90th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2549: Relating to the conduct of elections, including the use of artificial intelligence and deceptive statements, and providing penalties

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on April 19, 2024. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill relates to the use of artificial intelligence in technologies used in elections and the publication of certain materials related to elections. The bill prohibits the use of artificial intelligence, defined in the bill, in automatic tabulating equipment, ballot marking devices, and optical scan voting systems approved for use in this state. The bill also requires published material generated through the use of artificial intelligence and designed to expressly advocate the nomination, election, or defeat of a candidate for public office or the passage or defeat of a ballot issue to include a disclosure that the published material was generated using artificial intelligence.

Cost

Can’t be estimated

0 additional Attorney 1 FTE position. House File 2549 establishes new criminal offenses, and the fiscal impact cannot be estimated due to a lack of existing conviction data. The average State costs for the offenses found within HF 2549 are shown in Figure 2.

Senate subcommittee · named March 11, 2024

Sen. Chris Cournoyer (R)
Sen. Tony Bisignano (D) · tony.bisignano@legis.iowa.gov
Sen. Jason Schultz (R) · jason.schultz@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 2 for, 0 against

For: Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board; Iowa Minuteman Civil Defense Corps

In plain words

February 15, 2024Filed in the House
February 28, 2024Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
March 6, 2024Passed the House, 93–1
March 7, 2024Arrived in the Senate
March 11, 2024Senate subcommittee named: Cournoyer, Bisignano and Schultz
March 13, 2024Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted