{"slug":"us-utah","name":"Utah (United States)","short_name":"Utah","iso_code":"US-UT","jurisdiction_type":"state","region":"Americas","subregion":"Northern America","overview":"Utah enacted the Artificial Intelligence Policy Act (SB 149) in March 2024, effective 1 May 2024, the first US state law on generative-AI disclosure: businesses must tell consumers when they are interacting with generative AI if asked, and regulated occupations must disclose proactively. It created the Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy and a learning-laboratory (sandbox) programme, amended in 2025 (SB 226 and SB 332) to narrow disclosure to \"high-risk\" interactions and extend the sunset, plus HB 452 on mental-health chatbots.","regulatory_status_summary":"AI Policy Act in force since May 2024 (amended 2025); mental-health chatbot law (2025); Office of AI Policy operating.","binding_vs_guidance":"Binding: Utah Artificial Intelligence Policy Act (SB 149). Strategy or guidance: none recorded.","current_priorities":null,"regulators":[{"name":"Utah Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy","url":"https://ai.utah.gov/","role":"Administers the learning laboratory and regulatory mitigation agreements"},{"name":"Utah Division of Consumer Protection","url":"https://dcp.utah.gov/","role":"Enforces disclosure requirements"}],"official_sources":[{"title":"SB 149 Artificial Intelligence Amendments (2024 General Session)","publisher":"Utah State Legislature","url":"https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/SB0149.html","document_date":"2024-03-13","document_type":"legislation","tier":1}],"related_jurisdictions":["us","us-colorado","us-texas"],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/jurisdictions/us-utah","source":{"official_source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/SB0149.html","source_title":"SB 149 Artificial Intelligence Amendments (2024 General Session)","source_publisher":"Utah State Legislature","source_document_date":"2024-03-13","source_reference":null,"source_tier":1,"last_checked_at":"2026-09-26","last_verified_at":"2026-09-26","review_status":"verified","confidence_level":"medium","content_version":1,"change_summary":"Added in the September 2026 global coverage expansion; overview composed from the listed instruments and official sources. Reviewer to confirm regulators and status.","reviewed_by":"Bhaskar Bhatt"},"policies":[{"slug":"us-utah-artificial-intelligence-policy-act","id":"AIPT-POL-0228","permanent_url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0228","title":"Utah Artificial Intelligence Policy Act (SB 149, 2024, as amended by SB 226 and SB 332 in 2025)","short_title":"Utah Artificial Intelligence Policy Act (SB 149)","jurisdiction":"us-utah","instrument_type":"act","status":"in_force","is_binding":true,"ai_specific":true,"issuing_body":"Utah State Legislature","summary_plain":"Effective 1 May 2024, the Act requires a person using generative AI to interact with a consumer in a consumer transaction to disclose clearly that the consumer is interacting with AI when asked (as amended in 2025, when the interaction is high-risk or on request), and requires providers of regulated occupations (for example health and legal services) to disclose generative-AI use proactively. It states that using AI is no defence to consumer-protection violations, created the Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy and an AI learning laboratory allowing regulatory mitigation agreements, and originally sunset in 2025, extended to 2027.","adopted_on":"2024-03-13","in_force_on":"2024-05-01","applies_from":"2024-05-01","official_source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/SB0149.html","last_verified_at":"2026-09-26","reviewed_by":"Bhaskar Bhatt","content_version":1,"review_status":"verified","confidence_level":"high","updated_at":"2026-10-15T06:46:25+00:00","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/us-utah-artificial-intelligence-policy-act"},{"slug":"us-utah-hb-452-mental-health-chatbots","id":"AIPT-POL-0229","permanent_url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0229","title":"Utah HB 452 (2025): Artificial Intelligence Amendments (mental health chatbots, Utah Code 13-72a)","short_title":"Utah mental health chatbot law (HB 452)","jurisdiction":"us-utah","instrument_type":"act","status":"in_force","is_binding":true,"ai_specific":true,"issuing_body":"Utah State Legislature","summary_plain":"Mental health chatbots must disclose that they are AI; suppliers may not sell or share users' health information or input, or use it to target advertising. A written policy filed with the Division of Professional Licensing gives a supplier an affirmative defence.","adopted_on":null,"in_force_on":"2025-05-07","applies_from":null,"official_source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/HB0452.pdf","last_verified_at":null,"reviewed_by":null,"content_version":1,"review_status":"pending_review","confidence_level":"medium","updated_at":"2026-10-15T06:46:25+00:00","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/us-utah-hb-452-mental-health-chatbots"}]}