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Iowa digital reality posture profile

Public-source posture estimateNot legal adviceState reviewed2026-07-07 · 7 July 2026

This page summarizes six tracked digital safety topics for Iowa, showing where public legislative coverage currently looks more proactive, more reactive, broader, or thinner. It is a structural posture signal based on public disclosures, not a political or legal grade.

Educational summary only

Not legal advice. Laws and enforcement change frequently. Verify current official statutes, regulations, and counsel where needed.

Overall state posture signal

Reactive-leaning posture with narrow tracked coverage.

Based on six tracked topics and public disclosures.

Low confidence6 tracked topics

Strongest driver

Synthetic Explicit Content

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Weakest driver

AI Transparency

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Posture meter

Lean and breadth across six tracked topics. Not a quality or political score.

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State/topic detailIowa

Iowa Synthetic Explicit Content law summary

Specific rule in effect.

Based on direct statute tracking.

Iowa makes it a crime both to alter or generate sexual images of a minor and to share digitally altered sexual images that falsely depict a real adult. Based on public records, two 2024 laws took effect July 1, 2024: Senate File 2243 (signed April 10, 2024) folds any visual depiction "created, adapted, or modified" to show an identifiable minor in a prohibited sexual act into the state's sexual-exploitation-of-a-minor felony (Iowa Code 728.12), and House File 2240 (signed April 19, 2024) makes it aggravated-misdemeanor harassment (Iowa Code 708.7) to distribute a nude or sexual visual depiction that has been altered to falsely depict a recognizable person without consent. One narrow point worth knowing: SF 2243 turns on an "identifiable minor," so fully synthetic images not tied to a recognizable real child are the subject of a separate 2026 proposal rather than this enacted law.

Educational summary only

Not legal advice. Laws and enforcement change frequently. Verify current official statutes, regulations, and counsel where needed.

Why this status

Based on direct statute tracking.

What this means

  • Two enacted 2024 Iowa laws effective July 1, 2024 specifically reach digitally created or altered sexual depictions — SF 2243 for identifiable minors and HF 2240 for non-consensual adult deepfakes.

What to do next

  • Read the cited statute or bill text linked below to confirm the specifics for your state.

Citation-grade sources

Official sources

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  • Gov. Reynolds bill-signing release listing HF 2240 (April 19, 2024)

    Official text

    Citation: Governor's April 19, 2024 signing release lists HF 2240 on harassment by a visual depiction 'altered to falsely depict another person.'

    Observed: 2026-07-07
    Open source

  • Gov. Reynolds bill-signing release listing SF 2243 (April 10, 2024)

    Official text

    Citation: Governor's April 10, 2024 signing release lists SF 2243 'relating to sexual exploitation of a minor by the creation, adaptation, or modification of a visual depiction.'

    Observed: 2026-07-07
    Open source

  • Iowa HF 2240 (enrolled) — harassment by altered/deepfake intimate image

    Official text

    Citation: Enrolled HF 2240 amends Iowa Code 708.7(1)(a)(5) so 'another person' includes an individual whose image is used to create, adapt, or modify a visual depiction showing nudity or a sex act distributed without consent.

    Observed: 2026-07-07
    Open source

  • Iowa SF 2243 (enrolled) — sexual exploitation of a minor by created/adapted/modified depiction

    Official text

    Citation: Enrolled SF 2243 amends Iowa Code 728.12(3) and defines 'visual depiction of a minor' to include any depiction created, adapted, or modified to show an identifiable minor in a prohibited sexual act; class D felony first offense.

    Observed: 2026-07-07
    Open source

Context / secondary sources

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  • The Gazette — Iowa House passes deepfake porn bills (SF 2243, HF 2240)

    Discovery lead
    Observed: 2026-07-07
    Open source

Provenance

Source basis

Official/public links curated

Confidence

High confidence

Review scope

Review centered on currently tracked state-level law

Last reviewed

2026-07-07 · 7 July 2026

References

  • Gov. Reynolds bill-signing release listing HF 2240 (April 19, 2024)

  • Gov. Reynolds bill-signing release listing SF 2243 (April 10, 2024)

  • Iowa HF 2240 (enrolled) — harassment by altered/deepfake intimate image

  • Iowa SF 2243 (enrolled) — sexual exploitation of a minor by created/adapted/modified depiction

  • The Gazette — Iowa House passes deepfake porn bills (SF 2243, HF 2240)

Open Iowa topic pages

DeepfakesAI TransparencyYouth & Social MediaSynthetic Explicit ContentPrediction MarketsAI Companions

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DeepfakesAI ImpersonationAI TransparencyYouth & Social MediaSynthetic Explicit ContentPrivacy, Biometric, or AIPrediction MarketsAI Companions

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