Age verification for material harmful to minors
Utah Age Verification Act
Children · Other
Requires age verification for access to material harmful to minors and bars keeping the identifying information used. 2026 S.B. 73 added VPN-circumvention rules, an excise tax, and Division rulemaking on age-verification data privacy, security, and disposal.
- Where
- Utah
- Citation
- Utah Code Title 78B, Chapter 3, Part 10 (78B-3-1001 to 78B-3-1008)
- Status
- In force
- Last amended
- 2026-07-01
- Enforced by
- Utah Division of Consumer Protection; private actions
- People can sue
- Yes
- Penalties
- Liability for knowingly retaining identifying information after access is granted (78B-3-1003(2)); penalty amounts not summarized in the memo.
- Applies to
- Commercial entities publishing material harmful to minors, and third parties performing age verification for them (78B-3-1002)
Practices it requires
- Do not retain any identifying information of the individual after access has been granted.Utah Code 78B-3-1002(2)
Other duties
- The Division may set rules on privacy, security, and disposal of age-verification data.Utah Code 78B-3-1005(2)(b), (d)
Sources
- Official text
- Utah Code 78B-3-1002 (Utah Legislature, version C78B-3-S1002_2026050620260506)
- Utah Code 78B-3-1003 (Utah Legislature, version C78B-3-S1003_2026050620260701)
- Utah Code 78B-3-1005 (Utah Legislature, version C78B-3-S1005_2026050620260506)
- 2026 S.B. 73 enrolled bill (Utah Legislature)
Checked against these sources on 2026-09-23 by research agent (Claude), primary sources.
Unverified: Original enactment date of Part 10 was not recorded in the memo. | 78B-3-1003 was last amended by 2026 ch. 291 (effective 2026-07-01 per its version file); the bill number for ch. 291 was not identified. | Division rules under 78B-3-1005 were not reviewed.
Research reference, not legal advice.