Jordan D. Teuscher

• H.B. 147 Government Form Submission Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Says the Senate change gives a few small special service districts with less than a million dollars in revenue an extra year to become compliant with the electronic form submission requirements.

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  I would. Um, this is a small change that, uh, I actually asked the Senate to make. After working with the special service districts, they found that there are a few small special service districts with less than a million dollars in revenue and they just needed a little more time to be able to make sure all their forms can be, um, received and sent electronically. So we just granted them, uh, um, an extra year to be able to come compliant with the law and that is the change.

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• S.B. 257 Domestic Relations Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Moves a substitute for the bill.

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  Er pleasure. Uh, thank you Mr. Speaker Peram, uh, I'd like to move the, uh, is it first substitute the fourth, fourth substitute to Senate bill 2 57,

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• S.B. 257 Domestic Relations Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Explains that the substitute adds a child support calculation change covering social security disability insurance, which had been in a separate bill that passed unanimously.

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  I would, um, colleagues, as I, uh, was talking with the good sponsor of this legislation and her great work on this bill, um, I had a similar bill that dealt with, um, child support calculations. Just changed a tiny little line that ensured that, um, social security disability insurance was included. This was running in a separate bill throughout the process that had gone through unanimously through this body and also through Senate Committee. But we thought rather than take up extra time on the floor, why don't we just put this in this bill because it was dealing with the same subject. So that's what you see in the sub in the, um, substitute. Thank you.

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• S.B. 292 Autonomous Systems Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Presents S.B. 292, which creates three new causes of action for accidents involving driverless vehicles: a strict liability claim capped at $100,000, a product liability claim capping non-economic damages at $1 million, and a manufacturer and developer liability claim, with a 2030 sunset review.

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  Thank, thank you madam. Um, chair or madam, uh, speaker Pro tem, uh, really excited to talk about this, uh, this bill, as many of you have seen as you've visited other, um, cities where you have autonomous vehicles, those that are completely driving themselves around, and the the new types of technologies that are coming to our state. Um, as we've looked at our current laws to allow for this growth into the state of Utah, we found that, uh, many of our current liability framework was built around human drivers and traditional negligence principles that don't necessarily work when you don't have any sort of driver within the car. And so we've spent a, a fair amount of …

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• S.B. 292 Autonomous Systems Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Explains the $100,000 cap applies only to the strict liability claim, that the other claims have no cap on actual damages, and that wrongful death claims are not capped.

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  No. Um, uh, thank you for the question. Uh, like I said, there is this, this sort of strict liability and if they decide to pursue that cause of action, which is, is really simple, again, you just have to prove that the the car was in driverless operation and they caused the injury, that's where you have the cap. But if you have damages that exceed that, you wouldn't go after that claim. You would go after either the, the Utah Product Liability Act claim, or this new manufacturer and developer liability claim in either of those claims. There is no cap whatsoever on actual damages. So all of your medical bills, anything else that would happen. And certainly …

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• S.B. 292 Autonomous Systems Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Explains the manufacturer and developer claim requires proof of a reasonable alternative design and more injuries than human drivers, and describes the damage limits for each claim.

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  Thank you for the question. Um, so again, what you see there in, in 3 73 to 3 75 is under this new cause of action that doesn't exist today. So this is actually setting up a new ability for someone to sue, uh, underneath, uh, or, or bring a claim against these autonomous vehicles, um, for a manufacturer and develop developer liability. Now, it is a high bar, again, the, the bar there has to, you'd have to prove beyond a preponderance of the evidence that a reasonable alternative design existed and that the vehicle caused more injuries in the accurate then other human drivers. Now if, if you can prove that, then that would be the claim that …

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• S.B. 292 Autonomous Systems Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Says the claim can be brought by an individual and targets companies that do not meet federal safety standards, while companies that meet those standards receive a presumption of safety that plaintiffs must overcome.

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  No. Um, um, madam, uh, speaker pro tem, this, this could be done on a single claim. This does not actually contemplate a class action suit. You certainly could bring a class action lawsuit, but this is, this is set up for an individual to bring a claim underneath this, this, um, type of a suit. So I really, what this is targeting is, let's say you had a, a brand new sort of startup company that is trying to use their product and they don't meet those high standards of, of what the federal standards are, and then they cause damage. This is likely where you'd bring your claim against them. But if you have a, uh, you know, …

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• S.B. 292 Autonomous Systems Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Explains the $100,000 cap applies to the new strict liability claim, which requires no proof of duty or breach, that the product liability claim allows full actual damages, and that only non-economic damages are capped at $1 million.

