New Utah laws taking effect May 7, 2025

413 laws take effect May 7, 2025.

Of the 1,107 bills enacted since 2025, 1,106 have an effective date and 1 doesn't yet (listed below). A law here takes effect that day by its main provisions; parts of a staggered act may take effect on other dates.

Updated Oct 31, 2026 at 3:44 a.m. EDT.

Crime (61)

Government (52)

Healthcare (50)

Education (33)

Public Lands (26)

Traffic (23)

Housing (19)

Taxes (17)

Agriculture (15)

Finance (14)

Elections (12)

Climate (11)

Wages (9)

Mining and Drilling (8)

Technology (8)

  • HB 212 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    Advanced Transmission Technologies

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature: Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 224.

    How effective dates are worked out

  • HB 366 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    Access to Communication Device Location Information Amendments

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature: Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 254.

    How effective dates are worked out

  • SB 142 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    App Store Accountability Act

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature: Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 446.

    Parts of this act take effect on other dates.

    How effective dates are worked out

  • SB 150 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    Nonpublic Personal Information Amendments

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature: Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 542.

    How effective dates are worked out

  • SB 165 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    Municipal Broadband Service Amendments

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature: Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 45.

    How effective dates are worked out

  • SB 237 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    Utah Communications Authority Amendments

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature: Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 346.

    Parts of this act take effect on other dates.

    How effective dates are worked out

  • SB 260 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    Individual Digital Identity Amendments

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature: Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 352.

    How effective dates are worked out

  • SB 269 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    Telecommunications Amendments

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature: Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 60.

    How effective dates are worked out

Civil Rights (7)

Defense (7)

Budget (6)

AI (4)

  • HB 452 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    Artificial Intelligence Amendments

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature: Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 269.

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  • SB 180 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    Law Enforcement Usage of Artificial Intelligence

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature: Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 330.

    How effective dates are worked out

  • SB 226 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    Artificial Intelligence Consumer Protection Amendments

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature: Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 465.

    Parts of this act take effect on other dates.

    How effective dates are worked out

  • SB 271 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    Unauthorized Artificial Intelligence Impersonation Amendments

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature: Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 472.

    How effective dates are worked out

Affordability (2)

Immigration (1)

Other (28)

Enacted, but not yet dated (1)

These laws' texts tie their dates to something outside the legislative record (Contingent), or not enough is recorded yet to give one (Unresolved). They may take effect May 7, 2025 too; the record doesn't say.

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  • HB 481ContingentBallot Proposition RequirementsH.J.R. 10 becoming law