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2026 floor votes

H.B. 289: Child Sexual Abuse Material Amendments

2 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 addresses offenses related to child sexual abuse material.

  • Defines the term of "apparent child sexual abuse material" to address material created or generated by artificial intelligence that depicts realistic minors
  • Defines the term of "obscene child sexual abuse material"
  • Amends the definition of "child sexual abuse material" to remove artificially generated material
  • Creates standalone offenses for: possession of apparent child sexual abuse material; distribution of apparent child sexual abuse material in certain circumstances; and producing, distributing, receiving, or possessing with intent to distribute, obscene child sexual abuse material
  • Makes technical and conforming changes

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

Utah House, February 17, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · HB 289
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 71 Nays 0 N/V 4
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (67)

53 Republican, 14 Democratic

Absent or not voting (4)

4 Republican

Utah Senate, March 6, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on 2nd & 3rd Under suspension of the rules · HB 289
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 25 Nays 0 Abs 4
Official record

Yes (25)

19 Republican, 1 Forward, 5 Democratic

Absent or not voting (4)

1 Democratic, 3 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.