Progress

Current status
adopted
01 Jan 2028 in force
01 Jan 2027 in force
24 Mar 2026 adopted
05 Mar 2026 adopted
20 Jan 2026 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
United States of America
Policy Area
Design and testing standards
Policy Instrument
Design requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
technological consumer goods
Government Branch
executive
legislature
Government Body
central government
parliament
Implementation Level
subnational

Timeline of events

01 Jan 2028
in force

Obligations for capture device manufacturer requirements enters into force

On 1 January 2028, the Digital Content Provenance Standards Act enters into force. The Act establishes technical standards for the embedding and preservation of provenance data across the digital content supply chain. From this date, any capture dev…

Source
Event type law
Action type implementation
Government branch executive
Government body central government
01 Jan 2027
in force

Obligations on consent requirements for generation services and notice-and-takedown procedures for covered platforms enters into force

On 1 January 2027, the Digital Content Provenance Standards Act enters into force. The Act establishes technical standards for the embedding and preservation of provenance data across the digital content supply chain. Large online platforms, defined…

Source
Event type law
Action type implementation
Government branch executive
Government body central government
24 Mar 2026
adopted

Governor of Utah signed Digital Content Provenance Standards Act

On 24 March 2026, the Digital Content Provenance Standards Act was signed by the governor. The Act establishes technical standards for the embedding and preservation of provenance data across the digital content supply chain. Large online platforms,…

Source
Event type law
Action type signing
Government branch executive
Government body central government
05 Mar 2026
adopted

Utah Legislature adopted Digital Content Provenance Standards Act

On 5 March 2026, the Digital Content Provenance Standards Act was adopted by the legislature. The Act seeks to establish technical standards for embedding and preserving provenance data in digital content. The Act requires large online platforms wit…

Source
Event type law
Action type adoption
Government branch legislature
Government body parliament
20 Jan 2026
under deliberation

Digital Content Provenance Standards Act was introduced to House of Representatives

On 20 January 2026, the Digital Content Provenance Standards Act was introduced to the House of Representatives. The Act seeks to establish technical standards for embedding and preserving provenance data in digital content. The Act requires large o…

Source
Event type law
Action type introduction
Government branch legislature
Government body parliament