91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026
HF 2150: Relating to the use of artificial intelligence for purposes associated with elections, ballot issues, and public officials, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable
Died when the session ended · The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.
What it does
This bill relates to the use of artificial intelligence for purposes associated with elections, ballot issues, and public officials. The bill amends Code chapter 68A (campaign finance) to require published material generated through the use of artificial intelligence, defined in the bill as a machine-based system that can, for a given set of human-defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations, or decisions influencing real or virtual environments, that is designed to expressly advocate for or against a candidate or ballot issue to include a disclosure that the published material was generated using artificial intelligence.
Sponsors
Rep. Aime Wichtendahl (D)
Cost
No fiscal note
Lobbying · 1 for, 0 against
For: Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club
In plain words
- January 26, 2026Filed in the House and sent to the Economic Growth and Technology committee
From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/91/HF2150