Disclosure required2 AI call rules3 political AI laws
Any Utah campaign, PAC, or party ad paid for with campaign money that contains AI-generated audio or visuals must carry an exact AI label (for audio, "Contains content generated by AI." spoken at the start and end), which likely includes AI voice robocalls, and online ads must also embed tamper-evident content provenance.
Political ad AI law
Disclosure
When it applies
Anytime
Required AI disclaimer
Exact wording set by law
Criminal penalty
No, civil only
Candidate can sue
Yes
AI voice calls
2 state rules + TCPA
Political ads and deepfakes
Does Utah regulate AI in political ads?
Yes. Since May 1, 2024, any audio or visual communication paid for by a candidate committee, PAC, political issues committee, political party, or anyone using a contribution, that is meant to influence a vote on a candidate or ballot proposition in Utah, and that contains media substantially produced by generative AI, must carry fixed AI wording. Audio must say "Contains content generated by AI." at the beginning and end; visuals must show one of four set labels for as long as the AI content is on screen. Online versions must also carry embedded tamper-evident digital content provenance. A court can impose a civil penalty of up to $1,000 per violation. There is no time window and no ban; the rule applies to any AI content, not only deceptive deepfakes of real people. Key law (SB 131 (2024 General Session), Information Technology Act Amendments, Utah Code 20A-11-1104).
SB 131 (2024 General Session), Information Technology Act Amendments: Disclosure of synthetic media
In effect
Required disclaimer, word for word
“Audio: "Contains content generated by AI." Visual: "This video content generated by AI" (synthetic visuals only, video); "This image generated by AI" (synthetic visuals only, image); "This audio content generated by AI" (video with synthetic audio only); "This content generated by AI" (both synthetic audio and visuals).”
Citation
Utah Code 20A-11-1104
Enacted
March 13, 2024
Effective
May 1, 2024
When it applies
anytime
Media covered
audio, images, and video substantially produced by generative AI ("synthetic audio media" and "synthetic visual media"), whether or not they depict a real person
Who it covers
communications paid for by a candidate campaign committee, political action committee, political issues committee, political party, or a person using a contribution; liability runs to the "creator" (person who uses AI to generate the media, not the tool provider) and the "sponsor" (person who pays for the content)
Rule
disclosure required
Intent required
None. Applies to any covered communication intended to influence voting for or against a candidate or ballot proposition in a Utah election or primary.
Disclaimer format
Audio: spoken audibly at the beginning and end of the communication. Visual: displayed in legible writing throughout the duration of each portion containing synthetic media. Online digital communications viewable or audible in Utah must also carry embedded tamper-evident digital content provenance (open industry standard) disclosing the initial author and creator, any later editors, and any use of generative AI.
Civil penalty
Up to $1,000 per violation, imposed by a court in a civil action against the creator or sponsor
Who can sue
The statute refers to "a civil action brought against the creator or the sponsor ... by a person to enforce this section" but does not limit who may sue; standing has not been tested in court.
Injunction available
No
Notes
No news, satire, or broadcaster exemptions in the text. Compliance does not shield a person from other civil or criminal liability. The same bill created Utah Code 76-3-203.18, which lets a sentencing judge treat use of AI to commit any crime as an aggravating factor (effective July 1, 2024). The audio rule appears to reach AI voice robocalls paid for by a campaign or PAC (see ai_calls). Signed by the Governor 2024-03-13. The official Utah Code version list (archived 2026-05-18, after 2026 session laws took effect) shows only the 2024-05-01 version, so no 2025 or 2026 amendment.
None found: Public Citizen's tracker lists no Utah election deepfake bills in 2025 or 2026. The 2026 General Session (adjourned March 2026) passed AI bills on deepfake intimate images (HB 276), deepfakes and defamation (SB 256), and AI-generated CSAM (HB 289), but none amending 20A-11-1104 was found.. No election AI bills pending; next general session January 2027
For campaigns and consultants
Before an AI ad runs in Utah
If your campaign, PAC, or party pays for any ad, mailer image, video, or audio that was substantially produced by generative AI, add the exact Utah label. Audio: say "Contains content generated by AI." at the start and the end.
