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2026 floor votes

H.B. 149: Sexual Material Modifications

1 recorded floor vote in the 2026 General Session. The bill's official page has its text, sponsors, committee votes and full history.

About this bill

Did not pass both chambers; the bill was filed on March 6, 2026. This bill amends provisions relating to liability for obscenity, a child sex doll, or child sexual abuse material.

  • Defines terms
  • Provides that an individual has a cause of action if a person exposes the individual to or depicts the individual in obscenity or child sexual abuse material
  • Provides that an individual has a cause of action if a person depicts or intends to depict the individual's likeness as a minor on a child sex doll
  • Provides requirements for an individual bringing an action under provisions this bill enacts
  • Provides the relief a court may grant an individual bringing an action under the provisions this bill enacts
  • Provides that an entity that provides access to the internet is not liable under the provisions this bill enacts, if the entity did not create the content

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Nicholeen P. Peck

Utah House, February 27, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 3rd Sub. HB 149
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 63 Nays 1 N/V 11
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (60)

47 Republican, 13 Democratic

No (1)

1 Democratic

Absent or not voting (10)

10 Republican

Votes are listed as the Utah Legislature's floor vote records show them. Names are matched to today's roster, so members who have since left the Legislature aren't in the lists; the totals are the record's own. Committee votes and voice votes aren't included.