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| State/Terr | AI Scope | Relevant Law | Law Link | Effective Date | Key Requirements | Enforcements & Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | AI Liability | Utah Artificial Intelligence Policy Act | Utah Code § 13-72-301 et seq. | May 1, 2024 | • Establishes a voluntary program companies can participate in to reduce the regulatory burden relating to the company’s development and testing of AI during the company’s 12-month participation in the program in exchange for abiding by certain AI-related parameters and information sharing requirements. Set to be repealed on July 1, 2027 (as amended by SB 332) | N/A |
| Utah | AI Liability | Artificial Intelligence Consumer Protection Amendments | Utah Code § 13-75-102 | May 7, 2025 | • Clarifies that it is not a defense to a violation of Utah's consumer protection law that generative AI made the violative statement, undertook the violative act, or was used in furtherance of the violation. | Existing penalties apply. |
| Utah | AI Privacy | Utah Artificial Intelligence Policy Act | SB 149 | May 1, 2024 | • Clarifies that data generated by computer algorithms or statistical models that do not contain personal data (i.e., synthetic data) is not “personal data” under the Utah Consumer Privacy Act. | N/A |
| Utah | AI Healthcare | AI Applications Related to Mental Health | Utah Code § 13-72a-101 | May 7, 2025 | Prohibits the supplier of a mental health chatbot from: • Selling or sharing with any third party any individually identifiable health information of a Utah user or user input of a Utah user (with narrow exception). • Using a Utah user's input to facilitate targeted advertising. • Advertising a specific product or service to a Utah user in a conversation unless an appropriate disclaimer is provided identifying the relevant advertisement and any agreement / sponsorship to promote it. Requires a mental health chatbot to clearly and conspicuously disclose that it is an AI technology (and not a human) to users before they begin to use the chatbot, upon commencement of any chatbot session (if the user has not accessed the chatbot within the previous 7 days), and whenever a user asks whether they are interacting with AI. | Fines of up to $2,500 per violation of the law, or $5,000 per violation of an order issued for a violation of the law. |
| Utah | User-Facing AI | Artificial Intelligence Consumer Protection Amendments | Utah Code § 13-75-101 to 106 | May 7, 2025 | • Requires any supplier that uses generative AI to interact with individuals in connection with a consumer transaction to disclose if asked that they are interacting with generative AI and not a human being. • Requires any person providing services in a regulated occupation to prominently disclose when an individual is interacting with generative AI in the provision of regulated services if the use constitutes a high-risk artificial intelligence interaction. • Provides a safe harbor from liability where providing an appropriate disclosure about the use of generative AI proactively. • Makes users of generative AI generally responsible for the impact of the use of the technology by clarifying it is not a defense to the violation of certain laws that generative AI made the violative statement, undertook the violative act, or was used in furtherance of the violation. | Fines of up to $2,500 per violation of the law, or $5,000 per violation of an order issued for a violation of the law. |
| Utah | AI in Government | Law Enforcement Usage of Artificial Intelligence | Utah Code § 53-25-601 to 602 | May 7, 2025 | • Requires a law enforcement agency to have a policy concerning the agency's use of generative artificial intelligence. • Requires a police report or other law enforcement record to include a disclaimer if the report or record was created wholly or partially by using generative artificial intelligence as well as a certification that it has been reviewed for accuracy. | N/A |
| Utah | AI Likeness | Unauthorized Artificial Intelligence Impersonation Amendments | Utah Code § 45-3-2 et. seq. | May 7, 2025 | • Expands existing "personal identity" protections against abuse to include any simulation, reproduction, or artificial recreation of a person's identity (with some exception). • Makes it unlawful to distribute, sell, or license any technology whose intended primary purpose is the unauthorized creation or modification of content that includes an individual's personal identity for commercial purposes. | Private right of action for injunctive relief, actual damages, exemplary damages, and reasonable attorney's fees and costs. |
| Utah | AI CSAM | Artificial Pornographic Images Amendments | HB 148 | May 1, 2024 | • Amends the definitions of CSAM to include “computer generated” content. | Existing penalties apply. |
| Utah | AI CSAM | Sexually Explicit Minor Amendments | HB 238 | May 1, 2024 | • Updates the definition of child sexual abuse material to include “artificially generated and depicts an individual with substantial characteristics of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct.” | Existing penalties apply. |
| Utah | AI Intimate Images | Artificial Pornographic Images Amendments | HB 148 | May 1, 2024 | • Amends the definitions of intimate image and counterfeit intimate images to include “computer generated” content. | Existing penalties apply. |
| Utah | AI in Political Advertising | Utah Information Technology Act | SB 131 | May 1, 2024 | • Requires any person who uses generative AI to create audio or visual content intended to influence an election or ballot proposition to make clear disclosures including a disclaimer indicating the content is generated by AI. | $1,000 per violation recoverable by any person bringing a claim against the relevant creator or sponsor of the political content. |
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