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Utah's SB 205 (2026), Law Enforcement Artificial Intelligence Amendments (second substitute), would have amended the 2025 law on police use of generative AI to require agency policies to cover available oversight or safeguard settings and to require agencies to post their policy publicly. It passed the Senate on February 26, 2026 (20-0-9); the House struck the enacting clause on March 6 and the Senate filed it.
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What it means for business
None: the bill died and never became law. It would have required law enforcement agencies to document generative AI safeguard settings and post their AI policies publicly.
Key provisions
- Would define "oversight or safeguard setting" as a generative AI setting addressing transparency, content safeguards or human oversight, such as requiring minimum human editing, an AI-drafted acknowledgment, or limits on crime types
- Each agency's generative AI policy would have to say which generative AI technologies employees may use, each one's available safeguard settings, and whether the agency requires them, does not use them, or lets employees disable them
- An agency would have to publicly post its policy on its website (or on the Utah Public Notice Website if it has none) and update the posting within 30 days of a change; this would not apply to prison or jail security, safety or management
- Generative AI used for administrative tasks that do not materially impact an investigation, such as productivity, document management or spell-check tools, would not count as generative AI technology for the settings requirement
- An agency's failure to comply would not preclude use of the technology or of information or evidence created with it
- Would have taken effect May 6, 2026; passed the Senate 20-0-9 February 26, 2026; House struck the enacting clause March 6, 2026; Senate filed it
Latest legislative action
Mar 6, 2026. Senate/ filed (Senate file for bills not passed), after House/ strike enacting clause
Sponsors (showing 5 of 10)
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Cullimore, Kirk A. | Primary |
| McCay, Daniel | Primary |
| McKell, Michael K. | Primary |
| Pitcher, Stephanie D | Primary |
| Plumb, Jen D | Primary |
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