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  Yeah, th thank you for the question. Um, so again, this a hundred thousand dollars cap is, is a new cause of action that does not exist today, and it's a much lower burden than you would have in your standard negligence claim. So as, as you know, the, the good maker of the, the question here, um, knows when you bring these negligence claims, you have to establish typically, or you, you, you have to establish the, the duty of care and the breach of that duty of care. This takes away that, that requirement at all. All you have to prove here is that you were u that the car was in driverless mode and that it caused …

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• S.B. 292 Autonomous Systems Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Explains that levels four and five have no human involvement and are treated as products, while levels one through three are unchanged.

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  Yeah, thank you for the question. So in a level four and a level five, that's where you don't have any human interaction. And so that's what this is narrowing it to. It doesn't make any changes for levels one, two, and three. And, um, again, going back to what I had said earlier about in these cases where there is no human involved in the decision, it really is a product now. And establishing that that duty of care and the negligence is, is a much different thing than, than a human, that, that makes human mistakes. And so it makes more sense for it to fall underneath a product liability claim for four and five.

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• S.B. 292 Autonomous Systems Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Says level three vehicles still require a driver, that the bill targets fully driverless vehicles, that level three cases keep existing protections, and that the question may be considered at the sunset review.

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  Um, madam, uh, speaker em, it, it's a good question. Again, with a level three, you still have to have a driver. Um, they still have to be actively watching what's going on. And, um, in a level three though, I, I'm not sure there are any active level threes that, that happen. The idea is that the car could tell at any time, driver, you need to take over this car. And so I, I think this kind of falls into the Sunset discussion that we had. Maybe there's, there's some aspects that we should pull into a level three, but in, but in any event, what this is really targeted at is kind of the Waymo type cars, …

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• S.B. 292 Autonomous Systems Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Gives closing summation, saying the bill streamlines claims for minor accidents, keeps full damages in other claims, provides predictable liability for developers, and urges support.

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  Thank you. Thank you for the questions. I know that this is a new emerging area of, um, technology and we're all kind of getting up to speed with what that does. This really just sets the proper framework to allow that to grow as we're going to be make changing to the, make making changes to the statute, I'm sure year over year to, to make sure we've figured out we're we're in the right space. The one thing I did want to just respond to is, is this comments that, that in, in whatever way maybe this legislation doesn't value humans. Um, I, I just, I take a little bit of issue with that. Really what we're trying …

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• S.B. 176 Landscaping Procurement Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Supports the bill, saying agencies need direction to move to electric equipment, that the bill allows exceptions where electric equipment is impractical, and describing an airport that switched to electric vehicles with less pollution and noise.

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  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in support of this bill, um, for a couple reasons. I, I do want to address two issues that have come up recently. One is, could they do it if they wanted to? Well, certainly I think half the bills we have here, agencies might be able to do it if they wanted to. The problem is they need direction. Government needs a push sometimes, and that's what this bill does. It pushes them in the right direction to the question of, well, what if it's just not practical? You know, they, they've got a big field, they, it just doesn't make sense to use electrical. I think the bill al already contemplates that. …

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• S.B. 287 Targeted Advertising Tax · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Presents S.B. 287, saying targeted advertising to minors harms children and that the bill imposes a 4.7% tax on large companies' targeted advertising revenue, with proceeds going to children's programs.

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  Thank you. Um, over the past decade, something about childhood has changed. We see disturbed sleep, declining attention, rising anxiety, and earlier exposure to harmful content. Now, these trends did not occur randomly. They emerged alongside an online economy that was built on targeted advertising and engagement, maximizing design. Now far too long, companies have been using these types of, uh, algorithms and, and systems and, and targeted advertising to monetize children's vulnerability. Mine their data, capture their attention and generate revenue without avoiding any accountability. Now, colleagues, we know this problem. We have been trying to solve this problem over the last few years. We've seen the harm from kids that we know, uh, our own kids, maybe our …

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• S.B. 12 Sunset and Repeal Date Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Clarifies that bills with sunset dates were swept into this bill, that the sunset was removed from a House-passed bill with Senate agreement, and that he knows of no concern about adding the amendment.

