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SALT LAKE CITY — After a heated debate on Thursday, the Utah Senate is poised to pass a bill to drop the permit requirement for Utahns to carry a concealed firearm. HB60 co-sponsor Sen. David Hinkins, R-Orangeville, emphasized that the concealed carry permit does not include extensive gun safety training, but simply requires someone to take a three-hour class, submit an application and pay a fee. "But for people that say this somehow qualifies me to carry around my firearm with any sort of training is ludicrous. I can get this without having one minute of training with a firearm. That's the...

1:45 On Monday, the Utah Senate passed a bill that would add some constraints to the state’s use of facial recognition software.  Republican Senator Daniel Thatcher from West Valley City sponsored S.B. 34, which limits use of the Department of Public Safety’s facial recognition database to law enforcement officials who make a specific request in the course of an investigation. During the bill’s committee hearing on January 22nd, Senator Thatcher said DPS has the most comprehensive database in the state, currently most often used to compare faces in an attempt to prevent identity theft....

Utah Bill Looks to Tighten Grip on Facial Recognition Use The proposal out of the Senate is the latest in a string of efforts to limit the use of the technology in Utah. Allegation of misuse first surfaced in 2019, kicking off a long-running conversation about guardrails. Shutterstock/Legacy Images In response to privacy concerns regarding Utah’s use of facial recognition software by law enforcement agencies, the state’s Senate recently approved a bill to prevent law enforcement from scanning the drivers’ license database using facial recognition technology — unless they...

/ Utah lawmakers have been working to address the use of facial recognition technology since July 2019. The Utah Legislature is considering a bill to prevent law enforcement agencies from scanning the state’s drivers’ license database using facial recognition technology — unless they’re investigating high-level crimes. The Senate gave the bill its initial approval Friday, but the full chamber needs to vote on it one more time before it can move on to the House. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle started paying attention to this issue in July 2019. A report from Georgetown Universit...

The Utah Senate on Thursday passed two bills in the effort to reform how police and emergency medical services respond to those suffering mental health emergencies.