Utah HB 452
From State AI laws: enacted, with proof: Which US states have enacted laws about AI systems, when do they start, who enforces them, and what is the penalty?
State: Utah
The state whose legislature passed the law.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah
Source: https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/HB0452.pdf. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Law: H.B. 452 Artificial Intelligence Amendments
The act's name, or its bill and chapter, as the state's own text gives it.
H.B. 452 Artificial Intelligence Amendments
Source: https://governor.utah.gov/press/gov-cox-vetoes-s-b-296-and-signs-200-bills-in-the-2025-general-legislative-session/. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Subject: mental health chatbot
A short label, in the text's own words, for what the law regulates.
"Mental health chatbot" means an artificial intelligence technology
Source: https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/HB0452.pdf. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Signed: March 25, 2025
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SALT LAKE CITY (March 25, 2025) – Today, Gov. Cox vetoed S.B. 296, Judicial Amendments and signed 200 bills
Source: https://governor.utah.gov/press/gov-cox-vetoes-s-b-296-and-signs-200-bills-in-the-2025-general-legislative-session/. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Takes effect: May 7, 2025
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This bill takes effect on May 7, 2025
Source: https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/HB0452.pdf. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Applies to: a supplier of a mental health chatbot
Who has duties, in the law's own words. A law with several parts shows the part named in its quote.
A supplier of a mental health chatbot may not sell to or share with any third party
Source: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title13/Chapter72A/C13-72a_2025050720250507.pdf. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Enforced by: the division of consumer protection
Who enforces it, as stated. Where the text only makes a violation part of another act, that act is shown. Blank if the text doesn't say.
The division shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter in accordance 188 with Chapter 2, Division of Consumer Protection
Source: https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/HB0452.pdf. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Maximum penalty: $5,000 for each violation of an administrative or court order
The highest civil penalty stated, in the law's words. Blank if the text names no amount. Damages in a private suit and penalties set by another act don't count.
A court may impose a civil penalty of no more than $5,000 for each violation of an 212 administrative or court order
Source: https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/HB0452.pdf. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Private right of action: Not stated
Yes or no only where the text says so plainly. Blank otherwise, including where a law just points to a consumer protection act.
No source we could use stated this. A blank never means no.
Latest change: Amended by Chapter 95, 2026 General Session
The newest amendment, delay, repeal or replacement found in an official source. Blank with the places we looked if none was found, which doesn't prove there is none.
Amended by Chapter 95, 2026 General Session
Source: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title13/Chapter72A/C13-72a_2025050720250507.pdf. Read 2026-11-01. Read once.