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As of 2026-08-12, AI Laws USA tracks 29 AI rules in Utah: 22 state-level rules and 7 county or city rules. Federal AI protections apply statewide on top of these — see the federal page. Each entry links to its official source.
Utah state-level AI rules (22)
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Enacted (not yet in effect)
Utah SB 319 (health insurer AI)
Utah · Effective 2027-01-01 · Utah SB 319 (2026), enacted March 19, 2026, eff. Jan. 1, 2027
Utah's SB 319, enacted March 19, 2026 and effective January 1, 2027, requires health insurers to disclose to the Utah Insurance Department, to providers, and to enrollees whether AI is used to review prior-authorization requests. It also requires that a health professional's adverse determination be based on their own independent medical judgment — not dictated by an AI recommendation.
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In effect
Utah S.B. 271 (no AI deepfakes of your identity for commercial use without consent)
Utah · Effective 2025-05-07 · Utah Laws 2025, S.B. 271; Utah Code 45-3-2 to 45-3-7
Utah broadened its abuse-of-personal-identity law to cover AI-generated and other artificial recreations of a person's identity. 'Personal identity' now includes a person's video likeness, voice, and audiovisual appearance, plus any simulation or artificial recreation made through generative AI, computer animation, or digital manipulation. It is unlawful to use someone's personal identity this way for commercial purposes without consent, and to knowingly distribute, sell, or license technology whose primary purpose is unauthorized identity-content creation. Exemptions cover news, art, and parody.
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In effect
UT AI Policy Act (SB 149)
UT · Effective 2024-05-01 · Utah Code §§ 13-2-12, 13-72-101 et seq.; SB 149 (2024)
Utah was the first state to require regulated professionals (e.g., doctors, lawyers, accountants) to clearly disclose when consumers are interacting with generative AI, and to make companies liable under existing consumer-protection law for any deception their GenAI commits. It also created the Office of AI Policy and a regulatory sandbox.
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In effect
UT drone-wildfire law
Utah · Effective 2017-05-09 · Utah Code §§ 65A-3-2.5, 76-6-2410
Utah responded to repeated incidents of hobby drones grounding aerial firefighting by criminalizing drone operation that interferes with manned aircraft fighting wildfires, conducting search-and-rescue, or supporting law enforcement, and authorizing public-safety agencies to disable or neutralize an intruding drone.
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Enacted (not yet in effect)
Utah SB 298 (bars AI/algorithmic transaction denials by protected traits)
Utah · Effective 2027-05-05 · Utah Code 70A-9a-902, 70A-9a-903 (S.B. 298, 2026)
Utah bars issuers of 'programmable money' from blocking or failing transactions based on a person's protected traits and lawful conduct — including political opinions or speech, religious beliefs, sex, skin color, ethnicity, sexual orientation, medical history, location, purchase or browsing history, residence, business sector, or any social-credit-style score. The prohibition explicitly reaches denials carried out through automation, computer code, algorithms, or AI. A harmed person can sue for statutory and declaratory relief plus actual and punitive damages, and a court can revoke the issuer's authorization to do business in Utah.
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Enacted (not yet in effect)
Utah HB 276 Provenance Act (AI-content labels + platform provenance duties)
Utah · Effective 2027-01-01 · Utah Code 13-72c-101 to -301, 63A-16-215 (H.B. 276, 2026)
This part of Utah's AI Modifications law requires large generative-AI providers to embed a hidden (latent) disclosure in AI-generated or substantially AI-altered image, audio, and video content. Large online platforms must detect provenance data, let users inspect it, and must not strip compliant provenance or digital signatures. From January 1, 2028, capture-device makers must embed a latent disclosure by default. The law also directs the state CIO to set provenance standards for digital content on public-facing state-agency webpages.
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Enacted (not yet in effect)
Utah HB 276 Voyeurism Act (AI counterfeit intimate images / NCII)
Utah · Effective 2027-01-01 · Utah Code 13-72b-101 to -401 (H.B. 276, 2026)
This part of Utah's AI Modifications law targets AI-generated counterfeit intimate images. An online 'generation service' that lets users create images and then distributes a counterfeit intimate image of an identifiable person without consent violates that person's privacy. Generation services must warn users and get a safe harbor with a written policy and safeguards. Platforms that host content may not knowingly allow distribution of nonconsensual counterfeit intimate images and must run notice-and-takedown procedures aligned with the federal Take It Down Act (48-hour removal). Victims can sue for injunctions, actual and punitive damages, and attorney fees.
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Enacted (not yet in effect)
Utah SB 319 (insurers must disclose AI use in prior authorization)
Utah · Effective 2027-01-01 · Utah Code 31A-22-650(2)(d), (3) (S.B. 319, 2026)
Utah requires health insurers that use AI in reviewing prior-authorization requests to be transparent about it. If applicable, an insurer must post a conspicuous notice on its public website that it uses AI in authorization review, and disclose that AI use to the state Insurance Department, each in-network provider, and each enrollee. The rules sit within a broader prior-authorization overhaul.
