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Under federal disability law, businesses and organizations must make their websites accessible to people with disabilities. This bill creates a new legal tool for Utah residents and businesses that have been sued for website accessibility violations — allowing them to countersue and ask a court to declare the original lawsuit "abusive," meaning its primary purpose was extracting a cash settlement rather than actually fixing a website. Courts weigh factors like how many similar lawsuits the filer has brought, whether the defendant tried in good faith to fix the problem within 30 to 90 days of being notified, and whether the lawsuit was filed in a location designed to make it hard to defend. If a court finds the lawsuit abusive, it can order the party who filed it to pay the defendant's attorney fees and impose additional penalties up to three times that amount. This provision is set to expire in 2031.