Iowa HF 2150: A bill for an act relating to the use of artificial intelligence for purposes associated with elections, ballot issues, and public officials, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable.

Bill Text

House
File
2150
-
Introduced

HOUSE
FILE
2150

BY
WICHTENDAHL

A
BILL
FOR

An
Act
relating
to
the
use
of
artificial
intelligence
for
1

purposes
associated
with
elections,
ballot
issues,
and
2

public
officials,
providing
penalties,
and
making
penalties
3

applicable.
4

BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
5

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Section
1.
Section
68A.405,
Code
2026,
is
amended
by
adding
1

the
following
new
subsection:
2

NEW
SUBSECTION

.
5.
a.
Published
material
generated
through
3

the
use
of
artificial
intelligence
and
designed
to
expressly
4

advocate
the
nomination,
election,
or
defeat
of
a
candidate
5

for
public
office
or
the
passage
or
defeat
of
a
ballot
issue
6

must
contain
a
disclosure
on
the
published
material
that
the
7

published
material
was
generated
using
artificial
intelligence.
8

The
disclosure
must
include
the
words
“this
material
was
9

generated
using
artificial
intelligence”.
10

b.
For
purposes
of
this
subsection,
“artificial
11

intelligence”
means
a
machine-based
system
that
can,
for
a
12

given
set
of
human-defined
objectives,
make
predictions,
13

recommendations,
or
decisions
influencing
real
or
virtual
14

environments.
15

c.
The
board
shall
adopt
rules
to
implement
this
subsection.
16

Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION

.
68A.507
Endorsements
——
generation
by
17

artificial
intelligence
prohibited.
18

A
person
shall
not
publish
published
material,
as
defined
in
19

section
68A.405,
that
includes
an
endorsement
of
a
candidate
or
20

ballot
measure
by
a
representation
of
a
person
that
has
been
21

generated
using
artificial
intelligence,
as
defined
in
section
22

68A.405.
23

Sec.
3.
NEW
SECTION

.
68B.40
Artificial
intelligence
24

limitations.
25

1.
For
the
purposes
of
this
section:
26

a.
“Artificial
intelligence”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
27

section
68A.405.

28

b.
“Political
committee”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
29

section
68A.102.

30

c.
“State
statutory
political
committee”
means
the
same
as
31

defined
in
section
68A.102.

32

2.
A
candidate,
candidate’s
committee,
political
committee,
33

public
official,
or
state
statutory
political
committee
shall
34

not
use
artificial
intelligence
to
depict
a
candidate
or
public
35

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official
engaging
in
behavior
that
the
candidate
or
public
1

official
would
be
unlikely
to
engage
in
or
that
would
likely
2

diminish
the
public
perception
of
the
candidate
or
public
3

official.
4

3.
A
candidate,
that
candidate’s
committee,
or
a
public
5

official
shall
not
use
artificial
intelligence
to
depict
the
6

candidate
or
public
official
in
an
event
or
situation
that
did
7

not
occur.
8

4.
A
public
official
shall
not
use
artificial
intelligence
9

to
manipulate
depictions
of
events
of
statewide
or
national
10

importance
that
a
reasonable
person
would
conclude
was
11

intended
to
influence
public
opinion
about
a
defined
group
or
12

influence
the
outcome
of
an
election
or
the
passage
or
defeat
13

of
legislation.
14

5.
A
candidate,
candidate’s
committee,
political
committee,
15

public
official,
or
state
statutory
political
committee
shall
16

not
knowingly
share
material
generated
by
a
third
party
using
17

artificial
intelligence.
A
candidate,
candidate’s
committee,
18

political
committee,
public
official,
or
state
statutory
19

political
committee
does
not
violate
this
subsection
if
the
20

candidate,
candidate’s
committee,
political
committee,
public
21

official,
or
state
statutory
political
committee
makes
a
22

good-faith
effort
to
remove
material
that
the
candidate,
23

candidate’s
committee,
political
committee,
public
official,
24

or
state
statutory
political
committee
discovers
was
generated
25

using
artificial
intelligence
and
informs
the
public
that
the
26

material
was
generated
using
artificial
intelligence.
27

6.
a.
The
board
may
impose
a
fine
of
up
to
five
thousand
28

dollars
on
a
candidate
or
public
official
for
a
first
violation
29

of
this
section
and
a
fine
of
up
to
one
and
one-half
times
the
30

previous
fine
for
each
subsequent
violation
of
this
section.
31

b.
The
board
may
impose
a
fine
of
up
to
fifty
thousand
32

dollars
on
a
candidate’s
committee,
political
committee,
or
33

state
statutory
political
committee
for
a
first
violation
of
34

this
section
and
a
fine
of
up
to
two
times
the
previous
fine
for
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each
subsequent
violation
of
this
section.
1

c.
A
fine
collected
by
the
board
pursuant
to
this
subsection
2

shall
be
deposited
in
the
general
fund
of
the
state.
3

EXPLANATION
4

The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
5

the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
6

This
bill
relates
to
the
use
of
artificial
intelligence
7

for
purposes
associated
with
elections,
ballot
issues,
and
8

public
officials.
The
bill
amends
Code
chapter
68A
(campaign
9

finance)
to
require
published
material
generated
through
the
10

use
o