A bill for an act requiring persons who operate certain internet sites, applications, or a segment of an internet site or application that contains material pornographic for minors to perform reasonable age verification.
HF 864 requires commercial internet platforms (referred to as "covered platforms") that regularly host obscene material as part of their business to verify users' ages before allowing access. It defines "covered platforms" based on factors like the proportion of obscene content, user traffic to that content, and revenue generated from it. Platforms must use methods like government ID or financial documents for age verification, prohibit retaining identifying information after verification, and may use privacy-preserving techniques like zero-knowledge proofs. Violations can result in civil penalties up to $10,000 per violation, enforced by the Iowa Attorney General. The bill explicitly excludes liability for regular users and providers like ISPs merely offering connectivity.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House Passage
Apr 2026
Senate Passage
Apr 2026
Signed into Law
Jun 2026
Introduced Mar 7, 2025
Signed Jun 1, 2026
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Floor votes · Senate Apr 29, 2026 · House Mar 20, 2025
How they voted
45–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 49
Apr 29, 2026
D
Democratic15
86% Yea
R
Republican34
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
29
Key actions
9
Committee
5
Amendments
4
Jun 1, 2026
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
lower
Apr 30, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed House, yeas 82, nays 2.
lower
Apr 30, 2026
Lower · Passed
House concurred in Senate amendment H-8430.
lower
Apr 29, 2026
Introduced
Senate amendment H-8430 filed.
lower
Apr 29, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate, yeas 46, nays 0.
upper
Apr 29, 2026
Introduced
Amendment S-5012 out of order.
upper
Apr 29, 2026
Introduced
Amendment S-5231 filed, adopted.
upper
Feb 17, 2026
Introduced
Amendment S-5012 filed.
upper
Feb 17, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee report, recommending amendment and passage.
upper
Jan 22, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee recommends passage.
legislature
Jan 21, 2026
Upper · Passed
Subcommittee: Alons, Bennett, and Taylor.
upper
Jan 20, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee Meeting: 01/22/2026 9:30AM Senate Lounge.
legislature
Jun 16, 2025
Committee
Referred to Technology.
upper
Mar 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House, yeas 88, nays 1.
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, placed on calendar.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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