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Utah Artificial Intelligence Policy Act

Utah Code Title 13, Chapter 72, Artificial Intelligence Policy Act

Utah State Legislature / Utah Department of Commerce, Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy · Utah Code §§ 13-72-101 及以下（2026 年常会第 127 章修订）

Utah takes a regulatory-learning rather than direct-regulation approach: an Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy sits within the Department of Commerce, creates and administers an AI learning laboratory program, consults businesses and other stakeholders on potential regulatory proposals, and makes rules on required participant disclosures to consumers, reporting to the Office, criteria for limited extension of the participation period and other administration. Participants may apply for a regulatory mitigation agreement or a joint interpretation agreement, which specifies limits on the scope of use, safeguards, any regulatory mitigation granted, required consumer disclosures and reporting to support Office audits. The Office performs regular audits while an agreement is in effect, and participants remain subject to all requirements not expressly waived or modified. The chapter is subject to a sunset and lapses on 2027-07-01 unless extended.

Verified against official sources · 2026-09-12Rules still moving or sources limited

Does this apply to me?

The chapter is relevant to a Chinese AI company when it: (1) plans to use AI in Utah for services subject to occupational licensing such as healthcare, legal, financial advisory, real estate or mental health, where existing licensing rules do not address AI, making a joint interpretation agreement a route to certainty; (2) plans a consumer-facing AI pilot in Utah needing limited regulatory mitigation; or (3) offers generative AI interaction products to Utah consumers, in which case the current location of the consumer disclosure duty must be verified because the original section 13-2-12 was repealed on 2025-05-07. The chapter is more opportunity than burden, but participation means accepting the Office periodic audits and reporting requirements.

Key industries: All industries, GenAI & foundation models, Healthcare AI, Fintech AI

Application timeline

2024-05-01
First-generation generative AI consumer protection provision takes effect
The original Utah Code section 13-2-12 takes effect, providing that generative AI making the violative statement or undertaking the violative act is not a defence, and addressing disclosure for regulated occupations.
2025-05-07
The original section 13-2-12 is repealed
The official historical version page for the section is expressly marked repealed on this date, with the duties rearranged by the 2025 amendments.
2026-05-06
The current version of chapter 13-72 takes effect
The provisions on the Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy, the learning laboratory and the agreement regime, as amended by Chapter 127 of the 2026 General Session, take effect.
2027-07-01
Sunset date for chapter 13-72
The section pages note that the chapter is affected by Utah Code section 63I-2-213 on this date and will lapse unless extended by legislation.

Obligations (2)

Each states its trigger, the evidence to retain and the clause it comes from

Assess whether to seek a regulatory mitigation or joint interpretation agreement

Severity LowUtah Code §§ 13-72-201, 13-72-301, 13-72-401

A participant that uses or wants to use AI technology in Utah may apply for a regulatory mitigation agreement or a joint interpretation agreement under the criteria and procedures set by the Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy within the Department of Commerce. Such an agreement specifies limitations on the scope of use, which may include the number and types of users, geographic limitations and other implementation limits; safeguards to be implemented; any regulatory mitigation granted; required consumer disclosures; and reporting requirements supporting Office audits. The Office performs regular audits while the agreement is in effect, and the participant remains subject to all legal and regulatory requirements not expressly waived or modified.

Applies when: U.S. entities of Chinese companies piloting AI in regulated Utah sectors such as licensed healthcare, legal or financial advisory services.
Evidence to retain: · Application materials and eligibility evidence
· Executed agreement text including scope limits and safeguards
· Periodic reports submitted to the Office
· Evidence of implementing the required consumer disclosures

Estimated first-time effort: 5–20 person-days (estimate, not a commitment)

Verify where the current generative-AI consumer disclosure duty sits

Severity MediumUtah Code § 13-2-12（已于 2025-05-07 废止，需核实继受条文）

Utah Code section 13-2-12 (generative artificial intelligence and its impact on liability under consumer protection law) established two rules: that generative AI making the violative statement or undertaking the violative act is not a defence, and a disclosure arrangement tied to regulated occupations. The official historical version page for that section is expressly marked effective 2024-05-01 and repealed 2025-05-07. Before giving a client a conclusion, verify where the disclosure duty now sits after the 2025 amendments and quote the current wording rather than the repealed section number.

Applies when: Companies interacting with Utah consumers through generative AI, or providing services subject to occupational licensing there.
Evidence to retain: · Statutory research record noting search date, source page and section number
· Consumer-facing AI disclosure copy and where it is displayed
· Disclosure workflow for regulated occupation scenarios
· Regulatory change tracking register

Estimated first-time effort: 1–3 person-days (estimate, not a commitment)

Penalties

The chapter centres on agreements and audits; no free-standing penalty provision was verified in the sections retrieved in this pass, so no amounts are stated.

Known uncertainty

This pass verified only the definitions, Office, learning laboratory and agreement provisions of chapter 13-72 (the official page marks section 13-72-101 effective 5/6/2026, affected by section 63I-2-213 on 7/1/2027 and amended by Chapter 127 of the 2026 General Session), plus the fact that the original section 13-2-12 was repealed on 2025-05-07 and has no current version in the Utah Code. Probing the chapter section by section confirmed that the current chapter 13-72 contains only sections 101, 201, 301, 302, 401 and 402, with no consumer-facing generative AI disclosure provision inside the chapter. Where that disclosure duty now sits after the 2025 amendments, what triggers it (whether disclosure is required only on request, and whether regulated occupations owe more) and how it is worded could not be located in the official Utah Code in this pass, so this entry asserts nothing about the current content of that duty. The successor provision must be confirmed before advising a client.

Sources (2)

Utah Code § 13-72-101 — Artificial Intelligence Policy Act, DefinitionsUtah State Legislature · retrieved 2026-09-12
Utah Code § 13-2-12 (Generative artificial intelligence — impact on liability), historical versionUtah State Legislature · published 2024-05-01 · retrieved 2026-09-12

Content as of 2026-09-12 · corpus 2026.09|Compiled from public official sources with links and review dates for compliance decision support. Rules change; have licensed professionals review before external disclosure, regulatory filing or contractual commitments.

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