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Utah law already makes possessing or distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) a crime, but this bill creates a new civil legal pathway — meaning the right to sue in court — for individuals who are harmed by obscenity, CSAM, or child sex dolls. Specifically, a Utah resident can sue someone who depicts them in obscene material or CSAM, exposes them to such material, or uses their likeness on a child sex doll, even if that person has never been criminally charged or convicted. A court can award the victim injunctive relief (a court order to stop the behavior), nominal damages, actual damages, punitive damages, and attorney fees. Internet service providers and search engines are shielded from liability under this law as long as they did not create the content themselves.