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UT HB148: Artificial Pornographic Images Amendments

Effective May 1, 2024 Utah · 2024 session

Last verified Oct 12, 2026 · official bill text

HB148 · where it stands

All steps complete
  1. Introduced Complete
  2. Passed first chamber Complete
  3. Passed both chambers Complete
  4. Enacted Complete
  5. Effective Since May 1, 2024
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In one paragraph

Utah HB 148 (2024) extends the state's sexual exploitation offenses to computer-generated video. It adds 'or video' to the computer or computer-generated image language in the definitions of child sexual abuse material, vulnerable adult sexual abuse material, intimate image and counterfeit intimate image in Utah Code 76-5b-103, -203, -204 and -205, so AI-generated or manipulated videos are covered as well as still images. Effective May 1, 2024.

Plain-English summary, written with AI assistance. The official text controls.

What it means for business

AI-generated sexual videos are treated the same as images under Utah's exploitation and intimate-image crimes.

Key provisions

  1. Amends Utah Code 76-5b-103, -203, -204 and -205
  2. Computer-generated videos, not only images, are covered in child sexual abuse material definitions
  3. Same change for vulnerable adult sexual abuse material, intimate image and counterfeit intimate image
  4. Effective May 1, 2024

Latest legislative action

Mar 13, 2024. Governor Signed; Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 127

Topics and industries

Related topics

AI Intimate Images

Affected industries

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HB13 Sexual Extortion Amendments SB66 Criminal Offense Amendments HB193 Intimate Image Distribution Prohibition HB276 Artificial Intelligence Modifications SB0256 Identity Protection Modifications HB289 Child Sexual Abuse Material Amendments

Same topic in other states

Florida H0757 Sexual Images Colorado SB25-288 Concerning preventing certain disclosures of intimate depictions, and, in connec Illinois HB4623 SEXUAL EXPLICIT DIGITAL IMAGE Louisiana SB175 Criminalizes deepfakes involving minors and defines the rights to digital image Kansas SB186 AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; modifying elements Washington HB1999 Concerning fabricated intimate or sexually explicit images and depictions.