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Law note · Utah
| Citation | Utah Code 13-72b-101 et seq. |
|---|---|
| Status | Enacted |
| In force | 2027-01-01 |
| Reviewed | as of 2026-08-14 |
Reviewer verification confirms H.B. 438 (2026 General Session), 'Artificial Intelligence Amendments,' enacts new Chapter 72b, 'Companion Chatbot Safety Act,' at Section 4 of the bill; a version of the bill text (3rd/5th substitute) requires operators of companion chatbots to disclose non-human status, comply with the Utah Consumer Privacy Act, meet additional safety and reporting requirements for minor users, and carries a safe harbor provision, structurally parallel to Chapters 75 and 72a. H.B. 438 passed the House 68-1 (2026-02-20) and the Senate 26-1, and was signed into law; the chapter now exists on Utah's live code site. The live code site's own version tag, C13-72b_2026050620270101, gives an effective date of 2027-01-01, which this review treats as controlling over an earlier substitute's internal effective-date clause (2026-08-01), since the code site reflects the bill as finally enacted. The specific disclosure-provision section number and full operative text were not independently re-verified against the final chaptered text in this review. Because the effective date is in the future relative to this document's as-of date, the status is enacted, not in_effect.
Primary source: le.utah.gov chapter landing page and version metadata (existence and effective date)
le.utah.gov HB0438 substitute bill text (long title and chapter enactment); secondary legislative-tracking coverage for the vote counts and final passage