Iowa 2023-2024 Regular Session Status: In Committee

HSB 599 — A bill for an act relating to the conduct of elections, including the use of artificial intelligence and deceptive statements, and providing penalties.

Last action — Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2549.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2023-2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Bill Text

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The bill introduces regulations on the use of artificial intelligence in elections and establishes penalties for deceptive practices related to candidate representation.

  • Section 52.7

    Use of artificial intelligence prohibited. 1. Automatic tabulating equipment, ballot marking devices, and optical scan voting systems approved for use in this state shall not utilize artificial intelligence. 2. For the purposes of this section, “artificial intelligence” means a machine-based system that can, for a given set of human-defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations, or decisions influencing real or virtual environments.

    This section prohibits the use of artificial intelligence in certain voting technologies.

  • Section 68A.405

    5. a. 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 must contain a disclosure on the published material that the published material was generated using artificial intelligence. b. Notwithstanding section 68A.701, a person who violates this subsection is guilty of a class “D” felony.

    This section requires disclosures for published materials generated by artificial intelligence that advocate for candidates or ballot issues, establishing penalties for violations.

  • Section 68A.405

    6. a. Published material designed to expressly advocate the nomination, election, or defeat of a candidate for public office or the passage or defeat of a ballot issue that includes a materially deceptive depiction of a candidate must include a statement that the published material has been manipulated. b. For the purposes of this subsection, published material is materially deceptive if it has been manipulated to change the physical appearance of a candidate or depict a candidate performing an act that did not occur, or, in the case of an image, if it has been altered to change the saturation, brightness, contrast, color, or other visible quality of an image of a candidate. c. Notwithstanding section 68A.701, a person who violates this subsection is guilty of a class “D” felony.

    This section mandates disclosures for manipulated published material that affects candidate representation and establishes penalties for non-compliance.

  • Section 68A.507

    False representations prohibited. A person shall not make or publish, or cause to be made or published, a false representation about a candidate or ballot issue that is intended to or actually affects voting at an election.

    This section prohibits false representations regarding candidates or ballot issues that influence voting and establishes penalties for violations.

Action History

  1. Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2549.

  2. Committee report, recommending passage.

  3. Subcommittee recommends passage. Vote Total: 3-0.

  4. Subcommittee Meeting: 02/06/2024 12:45PM RM 304.1.

  5. Subcommittee: Sorensen, Scholten and Wood.

  6. Introduced, referred to Economic Growth and Technology.

Sponsors

  • COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC GROWTH AND TECHNOLOGY · Primary

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Sponsors (1)

  • COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC GROWTH AND TECHNOLOGY

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (149)

149 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HSB 599?
HSB 599 is sponsored by COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC GROWTH AND TECHNOLOGY.
What is the current status of HSB 599?
This bill died with 2023-2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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