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+type: "Bill"
+title: "A bill for an act relating to harassment by the dissemination, publishing, distribution, or posting of a visual depiction showing another person in a state of full or partial nudity or engaged in a sex act that has been altered to falsely depict another person, and making penalties applicable."
+description: "A bill for an act relating to harassment by the dissemination, publishing, distribution, or posting of a visual depiction showing another person in a state of full or partial nudity or engaged in a sex act that has been altered to falsely depict another person, and making penalties applicable."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
+legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "HF 2240"
+citation: "Iowa HF 2240 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["harassment", "images", "misdemeanors", "notices", "nudity", "obscenity", "photography", "sexual activity"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2024-01-31"
+last_action: "2024-04-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d9651b4-49b8-421c-950a-6d3ba5fea9fa"
+source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 2240&ga=90"
+source_hash: "d00fc3175ea53bc2c1a5d0219b53c1fbe96842eae751ff7d8ca55a3d589fe9ff"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ia"]
+---
+
+# Iowa HF 2240 (2023-2024) — A bill for an act relating to harassment by the dissemination, publishing, distribution, or posting of a visual depiction showing another person in a state of full or partial nudity or engaged in a sex act that has been altered to falsely depict another person, and making penalties applicable.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/90/attachments/HF2240.html)
+2. **Amendment H-8224** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/H8224.pdf)
+3. **Amendment S-5069** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/S5069.pdf)
+4. **Amendment S-5082** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/S5082.pdf)
+5. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/Attachments/HF2240_GovLetter.pdf)
+6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/attachments/HF2240.html)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Shall the bill pass? — **94–0** (pass) · lower
+- Shall the bill pass? — **93–0** (pass) · lower
+- Shall the bill pass? — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY — primary (organization)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-31** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
+- **2024-02-08** Fiscal note.
+- **2024-03-06** Passed House, yeas 94, nays 0. `passage`
+- **2024-03-07** Explanation of vote.
+- **2024-03-06** Immediate message.
+- **2024-03-07** Message from House.
+- **2024-03-07** Read first time, referred to Technology. `reading-1`
+- **2024-03-11** Subcommittee: Cournoyer, Bennett, and Webster.
+- **2024-03-12** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
+- **2024-03-12** Placed on calendar.
+- **2024-03-18** Amendment S-5069 filed. `amendment-introduction`
+- **2024-03-19** Amendment S-5082 filed, adopted. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2024-03-19** Amendment S-5069 out of order.
+- **2024-03-19** Passed Senate, yeas 49, nays 0. `passage`
+- **2024-03-19** Immediate message.
+- **2024-03-19** Message from Senate.
+- **2024-03-19** Senate amendment H-8224 filed. `amendment-introduction`
+- **2024-03-20** Fiscal note.
+- **2024-03-25** House concurred in Senate amendment H-8224.
+- **2024-03-25** Passed House, yeas 93, nays 0. `passage`
+- **2024-03-25** Immediate message.
+- **2024-03-26** Message from House.
+- **2024-04-19** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
+- **2024-04-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d9651b4-49b8-421c-950a-6d3ba5fea9fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).
+