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Senate passes compromise bill limiting government use of facial recognition technology

Utah State Senate · February 1, 2021
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Senate Bill 34, a bipartisan measure to regulate government use of facial recognition, passed the Senate after committee work; sponsor described it as a compromise reached after interim study and urged passage; the final roll call was 24–3 with two members absent.

Senator Thatcher presented Senate Bill 34 on Feb. 1 as the product of two years of interim work and committee negotiations, describing it as a balanced compromise that "doesn't go as far as some would like" and "goes further than some would like." The bill would impose new restrictions on government use of facial recognition technology in Utah.

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