Treat AI voice robocalls and AI voice agent calls paid with campaign money as audio communications: put the spoken AI line at the start and end of the call.
For online ads, embed C2PA style tamper-evident provenance metadata showing who created and edited the content and that AI was used. Keep your source files.
The rule applies to any AI-generated content, not only fakes of real people, and it applies year round.
AI voice calls and texts
Can a campaign use AI voice calls in Utah?
Utah's election AI disclosure law (Utah Code 20A-11-1104) covers "an audio communication" paid for by a campaign, PAC, party, or anyone using a contribution that contains audio substantially produced by generative AI, so an AI voice robocall or AI voice agent call meant to influence a Utah vote very likely must say "Contains content generated by AI." at the beginning and end. Separately, Utah's Telephone and Facsimile Solicitation Act bars calls using an automated telephone dialing system (equipment that connects to recorded messages or artificial voices) for "telephone solicitation" without prior express consent or an established business relationship; telephone solicitation includes calls "seeking financial donations," so political fundraising robocalls may be covered, while pure persuasion or turnout calls likely are not. Utah's AI consumer disclosure law (Utah Code 13-75-103, as rewritten by SB 226 in 2025) requires a supplier using generative AI in a consumer transaction to admit it is AI when clearly asked; political calls are probably not consumer transactions, but answering truthfully is the safe practice.
SB 131 (2024): Disclosure of synthetic media (audio communications)
In effect
Required disclaimer, word for word
“Contains content generated by AI.”
Citation
Utah Code 20A-11-1104(3)
Enacted
March 13, 2024
Effective
May 1, 2024
When it applies
anytime
Media covered
audio communications containing audio substantially produced by generative AI
Who it covers
communications paid for by candidate committees, PACs, political issues committees, political parties, or anyone using a contribution
Rule
disclosure required
Intent required
communication intended to influence voting for or against a candidate or ballot proposition
Disclaimer format
Spoken audibly at the beginning and end of the communication.
Civil penalty
Up to $1,000 per violation
Who can sue
Civil action "by a person to enforce this section"; scope untested
Injunction available
No
Notes
No Utah agency guidance or case was found applying this to live interactive AI voice agent calls, but the text ("an audio communication ... that contains synthetic audio media") is broad enough to reach them.
Telephone and Facsimile Solicitation Act: Automated telephone dialing systems in telephone solicitation
In effect
Citation
Utah Code 13-25a-102 and 13-25a-103
When it applies
anytime
Media covered
calls by an automated telephone dialing system that connects to a recorded message or artificial voice
Who it covers
anyone making a "telephone solicitation," defined to include calls for commercial purposes or "seeking financial donations"
Rule
ban
Disclaimer format
Automated dialing only with prior express consent of the person called or an established business relationship. Unsolicited calls must promptly identify the caller and purpose, and an automated system must disconnect within 25 seconds if the person declines. Calls between 9 p.m. and 8 a.m., on Sundays, or on legal holidays need prior consent. Caller ID may not be concealed.
Injunction available
No
Notes
Whether "seeking financial donations" reaches political fundraising calls has not been confirmed by a Utah court or the Division of Consumer Protection. Penalty provisions were not reviewed.
Federal floor everywhere: AI-generated voices are “artificial” voices under the TCPA (FCC, February 2024), so they need prior express consent to cell phones and must identify the caller at the start of the call. AI robocall laws in every state
Federal layer
Federal rules that apply in Utah
At the federal level, the binding rules that hit AI in campaigns today are the TCPA and FCC robocall rules, not any AI-specific election law. Since February 2024 the FCC treats AI-generated voices as "artificial" voices, so AI voice calls to cell phones need prior express consent (political calls included), AI or prerecorded political calls to landlines are limited to three per 30 days without consent, and every such message must identify the caller, give a callback number and offer an opt-out. The FEC says its existing fraudulent misrepresentation ban covers AI, but it has had no quorum since April 2025 and cannot enforce. Proposed FCC rules on AI disclosure in broadcast political ads and in AI calls were never adopted, and no federal AI political ad disclaimer bill has passed. Federal efforts to preempt state AI laws (a 2025 moratorium the Senate struck 99 to 1, and Executive Order 14365) have not displaced any state election or robocall law as of October 2026.