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In effect
Utah HB 273 (AI in school core standards + required LEA AI policies)
Utah · Effective 2026-07-01 · Utah Code 53E-4-202, 53G-7-228 to -229, 53G-7-1401 to -1403 (H.B. 273, 2026)
Utah requires the State Board of Education to add AI to its core computer science standards and publish a model policy on classroom AI use, and every local education agency must adopt an AI-use policy based on that model. The model policy bars AI from independently grading work or making high-stakes student decisions, requires written notice to parents when instruction uses generative AI, and prohibits uses like biometric surveillance. An LEA that fails to adopt the required policies risks losing certain state funding.
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In effect
Utah SB 256 (AI is no defense to defamation; notice-and-removal)
Utah · Effective 2026-05-06 · Utah Code 45-2-3.5, 45-2-14 (S.B. 256, 2026 Gen. Sess.)
Utah's defamation law now expressly states it is not a defense to a libel or slander claim that the content was made with generative AI, computer animation, digital manipulation, or simulated/recreated content. Before suing over digitally created content, the person must send the publisher written notice; if the publisher removes it within 10 days, the plaintiff can recover only actual damages.
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In effect
Artificial Intelligence Framework for Utah P-12 Education: G
Utah State Board of Education (USBE) · Effective 2026-03-01 · Artificial Intelligence Framework for Utah P-12 Education: Guidance on the Use of AI in Our Schools
Utah's state board of education issued an AI framework guiding students, staff, and communities on responsible and prohibited use of generative AI, with special considerations for safety, security, and privacy.
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In effect
Attorneys General Derek Brown and Jeff Jackson Launch Nation
Utah · Effective 2026-01-17 · Attorneys General Derek Brown and Jeff Jackson Launch Nationwide Bipartisan AI Task Force
Utah's Attorney General co-launched a nationwide bipartisan attorneys-general task force to identify emerging AI harms and develop safeguards AI developers should follow to protect the public, especially children.
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In effect
Utah S.B. 226 (must disclose you're talking to AI on request; AI use no excuse)
Utah · Effective 2025-05-07 · Utah Laws 2025, S.B. 226; Utah Code 13-75-101 to 13-75-106
Utah requires businesses using generative AI in consumer interactions to come clean about it. If a consumer clearly asks whether they are dealing with AI, a supplier must disclose they are interacting with generative AI and not a human. People in licensed occupations must prominently disclose AI use up front in 'high-risk' interactions (health, financial, legal, mental-health advice or sensitive data). A safe harbor applies for clear self-identification, and it is no defense that the AI made the offending statement.
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In effect
Utah S.B. 180 (AI-written police reports need a disclaimer + officer sign-off)
Utah · Effective 2025-05-07 · Utah Laws 2025, S.B. 180; Utah Code 53-25-601, 53-25-602
Utah requires every law enforcement agency to adopt a written policy governing employee use of generative AI. Any police report or law enforcement record created wholly or partly with generative AI must contain a disclaimer that it includes AI-generated content, and the author must certify they personally read and reviewed it for accuracy.
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In effect
HB 452 (Mental Health Chatbots)
Utah · Effective 2025-05-07 · Utah Code § 13-2c-101 et seq. (HB 452, 2025)
Utah regulates AI chatbots that act like therapists: suppliers must clearly disclose the chatbot is not human, may not advertise products mid-conversation without disclosure, and may not sell or share users' individually identifiable health information.
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In effect
Large-Load Flexible Tariff Investigation for Facilities Reac
Utah Public Service Commission (Rocky Mountain Power / PacifiCorp) · Effective 2025-03-01 · Large-Load Flexible Tariff Investigation for Facilities Reaching 100 MW (per SB 132)
Following Utah SB 132 (2025), the Utah PSC opened an investigation into a flexible large-load tariff for Rocky Mountain Power covering facilities expected to reach at least 100 MW within five years, allowing such facilities to procure their own supply if serving them would require major ratepayer-funded upgrades.
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In effect
Utah H.B. 148 (computer-generated CSAM & intimate images count as illegal)
Utah · Effective 2024-05-01 · Utah Laws 2024, H.B. 148; Utah Code 76-5b-103, 76-5b-203, 76-5b-205
Utah updated its Sexual Exploitation Act so that sexual-abuse and intimate-image offenses clearly cover synthetic or computer-generated imagery, not just camera-captured photos and video. The definitions of child sexual abuse material, 'intimate image,' and 'counterfeit intimate image' were each broadened to include computer or computer-generated images, pictures, and videos. As a result, AI-generated or otherwise fabricated explicit depictions can be prosecuted the same way as real images.
