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UT HB238: Sexual Exploitation of a Minor Amendments

Effective May 1, 2024 Utah · 2024 session

Last verified Oct 12, 2026 · official bill text

HB238 · 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 238 (2024) expands the definition of child sexual abuse material to include a depiction that is artificially generated and depicts an individual with substantial characteristics of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct. The change brings AI-generated child sexual abuse material within Utah's sexual exploitation of a minor offenses, with conforming changes and a severability clause. Effective May 1, 2024.

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

What it means for business

Creating or possessing AI-generated child sexual abuse material is a crime in Utah.

Key provisions

  1. Utah Code 76-5b-103: child sexual abuse material includes artificially generated depictions of an individual with substantial characteristics of a minor in sexually explicit conduct
  2. Applies to sexual exploitation of a minor offenses (76-5b-201, -201.1)
  3. Conforming changes and severability clause
  4. Effective May 1, 2024

Latest legislative action

Mar 13, 2024. Governor Signed; Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 142

Topics and industries

Affected industries

Technology

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Same topic in other states

New Hampshire SB300 Criminalizing the creation of child intimate visual representations Montana HB82 Generally revise laws related to crimes against children Idaho H0465 CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN – Amends and adds to existing law to provide for the cri Oklahoma HB3642 Crimes and punishments; Oklahoma Law on Obscenity and Child Pornography; scope o Nebraska LB383 Adopt the Parental Rights in Social Media Act, rename the Child Pornography Prev Florida H0757 Sexual Images