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Thursday, November 5, 2026

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2026 floor votes

H.B. 276: Artificial Intelligence Modifications

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

About this bill

Signed by the governor on March 24, 2026. This bill enacts provisions related to counterfeit intimate images and digital content provenance standards.

  • Defines terms
  • Creates the Digital Voyeurism Prevention Act to address non-consensual generation and distribution of counterfeit intimate images
  • Prohibits generation services and platforms from distributing counterfeit intimate images without obtaining and verifying consent from the depicted individual
  • Establishes civil liability for violations of the act, with actual damages, punitive damages, attorney fees, and injunctive relief
  • Establishes safe harbor protections for generation services and covered platforms that implement reasonable safeguards and respond appropriately to notices
  • Establishes heightened pleading standards requiring plaintiffs to plead specific facts

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Ariel Defay

Utah House, February 20, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 1st Sub. HB 276
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 66 Nays 0 N/V 9
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (63)

50 Republican, 13 Democratic

Absent or not voting (8)

1 Democratic, 7 Republican

Utah Senate, March 4, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on 2nd & 3rd Under suspension of the rules · 2nd Sub. HB 276
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 23 Nays 3 Abs 3
Official record

Yes (23)

18 Republican, 1 Forward, 4 Democratic

No (3)

2 Republican, 1 Democratic

Absent or not voting (3)

2 Republican, 1 Democratic

Utah House, March 5, 2026

Concurrence, Concurred/Final Passage · 2nd Sub. HB 276
Result as recorded: Yeas 66 Nays 0 N/V 9
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (63)

50 Republican, 13 Democratic

Absent or not voting (8)

7 Republican, 1 Democratic

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.