EffectiveSB 149 (2024)Utah

Utah Artificial Intelligence Policy Act for Legal Services

How Utah Artificial Intelligence Policy Act applies to legal services organizations and the obligations to plan for.

Effective
May 1, 2024
Max penalty
$5K
Applies to
deployer + vendor

Why this law matters for legal services

Law firms, legal-tech vendors, and in-house legal teams using AI for document review, drafting, research, or client-facing decisions.

Licensed legal professionals are a regulated occupation under Utah law and must proactively disclose generative AI use to clients during the interaction. Organizations operating in Utah should treat this law as part of the baseline regulatory obligations alongside any sector-specific federal rules.

Key obligations

Recommended next steps

  1. Inventory AI systems used in legal services workflows that may fall within Utah Artificial Intelligence Policy Act's scope.
  2. Map each system against the obligations above and identify the responsible role (developer vs deployer).
  3. Adopt a structured framework — see NIST AI RMF and ISO/IEC 42001 — to demonstrate due care and produce audit-ready evidence.
  4. Document obligations satisfied and gaps in a single register, refreshed at the cadence required by the law (typically annual).
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