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Yes. Since May 1, 2024, any audio or visual communication paid for by a candidate committee, PAC, political issues committee, political party, or anyone using a contribution, that is meant to influence a vote on a candidate or ballot proposition in Utah, and that contains media substantially produced by generative AI, must carry fixed AI wording. Audio must say "Contains content generated by AI." at the beginning and end; visuals must show one of four set labels for as long as the AI content is on screen. Online versions must also carry embedded tamper-evident digital content provenance. A court can impose a civil penalty of up to $1,000 per violation. There is no time window and no ban; the rule applies to any AI content, not only deceptive deepfakes of real people. Key law (SB 131 (2024 General Session), Information Technology Act Amendments, Utah Code 20A-11-1104).
What AI disclaimer does Utah require on political ads?
SB 131 (2024 General Session), Information Technology Act Amendments, Utah Code 20A-11-1104 requires: "Audio: "Contains content generated by AI." Visual: "This video content generated by AI" (synthetic visuals only, video); "This image generated by AI" (synthetic visuals only, image); "This audio content generated by AI" (video with synthetic audio only); "This content generated by AI" (both synthetic audio and visuals)." Format: Audio: spoken audibly at the beginning and end of the communication. Visual: displayed in legible writing throughout the duration of each portion containing synthetic media. Online digital communications viewable or audible in Utah must also carry embedded tamper-evident digital content provenance (open industry standard) disclosing the initial author and creator, any later editors, and any use of generative AI.
What is the penalty for a deceptive political deepfake in Utah?
Civil: Up to $1,000 per violation, imposed by a court in a civil action against the creator or sponsor. Private lawsuits: The statute refers to "a civil action brought against the creator or the sponsor .. by a person to enforce this section" but does not limit who may sue; standing has not been tested in court.
When does the Utah political deepfake law apply?
anytime. It covers audio, images, and video substantially produced by generative AI ("synthetic audio media" and "synthetic visual media"), whether or not they depict a real person.
Can a campaign use an AI voice for robocalls in Utah?
Utah's election AI disclosure law (Utah Code 20A-11-1104) covers "an audio communication" paid for by a campaign, PAC, party, or anyone using a contribution that contains audio substantially produced by generative AI, so an AI voice robocall or AI voice agent call meant to influence a Utah vote very likely must say "Contains content generated by AI." at the beginning and end. Separately, Utah's Telephone and Facsimile Solicitation Act bars calls using an automated telephone dialing system (equipment that connects to recorded messages or artificial voices) for "telephone solicitation" without prior express consent or an established business relationship; telephone solicitation includes calls "seeking financial donations," so political fundraising robocalls may be covered, while pure persuasion or turnout calls likely are not. Utah's AI consumer disclosure law (Utah Code 13-75-103, as rewritten by SB 226 in 2025) requires a supplier using generative AI in a consumer transaction to admit it is AI when clearly asked; political calls are probably not consumer transactions, but answering truthfully is the safe practice. Under federal law, the FCC ruled in February 2024 that AI-generated voices are "artificial" voices under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, so prerecorded or AI voice calls to cell phones need prior express consent, and every such call must identify the caller at the start.
How many political AI laws does Utah have?
This tracker counts 3 Utah AI laws touching politics and elections as of October 5, 2026: 1 on elections, 2 on AI or artificial voice calls.
Are there pending AI election bills in Utah?
None found (Public Citizen's tracker lists no Utah election deepfake bills in 2025 or 2026. The 2026 General Session (adjourned March 2026) passed AI bills on deepfake intimate images (HB 276), deepfakes and defamation (SB 256), and AI-generated CSAM (HB 289), but none amending 20A-11-1104 was found.): No election AI bills pending; next general session January 2027.