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Utah law currently does not give victims of nonconsensual intimate image sharing (sometimes called "revenge porn") a specific civil lawsuit option, and this bill would create one. Under the proposal, a person whose private intimate image is knowingly and intentionally shared or threatened to be shared without their consent could sue the person responsible, so long as that person knew the image was private, knew the victim hadn't consented, and knew the victim could be identified; consenting to an image being created or previously shared would not, by itself, count as consent to further distribution. A successful plaintiff could recover actual damages (including emotional distress), up to $10,000 in statutory damages per defendant, any profits the defendant made from the disclosure, punitive damages, and attorney fees, and courts could take steps to protect the plaintiff's identity in court filings. The bill includes exceptions to liability — such as good-faith law enforcement, legal, medical, or news-related disclosures, and certain disclosures by parents or guardians of a child — and sets a four-year deadline for filing such lawsuits.