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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).