not apply to a law enforcement agency created
59     under Section 41-3-104.
60          Section 2. Section 63A-16-1002 is amended to read:
61          63A-16-1002. Criminal and juvenile justice database.
62          (1) The commission shall oversee the creation and management of a criminal and
63     juvenile justice database for information and data required to be reported to the commission,
64     organized by county, and accessible to all criminal justice agencies in the state.
65          (2) The division shall assist with the development and management of the database.
66          (3) The division, in collaboration with the commission, shall create:
67          (a) master standards and formats for information submitted to the database;
68          (b) a portal, bridge, website, or other method for reporting entities to provide the
69     information;
70          (c) a master data management index or system to assist in the retrieval of information
71     in the database;
72          (d) a protocol for accessing information in the database that complies with state
73     privacy regulations; and
74          (e) a protocol for real-time audit capability of all data accessed through the portal by
75     participating data source, data use entities, and regulators.
76          (4) Each criminal justice agency charged with reporting information to the commission
77     shall provide the data or information to the database in a form prescribed by the commission.
78          (5) The database shall be the repository for the statutorily required data described in:
79          (a) Section 13-53-111, recidivism reporting requirements;
80          (b) Section 17-22-32, county jail reporting requirements;
81          (c) Section 17-55-201, Criminal Justice Coordinating Councils reporting;
82          (d) Section 41-6a-511, courts to collect and maintain data;
83          (e) Section 53-23-101, reporting requirements for reverse-location warrants;
84          (f) Section 53-24-102, sexual assault offense reporting requirements for law
85     enforcement agencies;
86          (g) Section 53-25-102, law enforcement agency reporting requirements for certain
87     firearm data;
88          [(g)] (h) Section 63M-7-214, law enforcement agency grant reporting;
89          [(h)] (i) Section 63M-7-216, prosecutorial data collection;
90          [(i)] (j) Section 64-13-21, supervision of sentenced offenders placed in community;
91          [(j)] (k) Section 64-13-25, standards for programs;
92          [(k)] (l) Section 64-13-45, department reporting requirements;
93          [(l)] (m) Section 64-13e-104, housing of state probationary inmates or state parole
94     inmates;
95          [(m)] (n) Section 77-7-8.5, use of tactical groups;
96          [(n)] (o) Section 77-11b-404, forfeiture reporting requirements;
97          [(o)] (p) Section 77-20-103, release data requirements;
98          [(p)] (q) Section 77-22-2.5, court orders for criminal investigations;
99          [(q)] (r) Section 78A-2-109.5, court demographics reporting;
100          [(r)] (s) Section 80-6-104, data collection on offenses committed by minors; and
101          [(s)] (t) any other statutes [which] that require the collection of specific data and the
102     reporting of that data to the commission.
103          (6) The commission shall report:
104          (a) progress on the database, including creation, configuration, and data entered, to the
105     Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim Committee not later than November 2022; and
106          (b) all data collected as of December 31, 2022, to the Law Enforcement and Criminal
107     Justice Interim Committee, the House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Standing
108     Committee, and the Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Standing
109     Committee not later than January 16, 2023.
110          Section 3. Section 63M-7-218 is amended to read:
111          63M-7-218. State grant requirements.
112          Beginning July 1, 2023, the commission may not award any grant of state funds to any
113     entity subject to, and not in compliance with, the reporting requirements in Subsections
114     63A-16-1002(5)(a) through [(r)] (s).
115          Section 4. Effective date.
116          This bill takes effect on May 1, 2024.