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Panel advances data privacy bill after sponsor removes law-enforcement language

Utah House Political Subdivisions Committee · February 24, 2026
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Summary

The committee adopted a second substitute to HB450 and voted to advance it after the sponsor removed explicit law‑enforcement restrictions and replaced them with a yearlong technology study and stakeholder process; the Data Privacy Office absorbs an auditor role and complaint routing is changed to run through agencies first.

The House Political Subdivisions Committee on Thursday advanced a reworked data privacy bill after the sponsor removed contentious law‑enforcement language and substituted a stakeholder technology study.

Representative Shallenberger, sponsor of HB450, told the committee the new sub removes previously drafted law-enforcement restrictions and replaces prescriptive rules with a one‑year study that will include law enforcement, prosecutors, defense attorneys and other stakeholders. The committee adopted the second substitute and…

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