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Read. Follow. Verify.Utah HB 114 restructures offenses and penalties for adult-oriented performances and materials
Last action · March 6, 2026: House/ received from SenateSponsors: Colin Jack and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
This bill addresses criminal offenses relating to adult-oriented performances and materials.
The measure alters how adult-oriented and minor-harmful performances are prosecuted by moving them into distinct statutory categories with specific mandatory fines and incarceration terms, while also amending civil enforcement and forfeiture rules.
- The Utah Legislature frequently updates criminal codes to address evolving standards of obscenity and protections for minors. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Adults and minors involved in adult-oriented performances
The measure establishes new stand-alone criminal offenses and modifies penalties applicable to individuals engaging in or directing specific adult-oriented and minor-harmful performances.
Internet service providers and hosting companies
The bill provides specific statutory exemptions from liability for incidental transmission, routing, and data storage functions.
Law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies
Agencies are subject to new investigation, forfeiture limitations, and annual reporting mandates concerning court orders.
Key Facts
- Creates a new stand-alone offense for unlawful pornographic performance, separating it from the offense of distributing pornographic material.
- Establishes a new stand-alone offense for aiding or abetting a minor in an unlawful pornographic performance.
- Creates a new stand-alone offense for engaging in a performance that is harmful to minors while in the presence of a minor.
- Establishes a new stand-alone offense for aiding or abetting a minor to engage in a performance that is harmful to minors while in the presence of another minor.
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- Applies mandatory minimum fines and incarceration terms for third degree felony violations, including a minimum fine of not less than $1,000 and incarceration of at least 30 days for adult offenders.
- Adds the new stand-alone offenses to existing statutes concerning creating, viewing, or accessing pornographic or indecent material on school property.
- Includes provisions that prevent property forfeiture or court orders from constituting a prior restraint on First Amendment rights.
- Requires prosecutorial agencies to annually report specific court order and charge statistics to the Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice by February 15.
- Includes a coordination clause to merge changes with S.B. 18 if both bills pass and become law.
- Sets the effective date of the bill as May 6, 2026.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the House · on the Senate floor.
Procedural history
32 actions- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ received from Senate
- Mar 6, 2026SenateSenate/ to House
- Mar 6, 2026SenateSenate/ strike enacting clause
- Mar 4, 2026SenateSenate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- Mar 2, 2026SenateSenate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- Mar 2, 2026SenateSenate/ committee report favorable
Show 26 earlier actions
- Feb 27, 2026SenateSenate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
- Feb 24, 2026SenateCommitteeSenate/ to standing committee
- Feb 20, 2026SenateIntroducedSenate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Feb 20, 2026SenateSenate/ received from House
- Feb 20, 2026HouseHouse/ to Senate
- Feb 20, 2026HouseFloorHouse/ passed 3rd reading
- Feb 20, 2026HouseHouse/ 3rd reading
- Feb 12, 2026HouseHouse/ 2nd reading
- Feb 12, 2026HouseHouse/ comm rpt/ substituted
- Feb 12, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Favorable Recommendation
- Feb 12, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Substitute Recommendation
- Feb 3, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0114S01
- Feb 3, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0114S01
- Feb 2, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0114S01
- Feb 2, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0114S01
- Jan 30, 2026HouseCommitteeHouse/ to standing committee
- Jan 20, 2026HouseIntroducedHouse/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Jan 20, 2026HouseHouse/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- Jan 16, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0114
- Jan 16, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0114
- Jan 14, 2026HouseHouse/ received bill from Legislative Research
- Dec 30, 2025Legislative Research and General CounselNumbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- Dec 30, 2025Legislative Research and General CounselBill Numbered but not Distributed
- Nov 19, 2025Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0114
- Oct 23, 2025Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0114
- Oct 23, 2025Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0114
Version history
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Decoupling of Performance Offenses from Material Distribution
The bill systematically separates physical or live performance infractions from traditional material distribution statutes, creating dedicated statutory sections for performances.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy80Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz50Current news / social attention level
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