In one paragraph
Utah's HB 286 (2026), Artificial Intelligence Transparency Amendments (first substitute), would have enacted the AI Transparency Act: a large frontier AI developer would have to write, implement and publish a public safety plan for catastrophic risks; per the bill's highlighted provisions, developers would also publish child protection plans and risk assessment summaries and report safety incidents to the Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy, with civil penalties and whistleblower protections. It never passed the House; the enacting clause was struck and the bill filed on March 6, 2026.
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What it means for business
None: the bill died and never became law. It would have required large frontier AI developers to publish safety plans and report safety incidents, with civil penalties.
Key provisions
- Would apply to frontier developers (who used at least 10^26 operations to train a frontier model; academic research by colleges excluded); a large frontier developer (with affiliates) has at least $500,000,000 in annual revenue
- A large frontier developer would have to write, implement, comply with and publish on its website a public safety plan for catastrophic risks
- Per the bill's highlighted provisions, developers would also publish child protection plans and risk assessment summaries, and could not make materially false or misleading statements about covered risks
- Per the bill's highlighted provisions, developers would report certain safety incidents to the Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy, which would give annual assessments and legislative recommendations
- Per the bill's highlighted provisions, it would establish civil penalties, whistleblower protections and remedies for employees who suffer adverse action, and an AI Transparency Enforcement Restricted Account
- "Covered chatbot" would mean a service with humanlike responses from a foundation model, foreseeably accessible by minors, with at least 1,000,000 monthly active users
- House committee recommended it favorably 8-0-2 (substitute); circled on third reading February 5, 2026; enacting clause struck and filed March 6, 2026
Latest legislative action
Mar 6, 2026. House/ strike enacting clause; House/ filed (House file for bills not passed)
Sponsors (showing 5 of 8)
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Briscoe, Joel K. | Primary |
| Fiefia, Doug R | Primary |
| Lyman, Phil | Primary |
| Moss, Carol S. | Primary |
| Peterson, Karen M. | Primary |
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