Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah SB205: Law Enforcement Artificial Intelligence Amendments
Status: Failed, March 6, 2026
This bill addresses law enforcement agency use of artificial intelligence.
What the bill says
From the substitute text, February 24, 2026:
0 Law Enforcement Artificial Intelligence Amendments 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Stephanie Pitcher House Sponsor: Matthew H. Gwynn LONG TITLE General Description: This bill addresses law enforcement agency use of artificial intelligence. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - defines terms; - amends provisions regarding law enforcement agency generative artificial intelligence policies; - requires a law enforcement agency to publicly post certain information, including the law enforcement agency's policy concerning the use of generative artificial intelligence; and - makes technical and conforming changes. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: None Utah Code Sections Affected: AMENDS: 53-25-901 , as enacted by Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 330 53-25-902 , as enacted by Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 330 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1. Section 53-25-901 is amended to read: 53-25-901 . Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Artificial intelligence" means a machine-based system that can, for a given set of human-defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations, or decisions influencing real or virtual environments. (2) "Generative artificial intelligence" means artificial intelligence technology that is capable of creating content such as text, audio, image, or video based on patterns learned from large volumes of data rather than being explicitly programmed with rules. (3) (a) "Oversight or safeguard setting" means a setting …
Sponsors
- Stephanie Pitcher (D, 14) · primary sponsor
- Gwynn, Matthew H. (R, 6)
Latest actions
- : Senate/ filed
- : Senate/ received from House
- : House/ to Senate
- : House/ strike enacting clause
- : House/ 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules
- : House/ 2nd reading
- : House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- : House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- : House/ received from Senate
- : Senate/ to House
Votes
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading (February 26, 2026): 20 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading (February 25, 2026): 25 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading (February 24, 2026): 28 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation (February 12, 2026): 8 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (February 12, 2026): 8 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Government Records, Bureau of Criminal Identification, Artificial Intelligence, Utah Highway Patrol, Department of Public Safety, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, Department of Corrections
Common questions
- What is SB205?
- SB205 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2026 General Session): Law Enforcement Artificial Intelligence Amendments.
- What does SB205 do?
- This bill addresses law enforcement agency use of artificial intelligence.
- What is the status of SB205?
- Failed as of March 6, 2026. Latest action: Senate/ filed (March 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB205?
- Stephanie Pitcher (D, 14), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB205?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0205.html
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