SB 149 (2024) — Artificial Intelligence Amendments (Utah Artificial Intelligence Policy Act)

Summary

Utah SB 149, Artificial Intelligence Amendments (Laws of Utah 2024, chapter 186), signed on March 13, 2024, and effective May 1, 2024, created the Artificial Intelligence Policy Act (Utah Code Title 13, Chapter 72), the Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy and its learning laboratory, under which companies can test AI under regulatory mitigation agreements. It also added a generative-AI disclosure rule (former section 13-2-12): a business had to disclose generative AI use when a consumer asked, and regulated occupations had to disclose it up front. In 2025 SB 226 repealed section 13-2-12 and replaced it with narrower disclosure duties in a new chapter (now 13-77), and SB 226 and SB 332 moved the Policy Act's repeal date to July 1, 2027. The Division of Consumer Protection enforces the disclosure rules, with administrative fines of up to $2,500 per violation.

Key dates

1. March 13, 2024Enacted
2. May 1, 2024Takes effect
3. October 16, 2026Checked against sources
4. October 21, 2026Checked against sources

Developments are added when the record is reviewed. Next review: January 15, 2027.

Evidence

Each passage is quoted from its source. The quoted passages are re-checked against the live pages every month.

1. The UAIP Act went into effect as of May 1, 2024.

   Supports: Effective date

   Understanding the Utah AI Act and Newly Effective Amendments Online and On Point (Womble Bond Dickinson) Reporting or analysis

2. SB 149 Artificial Intelligence Amendments

   Supports: Listed among bills acted on by the Governor (2024 General Session, under the March 13, 2024, heading)

   Bills — Governor Spencer J. Cox Office of the Governor of Utah Primary source

3. March 13, 2024: Senate Bill (S.B.) 149 signed. It was Laws of Utah 2024, chapter 186. It took effect May 1, 2024.

   Supports: Signing date, chapter, effective date

   Ends in 2027: the Policy Act (13-72), the state office and test program, is repealed on July 1, 2027 unless the legislature acts.

   Supports: Current repeal date

   S.B. 226 (chapter 465) repealed section 13-2-12, enacted the new disclosure chapter, and moved the Policy Act repeal date to July 1, 2027.

   Supports: 2025 replacement of the disclosure rule

   Utah AI Law Explained From the Statute: What Is in Force Now Vaquill Reporting or analysis

4. Utah's Division of Consumer Protection may impose administrative fines of $2,500 per violation

   Supports: Penalty and enforcer

   Utah scales back reach of generative AI consumer protection law Davis Polk & Wardwell Reporting or analysis

5. Utah's Artificial Intelligence Policy Act (SB 149), which took effect May 1, 2024

   Supports: Effective date

   Chatbots in Check: Utah's Latest AI Legislation Future of Privacy Forum Reporting or analysis