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  Thank you. Mr. Speaker Just wanted to clarify things. Yesterday, there was a little bit of question of how this worked through. Um, we had generally treated bills that had a Sunset, but more policy language allowed to go through. And only those bills that had a Sunset date were, were swept into this, but there was a little bit of confusion. So this was, this Sunset was taken out of a bill that had passed through the house that the Senate is okay with. We confirmed that on both sides. And so we have no, uh, or I don't have any concern. I don't know of anyone has concern with adding this amendment.

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• S.B. 287 Targeted Advertising Tax · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Thanks the member for the motion and describes the main substitute changes, including a new public education or awareness campaign on the effects of targeted advertising.

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  Thank, thank you. Um, I, uh, I appreciate the motion. Um, as you'll see, the, the real difference in the substitutes are, is included down, um, in lines starting 1 56 and on with, with the big, uh, change in line 1 68, that public education or awareness campaigns regarding the effects of targeted advertising on children, families, and adults.

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How they voted

Their full voting record, attendance, and party-line score are still being compiled from the official roll calls. Each bill page shows their vote on that bill.

Bills they sponsored

• H.B. 33 Political Signs Amendments · Governor Signed
• H.B. 107 Vehicle Sales Tax Amendments · Did not pass
• H.B. 147 Government Form Submission Amendments · Governor Signed
• H.B. 186 Judicial Conduct Commission Amendments · Governor Signed
• H.B. 212 County Formation Amendments · Did not pass
• H.B. 214 Firearms Liability Amendments · Governor Signed
• H.B. 216 Child Support Calculation Amendments · Did not pass
• H.B. 217 Stolen Vehicle Amendments · Governor Signed
• H.B. 218 Digital Skills Amendments · Governor Signed
• H.B. 223 Electronic Signature Collection Amendments · Did not pass
• H.B. 228 Vehicle Sales Amendments · Governor Signed
• H.B. 239 Local Land Use Amendments · Did not pass
• H.B. 366 Judicial Modifications · Governor Signed
• H.B. 382 Uniform Assignment for Benefit of Creditors Amendments · Governor Signed
• H.B. 415 Building Code Amendments · Did not pass
• H.B. 416 First Responder Health Modifications · Governor Signed
• H.B. 418 School Class Size Requirements · Did not pass
• H.B. 519 Unclaimed Property Modifications · Governor Signed

Carried in the House as floor sponsor

• S.B. 145 Lobbying Amendments · Governor Signed
• S.B. 183 Surveillance Camera Amendments · Governor Signed
• S.B. 207 Protection from Unfair Treatment Based on Religion or Other Irrelevant Characteristics · Did not pass
• S.B. 208 Vehicle Emission Inspection Program Revisions · Governor Signed
• S.B. 218 Constable Modifications · Governor Signed
• S.B. 235 Governor Compensation Amendments · Governor Signed
• S.B. 256 Identity Protection Modifications · Governor Signed
• S.B. 265 Uniform Community Property Disposition at Death Act Amendments · Did not pass
• S.B. 270 State Court Amendments · Governor Signed
• S.B. 273 License Plate Amendments · Did not pass
• S.B. 278 Development Authority Modifications · Governor Signed
• S.B. 287 Targeted Advertising Tax · Governor Signed
• S.B. 292 Autonomous Systems Amendments · Governor Signed
• S.B. 301 Summons Amendments · Did not pass
• S.B. 310 Uniform Intimate Images Amendments · Governor Signed
• S.J.R. 5 Joint Resolution Amending the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure · Senate/ to Lieutenant Governor

About

In office since

January 1, 2021

Counties

Salt Lake

Profession

Attorney

Education

Juris Doctor, Brigham Young University; Political Science/Philosophy, Bachelor of Arts, Brigham Young University; Riverton High School

Honors and awards

None listed in their official profile.

Committees

• Economic and Community Development Appropriations Subcommittee
• House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee
• House Ethics Committee
• House Political Subdivisions Committee
• House Rules Committee
• Economic Development and Workforce Services Interim Committee
• Political Subdivisions Interim Committee
• Utah Commission on Uniform State Laws

Profile details come from the Utah Legislature's official legislator data.