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In effect
Utah H.B. 238 (AI-generated child sexual abuse material is illegal)
Utah · Effective 2024-05-01 · Utah Laws 2024, H.B. 238; Utah Code 76-5b-103(1)(b)(iii)
Utah expanded its definition of child sexual abuse material to capture AI-generated content. The definition now reaches material that is artificially generated and depicts an individual with the substantial characteristics of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct. This closes a gap where fully synthetic imagery might otherwise escape the statute.
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In effect
Utah S.B. 131 (AI-generated political ads must say 'generated by AI')
Utah · Effective 2024-05-01 · Utah Laws 2024, S.B. 131; Utah Code 20A-11-1104, 76-3-203.18
Utah requires political audio and video communications that contain AI-generated 'synthetic media' to carry a clear disclosure that the content was made with AI. The rule covers paid communications meant to influence voting for or against a candidate or ballot proposition, and specifies the exact disclosure wording for audio, image, and video. A person can sue the creator or sponsor, and a court may impose a civil penalty of up to $1,000 per violation.
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In effect
Utah AI Policy Act
Utah · Effective 2024-05-01 · Utah Code § 13-72-101 et seq. (SB 149, 2024; amended 2025)
The first state generative-AI consumer law: businesses can't hide behind AI — they remain liable under consumer protection law for what their chatbots say. People in regulated occupations (like healthcare providers) must proactively disclose AI use in high-risk interactions, and any business must disclose AI use when clearly asked.
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In effect
UT HB 101 (2019 AV statute)
Utah · Effective 2019-05-14 · Utah Code §§ 41-26-101 et seq.
Utah's AV law expressly allows fully driverless operation, treats the automated driving system as the 'driver' for traffic-law purposes, authorizes commercial AV networks, and preempts local AV regulation.
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Repealed / replaced
UT SB 149 (superseded)
UT · Effective 2024-05-01 · Utah SB 149 (2024) — substantially superseded by SB 226/SB 332 (2025)
Utah SB 149 was the first-in-nation generative AI disclosure statute (2024), establishing a regulatory sandbox and consumer disclosure requirements. Substantially rewritten and narrowed by SB 226 and SB 332 in 2025.
County and city AI rules in Utah (7)
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In effect
Wasatch County UT AI use policy (Jul. 15, 2026)
Wasatch County, UT · Effective 2026-07-15 · Wasatch County, UT Council unanimous vote, July 15, 2026, adopting county government AI use policy
Wasatch County, Utah unanimously adopted a policy on July 15, 2026 setting guardrails for county government use of artificial intelligence. The policy restricts county employees to approved AI tools only, requires disclosure when AI is used, and requires human verification of AI-generated output before it is relied on. The policy governs internal county government use of AI rather than regulating private-sector AI.
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In effect
Box Elder County temporary data center moratorium
Box Elder County, UT · Effective 2026-06-11 · Box Elder County temporary data center moratorium
Box Elder County commissioners unanimously approved a 180-day moratorium pausing new data center development for research and policy work, with the Stratos project exempted.
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In effect
Iron County 180-day moratorium on new data center applicatio
Iron County, UT · Effective 2026-05-26 · Iron County 180-day moratorium on new data center applications
The Iron County Commission adopted an ordinance imposing a 180-day moratorium on accepting and processing new or incomplete land use applications for data centers, data center power plants and solar plants.
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In effect
District Policy 3750 - Artificial Intelligence (AI) Use
Washington County School District, UT · Effective 2025-09-08 · District Policy 3750 - Artificial Intelligence (AI) Use
Washington County (UT) School District's board policy frames AI as a teacher assistant requiring human oversight, generally prohibits using confidential or FERPA-protected student data with AI tools, and bars students from using AI to plagiarize, generate deepfakes, or bypass security filters.
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In effect
SLC GenAI Policy
Salt Lake City, UT · Effective 2024-06-01 · Salt Lake City IMS, GenAI Acceptable Use Policy (2024)
Salt Lake City Information Management Services administrative policy on employee use of generative AI tools with disclosure and prohibited-data rules.
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Enacted (not yet in effect)
Logan Ordinance 26-12 - Temporary Land Use Ordinance (data c
Logan · Logan Ordinance 26-12 - Temporary Land Use Ordinance (data center moratorium)
The Logan Municipal Council passed Ordinance 26-12, a temporary land use ordinance imposing a 180-day moratorium on data centers while the city drafts regulations.
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Enacted (not yet in effect)
Ordinance 2026-32 - 180-Day Moratorium on Data Center Develo
Cache County · Ordinance 2026-32 - 180-Day Moratorium on Data Center Developments
The Cache County Council voted 6-0 to enact Ordinance 2026-32, a 180-day moratorium halting acceptance and review of data center applications in unincorporated areas while it reviews zoning codes.
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