# Iowa HF 864: 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. (Formerly HF 62.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. Iowa HF 864, 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. (Formerly HF 62.) Effective date: 07/01/2026., is a 91st General Assembly (2025–2026) House bill sponsored by COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY; status signed, last action 2026-06-01 (Signed by Governor.) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IA-HF864-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Iowa HF 864 - State: Iowa - Session: 91st General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: 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. (Formerly HF 62.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-03-07 - Last action: 2026-06-01, Signed by Governor. - Sponsor: COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: technology - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 3 (216 yes, 3 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Privacy protections for users facing age checks: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, anyone performing these age checks, including hired third parties, must protect users' identifying information. They cannot keep, sell, lease, or share it unless a law or court order requires it. They must also use reasonable security measures for all data collected or sent… - Penalties for operators skipping age checks: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, Iowa's attorney general can sue violators and seek court orders to stop violations. Each user access to a noncompliant site or app counts as a separate violation, carrying a penalty up to $1,000. Penalties against one person cannot exceed $10,000 in a single day. Collected p… - Age checks for explicit online content: mixed, medium. Beginning July 1, 2026, Iowa requires age checks for covered websites, apps, and their sections to protect people under 18. Coverage starts when material pornographic for minors makes up at least 33% of a site's or app's publicly available data. That material must appeal to minors' sexual interests… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-30 | House | Passed House | pass | 82 | 2 | | | 2026-04-29 | Senate | Passed Senate | pass | 46 | 0 | | | 2025-03-20 | House | Passed House | pass | 88 | 1 | | ## Actions (30) - 2026-06-01: Signed by Governor. (House) - 2026-05-13: Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor. (House) - 2026-05-01: Explanation of vote. (House) - 2026-04-30: Message from House. (Senate) - 2026-04-30: Immediate message. (House) - 2026-04-30: Passed House, yeas 82, nays 2. (House) - 2026-04-30: House concurred in Senate amendment H-8430. (House) - 2026-04-29: Senate amendment H-8430 filed. (House) - 2026-04-29: Message from Senate. (House) - 2026-04-29: Immediate message. (Senate) - 2026-04-29: Passed Senate, yeas 46, nays 0. (Senate) - 2026-04-29: Amendment S-5012 out of order. (Senate) - 2026-04-29: Amendment S-5231 filed, adopted. (Senate) - 2026-03-26: Placed on calendar under unfinished business. (Senate) - 2026-02-17: Placed on calendar. (legislature) - 2026-02-17: Amendment S-5012 filed. (Senate) - 2026-02-17: Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. (Senate) - 2026-01-22: Subcommittee recommends passage. (legislature) - 2026-01-21: Subcommittee: Alons, Bennett, and Taylor. (Senate) - 2026-01-20: Subcommittee Meeting: 01/22/2026 9:30AM Senate Lounge. (Senate) - 2025-12-31: * * * * * END OF 2025 ACTIONS * * * * * (legislature) - 2025-06-16: Referred to Technology. (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Placed on calendar under unfinished business. (Senate) - 2025-03-25: Explanations of votes. (House) - 2025-03-25: Explanation of vote. (House) - 2025-03-24: Read first time, attached to SF 443. (Senate) - 2025-03-24: Message from House. (Senate) - 2025-03-20: Immediate message. (House) - 2025-03-20: Passed House, yeas 88, nays 1. (House) - 2025-03-07: Introduced, placed on calendar. (House) ## Bill text - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/91/HF864.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/HF864.pdf) ## Related bills - HF 2801: A bill for an act modifying the major economic growth attraction program, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 785.) Effective date: 10/02/20… (signed) - SF 2472: A bill for an act relating to state and local government taxes, fees, financial authority, and budgets, by modifying property assessment provisions, divisions… (signed) - HF 2601: A bill for an act relating to campaign finance, including participation in ballot issue campaigns by foreign nationals and investigations of election misconduc… (signed) - SF 2471: A bill for an act relating to fees for lifetime fur harvester licenses. (Formerly SF 2317, SSB 3121.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. 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(vetoed) ## Sources - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/91/HF864.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/HF864.pdf) ## Related - [HF 2801: A bill for an act modifying the major economic growth attraction program, and i…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IA-HF2801-2025-2026) - [SF 2472: A bill for an act relating to state and local government taxes, fees, financial…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IA-SF2472-2025-2026) - [HF 2601: A bill for an act relating to campaign finance, including participation in ball…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IA-HF2601-2025-2026) - [SF 2471: A bill for an act relating to fees for lifetime fur harvester licenses. (Former…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IA-SF2471-2025-2026) - [SF 2399: A bill for an act relating to bail and bond amounts and conditions. 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