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Utah's child sexual abuse material laws would be updated to specifically address AI-generated content under this bill. The measure creates a new legal category called "apparent child sexual abuse material," defined as realistic AI-created or AI-generated depictions of minors in sexually explicit situations, and separates this from the existing definition of "child sexual abuse material," which would no longer include artificially generated content. It also creates a new category called "obscene child sexual abuse material" for sexually explicit content involving children that meets the legal definition of obscenity. The bill establishes new standalone crimes for possessing or distributing apparent child sexual abuse material, and for producing, distributing, receiving, or possessing with intent to distribute obscene child sexual abuse material, while also updating related laws—such as background check disqualifications for those working with children or vulnerable adults, sex offender registry requirements, library internet safety policies, and rules for handling this material within state agencies—to include these new categories alongside existing child sexual abuse material offenses.