# Utah H.B. 322: Child Actor Regulations Utah H.B. 322, Child Actor Regulations, is a 2025 General Session House bill sponsored by Doug Owens (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-03-25 (Governor Signed); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB322-2025GS - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Utah H.B. 322 - State: Utah - Session: 2025 General Session - Title: Child Actor Regulations - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-24 - Last action: 2025-03-25, Governor Signed - Sponsor: Doug Owens (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Business, Labor and Employment, Dispute Resolution, Judicial Operations, Employment of Minors - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 5 (112 yes, 12 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 6 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Adults can challenge childhood content online: benefit, medium. Starting May 7, 2025, adults featured as qualifying or market value compensated minors can request deletion or editing through social media companies. Companies must offer a clear process and can request information to verify identity, age, and the content involved. Companies must notify creators w… - Children can track and enforce payments: benefit, medium. Creators featuring qualifying children must keep monthly records of income, paid minutes, child earnings, paid content, and trust transfers. Records must also include each qualifying child’s name and age documentation. Creators must retain records for at least two years, tell children the records e… - Featured children receive online earnings shares: benefit, medium. Each January 1, creators must check whether featured children qualified during the previous year. A qualifying child has an average monthly content share of at least 30%, and the creator earns at least $150,000 annually from content featuring that child. Represented and market value compensated min… - Trusts protect young performers’ earnings: benefit, medium. The law took effect May 7, 2025. Parents must establish a Uniform Transfers to Minors trust by January 30 when a performer earned at least $20,000 the previous year. They must give employers transfer details, except for market value compensated minors, whose parents count as employers for these rul… - Young creators own their content earnings: benefit, medium. Minors who create, produce, or publish their own social media content are entitled to all money it earns. A minor who is the sole creator and producer does not have to transfer those earnings into a trust. - Creators can seek alternative child payments: mixed, low. Creators can ask a court to replace the usual child-earnings formula when following it causes undue hardship. They must propose another payment plan and commit to a trust that meets the law’s requirements. The court must approve the exception only after finding both undue hardship and that the alte… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Doug Owens (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Scott D. Sandall (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-07 | Senate | Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension | pass | 27 | 0 | | | 2025-02-28 | Senate | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 4 | 0 | | | 2025-02-24 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 57 | 12 | | | 2025-02-18 | House | House Comm - Substitute Recommendation | pass | 12 | 0 | | | 2025-02-18 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 12 | 0 | | ## Actions (33) - 2025-03-25: Governor Signed - 2025-03-13: House/ to Governor (House) - 2025-03-13: House/ received enrolled bill from Printing (House) - 2025-03-12: House/ enrolled bill to Printing (House) - 2025-03-12: Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate - 2025-03-07: Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared - 2025-03-07: Bill Received from House for Enrolling - 2025-03-07: House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling (House) - 2025-03-07: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules (Senate) - 2025-02-28: Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2025-02-28: Senate/ committee report favorable (Senate) - 2025-02-28: Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Senate/ to standing committee (Senate) - 2025-02-25: Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (Senate) - 2025-02-25: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2025-02-24: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-02-24: House/ passed 3rd reading (House) - 2025-02-24: House/ 3rd reading (House) - 2025-02-18: House/ 2nd reading (House) - 2025-02-18: House/ comm rpt/ substituted (House) - 2025-02-18: House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (House) - 2025-02-18: House Comm - Substitute Recommendation (House) - 2025-01-31: House/ to standing committee (House) - 2025-01-30: House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (House) - 2025-01-27: House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (House) - 2025-01-27: House/ received bill from Legislative Research (House) - 2025-01-24: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-03-12: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/HB0322.pdf) - Substitute #2, 2025-02-17: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0322S02.pdf) - Substitute #1, 2025-02-13: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0322S01.pdf) - Introduced, 2025-01-24: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0322.pdf) ## Related bills - S.B. 199: Guardianship Amendments (signed) - H.B. 562: Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Amendments (signed) - H.B. 493: Medical Examiner Amendments (signed) - H.B. 482: Health and Human Services Reporting Requirements (signed) - S.B. 197: Property Tax Amendments (vetoed) - S.B. 3: Appropriations Adjustments (signed) ## Sources - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/HB0322.pdf) - [Substitute #2 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0322S02.pdf) - [Substitute #1 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0322S01.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0322.pdf) ## Related - [S.B. 199: Guardianship Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB199-2025GS) - [H.B. 562: Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB562-2025GS) - [H.B. 493: Medical Examiner Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB493-2025GS) - [H.B. 482: Health and Human Services Reporting Requirements](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB482-2025GS) - [S.B. 197: Property Tax Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB197-2025GS) - [S.B. 3: Appropriations Adjustments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB3-2025GS) - [Utah bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/utah/bills) - [Utah state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/utah) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB322-2025GS (as of 2026-10-17).