Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah SB73: Online Age Verification Amendments
Status: Signed into law, March 19, 2026
This bill enacts provisions related to online providers of content harmful to minors.
What the bill says
From the enrolled text, March 12, 2026:
0 Online Age Verification Amendments 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Calvin R. Musselman House Sponsor: Steve Eliason LONG TITLE General Description: This bill enacts provisions related to online providers of content harmful to minors. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - defines terms; - provides legislative findings; - imposes an excise tax on certain entities that provide content harmful to minors; - provides for administration and collection of the excise tax by the State Tax Commission based on referrals from the Division of Consumer Protection; - creates the Minor Mental Health Restricted Account within the General Fund; - directs tax revenues to the Department of Health and Human Services and the Division of Consumer Protection to be used for mental health programs and enforcement of age verification requirements; - provides for liability for publishers and distributors of material harmful to minors who fail to perform age verification; - grants the Division of Consumer Protection authority to investigate and enforce age verification requirements; - provides administrative fines and civil penalties for violations of age verification requirements; - creates the Minor Online Safety Restricted Account (account) within the General Fund and provides for deposits from tax revenue and from fines and civil penalties; - directs money in the account to the Division of Consumer Protection to be used for enforcement of …
Sponsors
- Calvin Musselman (R, 4) · primary sponsor
- Steve Eliason (R, 43)
Latest actions
- : Governor Signed
- : Senate/ to Governor
- : Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing
- : Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- : Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- : Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- : Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- : Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling
- : Senate/ received from House
- : House/ to Senate
Votes
- House/ passed 3rd reading (March 4, 2026): 66 yea, 1 nay, passed
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (February 25, 2026): 8 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading (February 23, 2026): 22 yea, 2 nay, passed
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading (February 20, 2026): 25 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation (February 5, 2026): 6 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (February 5, 2026): 4 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Technology, Public Utilities and Technology, Business, Administrative Rulemaking and Procedures, Health and Human Services, Consumer Protection, Electronic Transactions, New Rulemaking Authority
Common questions
- What is SB73?
- SB73 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2026 General Session): Online Age Verification Amendments.
- What does SB73 do?
- This bill enacts provisions related to online providers of content harmful to minors.
- What is the status of SB73?
- Signed into law as of March 19, 2026. Latest action: Governor Signed (March 19, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB73?
- Calvin Musselman (R, 4), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB73?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0073.html
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