53-18-102. Definitions.

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Effective 5/6/2026

As used in this chapter:

(1)"Access software provider" means a provider of software, including client or server software, or enabling tools that do any one or more of the following:

(a)filter, screen, allow, or disallow content;

(b)pick, choose, analyze, or digest content; or

(c)transmit, receive, display, forward, cache, search, subset, organize, reorganize, or translate content.

(2)"Correctional facility" means the same as that term is defined in Section 77-16b-102 .

(3)"Dispatcher" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-6-102 .

(4)"Immediate family member" means a public safety employee's spouse, child, parent, or grandparent who resides with the public safety employee.

(5)"Interactive computer service" means the same as that term is defined in Subsection 47 U.S.C. 230(f).

(6)"Law enforcement officer" or "officer":

(a)means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-13-103 ;

(b)includes correctional officers as defined in Section 53-13-104 ; and

(c)refers only to officers who are currently employed by, retired from, or were killed in the line of duty while in the employ of a state or local governmental law enforcement agency.

(a)"Personal information" means a public safety employee's or a public safety employee's immediate family member's home address, home telephone number, personal mobile telephone number, personal pager number, personal email address, or personal photograph, directions to locate the public safety employee's home, or photographs of the public safety employee's or the public safety employee's immediate family member's home or vehicle.

(b)"Personal information" includes a record or a part of a record that:

(i)a public safety employee who qualifies as an at-risk government employee under Section 63A-19-408 requests to be classified as private under Subsection 63G-2-302(1)(h) ; and

(ii)is classified as private under Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act .

(8)"Public safety employee" means:

(a)a law enforcement officer;

(b)a dispatcher; or

(c)a current or retired employee or contractor of:

(i)a law enforcement agency; or

(ii)a correctional facility.

(9)"Publicly post" or "publicly display" means to intentionally communicate or otherwise make available to the general public.

Amended by Chapter 202 , 2026 General Session