Iowa Synthetic Intimate Content Law
Iowa Nonconsensual Synthetic Intimate Content Law (HF 2240, 2024)
Iowa · Iowa HF 2240 (2024)
- Status
- In effect
- Took effect
- July 1, 2024
- Applies to
- Anyone who generates or distributes such imagery in Iowa
- Enforced by
- Iowa county prosecutors; Iowa Attorney General
Iowa criminalizes generating or distributing synthetic images or videos depicting a person in sexual acts or nudity without consent. Violations involving adults are aggravated misdemeanors; involving minors, felonies. Expressly motivated by AI-generated pornographic deepfakes.
Who is protected: Any person depicted without consent in synthetic/AI-generated intimate imagery
Legal detail
Iowa HF 2240 (90th GA), eff. July 1, 2024, creates a criminal offense for nonconsensual synthetic intimate content covering AI-generated depictions (aggravated misdemeanor for adults; felony for minors).
Key facts
| Jurisdiction | Iowa |
|---|---|
| Level | State |
| Strength | Limited |
| Enacted | April 1, 2024 |
| Citation | Iowa HF 2240 (2024) |
| Penalties | Aggravated misdemeanor (adult depictions); felony (minors) |
| Topics | non-consensual intimate imagery · deepfakes · AI-generated images |
| Bill text | Iowa HF 2240 — Iowa Legislature (90th GA) |
More AI rules in Iowa
- Iowa AI CSAM Law · In effect
- Iowa Consumer Data Protection Act · In effect
- Iowa SF 2417 (Conversational AI Safety Act) · Enacted (not yet in effect)
- Iowa HF 2635 (no AI-only prior-auth denials) · Enacted (not yet in effect)
- Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy (ENTERPRISE PY-AI) · In effect
- Attorney General Brenna Bird Warns of Deepfake Dangers as Students… · In effect
Related non-consensual intimate imagery rules elsewhere
- Arizona HB 2133 deepfake sexual content — vetoed 2026 · Vetoed
- Illinois HB 3851 — deepfake cyberbullying in schools (2026) · In effect
- TAKE IT DOWN Act · In effect
- DEFIANCE Act (deepfake-porn civil suits) · Proposed / pending
- NY S5959-D (2020, digital replicas + deepfake porn) · In effect
- Missouri Deepfake & Digital Media Protection Act · Proposed / pending
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