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Committee moves bill updating child sexual-abuse-material statutes to address streaming and cloud storage
Summary
Senate Bill 144 (second substitute) clarified and broadened definitions and elements for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) offenses, removing mandatory minimums from an alternative bill and winning unanimous committee support amid testimony from law enforcement and victim advocates.
Senator Kwan and assistant attorney general Carl Holland presented a second substitute to Senate Bill 144, which amends Utah law related to child sexual-abuse material (CSAM) and related offenses. The sponsor said the substitute aligns with Representative White’s HB 207 but omits mandatory-minimum sentencing provisions so the bill could move forward without a fiscal note.
The measure updates definitions and elements to…
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