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Starting May 2026, this bill would prohibit Utah cities and counties from regulating the operation of online marketplaces — broadly defined as websites or digital platforms that facilitate transactions or connections between people, such as Airbnb or Facebook Marketplace — and would bar local governments from requiring these platforms to turn over users' personal data without a court order or administrative subpoena. Local governments would still be able to regulate the individual people who buy or sell through these platforms, adopt or enforce short-term rental ordinances under existing state law, make voluntary requests for cooperation from platforms, enforce Utah's criminal code, and file civil lawsuits to protect their own intellectual property. This limits the tools cities and counties have to directly regulate the platforms themselves, while preserving their ability to regulate the users and transactions happening on those platforms.