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IA HSB635

SB

Status

Introduced

1/28/2026

Primary Sponsor

Economic Growth And Technology

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Origin

House of Representatives

91st General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Users who provide input to an artificial intelligence system own the output generated from that input, provided the output does not infringe on third-party copyrights or intellectual property rights.

  • Persons who train an AI system own the resulting trained AI if the training data was lawfully acquired and they have not transferred ownership rights through contract or agreement.

  • AI output or trained AI created by employees within the scope of their employment duties belongs to the employer, when conducted under employer direction and control and meeting other specified conditions.

  • Ownership cannot be granted under this chapter if it would infringe on preexisting copyrights or other intellectual property rights.

  • Establishes definitions for "artificial intelligence," "input," "output," "train," and "user" under new Iowa Code chapter 554J.

Legislative Description

A bill for an act relating to the ownership of artificial intelligence output and trained artificial intelligence.(See HF 2691.)

Last Action

Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2691.

2/23/2026

Committee Referrals

Economic Growth and Technology1/28/2026

Full Bill Text

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