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A bill for an act establishing requirements and guidelines for conversational AI services, and providing civil penalties, and including applicability provisions.
In one paragraph
Iowa's HF 2507 (formerly HSB 611) would have required operators of conversational AI services to protect minors (AI disclosures, no unpredictable rewards, limits on sexual and human-like content), adopt suicide and self-harm protocols, and not pose as licensed mental health providers. Attorney general penalties were the greater of actual damages or $1,000 per violation up to $500,000 per operator. After amendment H-8357, Senate File 2417 was substituted and HF 2507 was withdrawn April 15, 2026.
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What it means for business
None: the bill was withdrawn and never became law. SF 2417, substituted for it in the House on April 15, 2026, was signed by the Governor on May 2, 2026.
Key provisions
- Operators of public conversational AI services must disclose to minor accounts that they are talking to AI (persistent disclaimer, or at the start and every three hours) and may not give minors points or rewards at unpredictable intervals.
- Operators must take reasonable measures to stop sexually explicit depictions, sexual objectification of minors, and statements implying the service is human, and must offer minors privacy tools (parent tools for under 13).
- A persistent AI disclaimer is required where a reasonable person would think they are talking to a human; operators must have suicide and self-harm response protocols and may not knowingly and intentionally represent that the service provides licensed psychology or behavioral health services.
- The attorney general enforces: injunction plus the greater of actual damages or a civil penalty of $1,000 per violation up to $500,000 per operator; no private right of action.
- The bill would have applied July 1, 2027.
- Status: amendment H-8357 adopted and SF 2417 substituted April 15, 2026; HF 2507 withdrawn the same day.
Latest legislative action
Apr 15, 2026. Withdrawn. H.J. 918.
Sponsors
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES | Primary |
| COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES | Primary |
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