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IA SF2414

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/19/2026

Primary Sponsor

Liz Bennett

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Origin

Senate

91st General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires employers to provide written notice to employees before using automated decision systems (AI, machine learning, statistical modeling) for employment-related decisions affecting wages, benefits, hours, performance evaluations, discipline, promotion, or termination.

  • Defines "automated decision system" as computational processes from machine learning, statistical modeling, data analytics, or artificial intelligence that generate scores, classifications, or recommendations used to assist or replace human decision making.

  • Establishes that "employee" broadly includes any person providing compensated services, including independent contractors, and "employer" includes anyone controlling wages, benefits, hours, or working conditions directly or through agents.

  • Assigns administration of the new chapter 91F to the Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing, adding it to the department's existing labor services responsibilities.

  • Excludes spam filters, firewalls, antivirus software, identity management tools, calculators, and databases from the definition of automated decision systems subject to the notice requirements.

Legislative Description

A bill for an act relating to automated decision systems used by employers.

Last Action

Subcommittee: Driscoll, Donahue, and Pike. S.J. 361.

2/23/2026

Committee Referrals

Workforce2/19/2026

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