Digital Content Provenance Standards Act
Utah Content Provenance Act
Artificial intelligence
Enacted by 2026 H.B. 276, effective January 1, 2027, it requires provenance data handling for AI-generated and captured content. It is a disclosure-standards law rather than a privacy-notice law.
- Where
- Utah
- Citation
- Utah Code Title 13, Chapter 72c (13-72c-101 to 13-72c-301)
- Status
- Enacted, not yet in force
- In force since
- 2027-01-01
- Enforced by
- Utah Division of Consumer Protection
- People can sue
- No
- Penalties
- Division enforcement (13-72c-301); penalty amounts not summarized in the memo.
- Applies to
- Large online platforms with over 2,000,000 unique monthly users (13-72c-201)
- Capture-device makers, for devices produced for sale on or after 2028-01-01 (13-72c-202)
- Generative AI covered providers with over 1,000,000 monthly users (13-72c-203)
Practices it requires
- Large online platforms must detect provenance data, provide a user interface disclosing it, and not strip it.Utah Code 13-72c-201 · Only if: Large online platform · From 2027-01-01
- Capture-device makers must add latent disclosures to devices produced for sale on or after January 1, 2028.Utah Code 13-72c-202 · Only if: Capture-device maker · From 2028-01-01
- Generative AI covered providers must embed latent disclosures in AI-generated image, video, or audio content.Utah Code 13-72c-203 · Only if: Covered provider · From 2027-01-01
Sources
- Official text
- Utah Code 13-72c-201 (Utah Legislature, version C13-72c-S201_2026050620270101)
- Utah Code 13-72c-202 (Utah Legislature, version C13-72c-S202_2026050620270101)
- Utah Code 13-72c-203 (Utah Legislature, version C13-72c-S203_2026050620270101)
- Utah Code 13-72c-301 (Utah Legislature, version C13-72c-S301_2026050620270101)
- 2026 H.B. 276 enrolled bill (Utah Legislature)
Checked against these sources on 2026-09-23 by research agent (Claude), primary sources.
Unverified: Penalty amounts under 13-72c-301 were not summarized in the memo.
Research reference, not legal advice.