HB 0084 Higher Education Dangerous Weapon Ammendments
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
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- This Utah bill changes state law about who can carry guns, where, and under what conditions.
- People ages 18–20 without a permit can carry only in certain ways (mainly open carry, and mostly in vehicles or with unloaded guns on public streets).
- People 21 and older can carry a loaded or unloaded gun openly or concealed without a permit in most public places, but there is a long list of banned locations like K–12 schools, daycares, airport secure areas, some houses of worship, and certain private property.
- The bill also updates rules for colleges and universities, listing who is exempt from the crime of carrying a weapon on campus (such as certain permit holders and people allowed to conceal carry without a permit) and keeps penalties for others who carry there without being exempt.
If you had to explain the most important change in this bill in just one sentence for a class discussion, what would you say—and do you want to click Continue with AI to work on that sentence together, or go to Create Document to start your own notes or upload a source?
You’re looking at HB language that changes Utah’s open + concealed carry rules (esp. §53‑5a‑102.2 and §76‑11‑205.5), and you want “regular” magazine‑style articles (not legal databases) that talk about this kind of bill.
Here are some you could use as general‑audience sources that connect closely to what this HB is doing:
- Utah News Dispatch has a clear explainer on a very similar bill that lets 18‑year‑olds openly carry, removes penalties for loaded rifles/shotguns in vehicles, and changes the “loaded on a public street” crime—exactly the kind of provisions you see in your HB draft ((Dunphey, Changes to Utah gun laws gain steam…, 2025)).
- KPCW (NPR affiliate)</b) runs the same reporting in a radio‑style, local‑news format, also tying together age limits, vehicles, and public‑street carry in simple language ((Utah News Dispatch, syndicated by KPCW, 2025)).
- KSL.com covers how the Utah Senate stalled a bill to let 18‑year‑olds openly carry loaded firearms almost everywhere, including senators’ safety concerns and references to code‑cleanup goals—useful for “for/against” perspectives about the same policy space ((Beal‑Cvetko, Senate halts Utah bill…, 2025)).
- The Salt Lake Tribune has an explainer on “Can you carry a gun in public in Utah?” that walks through open carry, age rules, campuses, schools, and restricted places—the same sections your HB edits, but written for ordinary readers ((Salt Lake Tribune, 2025)).
If you had to pick one of these articles to pair with the bill text for a short response or reflection, which would you choose, and do you want to click Continue with AI to talk through how to use it, or go to Create Document to upload and start annotating/writing on your own?
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