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SB 152 and HB 311 (2023), Utah Social Media Regulation Act
Utah Code Ann. former Title 13, ch. 63 (repealed 2024)
A social media and minors rule binding private bodies.
- Age threshold
- 18
- Covered services
- Social media companies as statutorily defined operating in Utah.
- Verification methods
- Parental consent
What it requires
- Repealed in March 2024 and replaced by SB 194 and HB 464 before it was enforced, so read this as context rather than a live duty; what follows is what it would have required.
- Verify the age of all Utah account holders.
- Obtain parental consent for minors.
- Impose a default curfew on minor accounts.
- Give parents access to minor accounts.
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text.
Who enforces it
Litigation
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Utah
- Docket
- NetChoice, LLC v. Reyes, No. 2:23-cv-00911 (D. Utah)
- Posture
- NetChoice's December 2023 First Amendment challenge to this act prompted the legislature to repeal and replace it in the 2024 session; the litigation continued against the replacement act.
Settledness
- As of
What this law does
First in the nation social media age verification law, signed March 2023. Would have required social media companies to verify the age of all Utah account holders, obtain parental consent for minors, impose a default curfew on minor accounts, and give parents access to minor accounts. Its effective date was postponed from to , and the legislature repealed and replaced it in March 2024 with SB 194 and HB 464 before it was enforced.
When LexLint raises it
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