All Roll Calls
Yes: 130 • No: 0
UtahS.B. 3102026 General SessionSenate
Uniform Intimate Images Amendments
Sponsored By: Michael K. McKell (Republican)
Signed by Governor
Judicial OperationsUniform LawsCivil Litigation
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
Intimate image victims gain legal remedies
Beginning May 6, 2026, Utah law lets you sue over intentional sharing or threats to share your private intimate image. You must be identifiable and suffer harm. The person must know the image is private, you are identifiable, and you did not consent. Agreeing to create an image or share it earlier does not, by itself, permit later sharing or remove privacy protections. Privacy protections also cover images made in public when you did not consent to the sexual conduct or exposure. Courts protect plaintiffs' identities through confidential information forms and orders hiding or removing identifying details. If you win, you can recover proven financial and nonfinancial harm, or statutory damages up to $10,000 per defendant, whichever is greater. That cap covers all disclosures and threats known or reasonably discoverable at filing, or learned about during the case—not each incident separately. Courts consider the parties' ages, the number and reach of disclosures, and other factors when setting statutory damages. You can also recover the defendant's money gain and punitive damages; courts may award reasonable legal fees, costs, and orders stopping disclosure.
Some intimate image sharing stays protected
Beginning May 6, 2026, exceptions limit liability under Utah's intimate image law. Protected uses include good-faith law enforcement, legal proceedings, medical education or treatment, and reporting or investigating unlawful or unsolicited, unwelcome conduct. Exceptions also cover public-interest disclosures and disclosures reasonably meant to help the person shown. The person claiming a general exception must prove it applies; being a public figure alone does not establish public interest. Parents, legal guardians, and people with legal custody generally are protected when sharing or threatening to share a child's image. That protection does not apply if the plaintiff proves another law bars sharing or it serves specified sexual, humiliating, degrading, money-making, or commercial purposes. Online services are not liable solely for listed access, transmission, downloading, storage, or connection services involving images they did not create.
Image victims face four-year filing deadlines
Beginning May 6, 2026, Utah's intimate image law sets a four-year deadline to sue over unauthorized sharing. The clock starts when you discover the sharing or reasonably should have discovered it. For threats to share, the four years start when the threat was disclosed. Utah's applicable rules for pausing filing deadlines also apply.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Michael K. McKell
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
Jordan D. Teuscher
Republican • House
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 3/6/2026
House/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 3/6/2026
House/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 62 • No: 0
House vote • 3/6/2026
House/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 3/3/2026
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 10 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/2/2026
Senate/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 28 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/27/2026
Senate/ passed 2nd reading
Yes: 24 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/27/2026
Senate/ floor amendment
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/23/2026
Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 6 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Governor Signed
3/23/2026Senate/ to Governor
3/13/2026SenateSenate/ received enrolled bill from Printing
3/13/2026SenateSenate/ enrolled bill to Printing
3/12/2026SenateEnrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
3/12/2026Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
3/10/2026Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
3/10/2026Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling
3/10/2026SenateSenate/ received from House
3/10/2026SenateHouse/ to Senate
3/6/2026HouseHouse/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate
3/6/2026HouseHouse/ passed 3rd reading
3/6/2026HouseHouse/ uncircled
3/6/2026HouseHouse/ circled
3/6/2026HouseHouse/ 3rd reading
3/6/2026HouseHouse/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
3/6/2026HouseHouse/ 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules
3/3/2026HouseHouse/ 2nd reading
3/3/2026HouseHouse/ committee report favorable
3/3/2026HouseHouse Comm - Favorable Recommendation
3/3/2026House/ to standing committee
3/2/2026HouseHouse/ 1st reading (Introduced)
3/2/2026HouseHouse/ received from Senate
3/2/2026HouseSenate/ to House
3/2/2026SenateSenate/ passed 3rd reading
3/2/2026Senate
Bill Text
Enrolled
3/12/2026
Amended 2/27/2026 15:02:128
2/27/2026
Introduced
2/19/2026