Iowa
AI Policy Overview
Iowa lawmakers have yet to prioritize artificial intelligence policies broadly. However, Iowa enacted a sexual deepfakes law in 2024.
Deepfakes
In 2024, Iowa enacted a sexual deepfakes law (IA HF 2240) that makes it a crime to harass by the dissemination, publishing, distribution, or posting of a visual depiction showing another person in a state of full or partial nudity or engaged in a sex act that has been altered to falsely depict another person.
Legislative & Regulatory History
2024 - Iowa enacted IA HF 2240, which criminalizes harassment by the dissemination, publishing, distribution, or posting of a visual depiction showing another person in a state of full or partial nudity or engaged in a sex act that has been altered to falsely depict another person.