---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unauthorized Artificial Intelligence Impersonation Amendments"
description: "Unauthorized Artificial Intelligence Impersonation Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 271"
citation: "Utah SB 271 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Artificial Intelligence", "Commerce and Trade", "Consumer Protection", "Public Utilities and Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McKell, Michael K."]
version_count: 11
action_count: 41
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-13T16:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-27T15:19:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d282161b-1bc1-4ac9-965c-7943899dc6d7"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/SB0271.html"
source_hash: "e17ffc7395db7021de8ceb7a5260d0481827ee2ffa91f386c2b0d05786f3d2ed"
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 271 (2025) — Unauthorized Artificial Intelligence Impersonation 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/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0271.xml)
2. **Amended 2/27/2025 18:02:711** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AV_SB0271S01_2025-02-27_18-29-14.pdf)
3. **Amended Excerpts 2/27/2025 18:02:711** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AP_SB0271S01_2025-02-27_18-29-14.pdf)
4. **Comparison to Sub #0** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/CP SB0271 To SB0271S01.pdf)
5. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/comreport/SB271H10.pdf)
6. **House Transmittal Letter 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/SB271H10.pdf)
7. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/SB0271S01.Samd.1.pdf)
8. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/comreport/SB271S10.pdf)
9. **Senate Transmittal Letter 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/SB271S10.pdf)
10. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0271S01.xml)
11. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/SB0271.xml)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-13T16:00:00+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2025-02-13T16:00:00+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-02-13T16:59:00+00:00** Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2025-02-14T16:57:00+00:00** Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2025-02-14T17:39:00+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2025-02-18T17:15:00+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20T01:04:00+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20T17:21:00+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20T17:21:00+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2025-02-24T22:21:00+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2025-02-24T22:21:00+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2025-02-25T21:36:00+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2025-02-25T21:36:00+00:00** Senate/ substituted
- **2025-02-25T21:39:00+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-26T17:53:00+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2025-02-26T17:54:00+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2025-02-28T01:14:00+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2025-02-28T01:15:00+00:00** Senate/ floor amendment
- **2025-02-28T01:17:00+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2025-02-28T01:17:00+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2025-02-28T03:06:00+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2025-02-28T17:09:00+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2025-03-01T00:25:00+00:00** House/ to standing committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04T22:47:00+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-05T04:17:00+00:00** House/ committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-05T04:20:00+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ sent to Rules
- **2025-03-07T22:24:00+00:00** House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2025-03-07T22:24:00+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2025-03-08T04:31:00+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2025-03-08T04:33:00+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2025-03-08T04:33:00+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-08T04:33:00+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2025-03-13T16:19:00+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2025-03-13T16:19:00+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2025-03-13T17:27:00+00:00** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2025-03-13T17:27:00+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2025-03-14T17:06:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2025-03-14T17:06:00+00:00** Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2025-03-17T16:31:00+00:00** Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2025-03-17T16:31:00+00:00** Senate/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-27T15:19:00+00:00** 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/d282161b-1bc1-4ac9-965c-7943899dc6d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).