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UT HB193: Intimate Image Distribution Prohibition

Enacted Utah · 2021 session

Last verified Oct 12, 2026 · official bill text

HB193 · where it stands

4 of 5 steps complete
  1. Introduced Complete
  2. Passed first chamber Complete
  3. Passed both chambers Complete
  4. Enacted Complete
  5. Effective Date not recorded
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Enacted
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Dead / vetoed
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In one paragraph

Utah HB 193 (2021) created the offense of unlawful distribution of a counterfeit intimate image. A counterfeit intimate image is any visual depiction, including a computer-generated one, edited, manipulated or altered to depict the likeness of an identifiable person nude or engaged in sexual conduct. Distributing one without the person's consent, knowing or having reason to know it would cause emotional distress or harm, is a crime, with an aggravated offense when the person depicted is a child. Law enforcement and crime-reporting activity is exempt.

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

What it means for business

Sharing deepfake intimate images of identifiable people has been a crime in Utah since 2021.

Key provisions

  1. Utah Code 76-5b-205: unlawful distribution of a counterfeit intimate image
  2. Counterfeit intimate image includes computer-generated depictions altered to show an identifiable person nude or in sexual conduct
  3. Requires lack of consent and knowledge the distribution would cause distress or harm
  4. Aggravated offense when the depicted individual is a child
  5. Exempts lawful law enforcement and crime reporting

Latest legislative action

Mar 16, 2021. Governor Signed; Laws of Utah 2021, Chapter 134

Topics and industries

Related topics

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Affected industries

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Same topic in other states

Tennessee SB1346 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 28 and Title 39, Chapter 17, rel Wyoming HB85 Unlawful dissemination of an intimate image. Oklahoma HB1364 Crimes and punishments; sexual obscenity; making certain acts unlawful; effectiv New Hampshire HB1319 Relative to prohibiting the nonconsensual dissemination of synthetic sexual imag Connecticut HB7287 An Act Concerning the State Budget for the Biennium Ending June 30, 2027, and Ma Montana HB514 Criminalize use of real and digitally fabricated sexually explicit images