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IA HSB294: A bill for an act relating to artificial intelligence, including the use of artificial intelligence to create materials related to elections and prot…

In Committee Iowa · 2025–2026 session

Last verified Oct 21, 2026 · official bill text

HSB294 · where it stands

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A bill for an act relating to artificial intelligence, including the use of artificial intelligence to create materials related to elections and protections in interactions with artificial intelligence systems, and making penalties applicable.

In one paragraph

Iowa's HSB 294 would require a disclosure on AI-generated election material that advocates for or against a candidate or ballot issue, and would create Code chapter 554I requiring developers and deployers of high-risk AI systems to use reasonable care against algorithmic discrimination, with attorney general enforcement. The House committee voted 18-3 for passage on March 6, 2025; it has not passed either chamber.

Plain-English summary, written with AI assistance. The official text controls.

What it means for business

None yet: the bill has not been enacted. If enacted, developers and deployers of high-risk AI in consequential decisions would need risk programs, impact assessments and disclosures, enforceable by the attorney general.

Key provisions

  1. Division I (68A.405): AI-generated material expressly advocating for or against a candidate or ballot issue must include a disclosure that it was generated using artificial intelligence; the explanation says willful violation is a serious misdemeanor.
  2. Chapter 554I covers high-risk AI systems that make or are a factor in consequential decisions (e.g. employment, lending, health care, insurance, education, legal services).
  3. Developers must use reasonable care against known or foreseeable algorithmic discrimination, give deployers documentation, publish a summary of their systems, and notify the attorney general within 90 days of known risks.
  4. Deployers must adopt a risk management program, complete an impact assessment within 90 days of a system's availability and review each system annually, keeping records for three years, and tell individuals they are interacting with AI unless obvious.
  5. Only the attorney general enforces: violations are unlawful practices under 714.16 with a 90-day cure notice; the explanation lists remedies including a civil penalty up to $40,000 per violation; no private right of action.
  6. The text has no effective or applicability date. Status: committee report recommending passage March 6, 2025 (vote 18-3).

Latest legislative action

Mar 6, 2025. Committee vote: Yeas, 18. Nays, 3. H.J. 545.

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Topics and industries

Related topics

Automated Decision-MakingAI in Political AdvertisingAI Transparency

Affected industries

TechnologyEmploymentFinanceHealthcareEducation

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