House
Study
Bill
599
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
ECONOMIC
GROWTH
AND
TECHNOLOGY
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
SORENSEN)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
conduct
of
elections,
including
the
use
1
of
artificial
intelligence
and
deceptive
statements,
and
2
providing
penalties.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
4
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5506YC
(2)
90
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H.F.
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
52.7
Use
of
artificial
intelligence
1
prohibited.
2
1.
Automatic
tabulating
equipment,
ballot
marking
devices,
3
and
optical
scan
voting
systems
approved
for
use
in
this
state
4
shall
not
utilize
artificial
intelligence.
5
2.
For
the
purposes
of
this
section,
“artificial
6
intelligence”
means
a
machine-based
system
that
can,
for
a
7
given
set
of
human-defined
objectives,
make
predictions,
8
recommendations,
or
decisions
influencing
real
or
virtual
9
environments.
10
Sec.
2.
Section
68A.405,
Code
2024,
is
amended
by
adding
the
11
following
new
subsections:
12
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
5.
a.
Published
material
generated
through
13
the
use
of
artificial
intelligence
and
designed
to
expressly
14
advocate
the
nomination,
election,
or
defeat
of
a
candidate
15
for
public
office
or
the
passage
or
defeat
of
a
ballot
issue
16
must
contain
a
disclosure
on
the
published
material
that
the
17
published
material
was
generated
using
artificial
intelligence.
18
b.
Notwithstanding
section
68A.701,
a
person
who
violates
19
this
subsection
is
guilty
of
a
class
“D”
felony.
20
c.
For
the
purposes
of
this
subsection,
“artificial
21
intelligence”
means
as
defined
in
section
52.7.
22
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
6.
a.
Published
material
designed
to
23
expressly
advocate
the
nomination,
election,
or
defeat
of
a
24
candidate
for
public
office
or
the
passage
or
defeat
of
a
25
ballot
issue
that
includes
a
materially
deceptive
depiction
26
of
a
candidate
must
include
a
statement
that
the
published
27
material
has
been
manipulated.
28
b.
For
the
purposes
of
this
subsection,
published
material
29
is
materially
deceptive
if
it
has
been
manipulated
to
change
30
the
physical
appearance
of
a
candidate
or
depict
a
candidate
31
performing
an
act
that
did
not
occur,
or,
in
the
case
of
32
an
image,
if
it
has
been
altered
to
change
the
saturation,
33
brightness,
contrast,
color,
or
other
visible
quality
of
an
34
image
of
a
candidate.
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c.
Notwithstanding
section
68A.701,
a
person
who
violates
1
this
subsection
is
guilty
of
a
class
“D”
felony.
2
Sec.
3.
NEW
SECTION
.
68A.507
False
representations
3
prohibited.
4
A
person
shall
not
make
or
publish,
or
cause
to
be
made
or
5
published,
a
false
representation
about
a
candidate
or
ballot
6
issue
that
is
intended
to
or
actually
affects
voting
at
an
7
election.
8
EXPLANATION
9
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
10
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
11
This
bill
relates
to
the
use
of
artificial
intelligence
in
12
technologies
used
in
elections
and
the
publication
of
certain
13
materials
related
to
elections.
The
bill
prohibits
the
use
14
of
artificial
intelligence,
defined
in
the
bill,
in
automatic
15
tabulating
equipment,
ballot
marking
devices,
and
optical
scan
16
voting
systems
approved
for
use
in
this
state.
17
The
bill
also
requires
published
material
generated
through
18
the
use
of
artificial
intelligence
and
designed
to
expressly
19
advocate
the
nomination,
election,
or
defeat
of
a
candidate
for
20
public
office
or
the
passage
or
defeat
of
a
ballot
issue
to
21
include
a
disclosure
that
the
published
material
was
generated
22
using
artificial
intelligence.
A
person
who
fails
to
include
23
such
a
disclosure
is
guilty
of
a
class
“D”
felony.
A
class
“D”
24
felony
is
punishable
by
confinement
for
no
more
than
five
years
25
and
a
fine
of
at
least
$1,025
but
not
more
than
$10,245.
26
The
bill
requires
published
material
designed
to
expressly
27
advocate
the
nomination,
election,
or
defeat
of
a
candidate
28
for
public
office
or
the
passage
or
defeat
of
a
ballot
issue
29
that
includes
a
materially
deceptive
depiction
of
a
candidate
30
to
include
a
disclosure
that
the
published
material
has
been
31
manipulated.
Under
the
bill,
published
material
is
materially
32
deceptive
if
it
has
been
manipulated
to
change
the
physical
33
appearance
of
a
candidate
or
depict
a
candidate
performing
an
34
act
that
did
not
occur,
or,
in
the
case
of
an
image,
if
it
has
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been
altered
to
change
the
saturation,
brightness,
contrast,
1
color,
or
other
visible
quality
of
an
image
of
a
candidate.
A
2
person
who
fails
to
include
such
a
disclosure
is
guilty
of
a
3
class
“D”
felony.
4
The
bill
prohibits
a
person
from
making
or
publishing,
5
or
causing
to
be
made
or
published,
a
false
representation
6
about
a
candidate
or
ballot
issue
that
is
intended
to
or
7
actually
affects
voting
at
an
election.
By
operation
of
law,
a
8
person
who
violates
this
provision
of
the
bill
is
guilty
of
a
9
serious
misdemeanor.
A
serious
misdemeanor
is
punishable
by
10
confinement
for
no
more
than
one
year
and
a
fine
of
at
least
11
$430
but
not
more
than
$2,560.
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