Utah App Store Accountability Act

Shifts age-verification duties to app stores and requires parental consent for minors' app downloads/purchases. Confirmed against the official Utah Code: § 13-76-201 now opens "Beginning May 6, 2027, an app store provider shall", and § 13-76-401 provides that beginning May 6, 2027 only a harmed minor (or that minor's parent) may sue, recovering the greater of actual damages or $1,000 per violation plus fees and costs — the 2026 amendment (reported as HB 498, effective Mar 18, 2026) removed state enforcement authority and pushed the substantive obligations out a year, leaving a private right of action as the only enforcement route. (Codification note: this is Title 13, Chapter 76. Sources citing §§ 13-75-101 et seq. are using the original 2025 numbering before it was renumbered; Chapter 71 is a different, unrelated act.)