---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 194 Social Media Regulation Amendments"
description: "S.B. 194 Social Media Regulation Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 194"
citation: "Utah SB 194 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Rulemaking", "Attorney General", "Business", "Consumer Protection", "Courts", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Judicial Operations", "New Rulemaking Authority", "Social Media", "Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McKell, Michael K."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 51
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abfb76af-5532-453f-a963-45ba43c42803"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/SB0194.html"
source_hash: "9db43f304ac8978d570ef379f52e83dc130518f48456bfdb877d2f4eb814b932"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ut"]
---

# Utah SB 194 (2024) — S.B. 194 Social Media Regulation Amendments

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/sbillint/SB0194S02.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/sbillamd/SB0194S02.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/sbillenr/SB0194.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **21–1** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **61–11** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with House amendment — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McKell, Michael K. — primary (person)
- Teuscher, Jordan D. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-02-05** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2024-02-05** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2024-02-05** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2024-02-05** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-06** to Senate Business and Labor Committee
- **2024-02-12** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2024-02-14** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2024-02-14** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** comm rpt/substituted
- **2024-02-15** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-16** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-16** circled
- **2024-02-20** uncircled
- **2024-02-20** floor amendment # 1
- **2024-02-20** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-21** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-21** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-21** to House
- **2024-02-21** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-21** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-22** to House Judiciary Committee
- **2024-02-26** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2024-02-27** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-27** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2024-02-28** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** circled
- **2024-02-28** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2024-02-28** uncircled
- **2024-02-28** substituted from # 1 to # 2 `substitution`
- **2024-02-28** floor amendment # 1
- **2024-02-28** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-28** to Senate
- **2024-02-28** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-28** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2024-02-28** concurs with House amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-28** to House
- **2024-02-28** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-28** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2024-02-28** to Senate
- **2024-02-29** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-29** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2024-02-29** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2024-03-08** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2024-03-08** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2024-03-12** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2024-03-12** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-13** Governor Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/abfb76af-5532-453f-a963-45ba43c42803`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).