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Read. Follow. Verify.Utah repeals government cybersecurity statute on multi-factor authentication
Last action · March 6, 2026: House/ filedSponsor: Jon Hawkins
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What This Bill Proposed
This bill repeals Utah Code Section 63A-16-214, removing statutory requirements for and multi-factor authentication implementation, effective May 6, 2026.
Removes existing statutory mandates and reporting requirements regarding state agency cybersecurity architectures.
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Utah state government agencies
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.
Procedural history
11 actions- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ filed
- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ strike enacting clause
- Feb 13, 2026HouseHouse/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- Feb 13, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0542
- Feb 13, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0542
- Feb 11, 2026HouseIntroducedHouse/ 1st reading (Introduced)
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- Feb 11, 2026HouseHouse/ received bill from Legislative Research
- Feb 11, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0542
- Feb 11, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0542
- Feb 11, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselNumbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- Feb 11, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselBill Numbered but not Distributed
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 30)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz10Current news / social attention level
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