Iowa S 2243 (Sexual Exploitation of Minors, Use of Falsely Created Images)

• Authority: Iowa
• Parent authority: State governments
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. state and local documents
• Most recent activity: Enacted
• Most recent activity date: 2024-04-10

Risk subdomain coverage

Good coverage — Comprehensive governance measures or mitigations with clear procedures relating to the risk subdomain are explicitly described.

• Exposure to toxic content
• Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation

Minimal coverage — Brief mention but no specific mitigations, recommendations or governance measures relating to the risk subdomain are described.

• Compromise of privacy

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has good coverage of approximately 2-3 subdomains, with strong focus on toxic content (1.2), malicious actors using AI for fraud and manipulation (4.3), and privacy compromise (2.1). Coverage is concentrated in discrimination & toxicity and malicious actors domains.

Sector coverage

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This criminal law does not govern AI use within specific economic sectors. Rather, it establishes criminal prohibitions applicable to any person who possesses AI-created child sexual abuse material, regardless of their industry or sector. The law is cross-sectoral in its application to individual conduct.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding legislative act with criminal penalties and enforcement mechanisms. It amends Iowa criminal code to create felony offenses with escalating penalties for violations.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: General Assembly of the State of Iowa
• Summary: The document is enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, which is the state legislative body proposing and enacting this amendment to Iowa criminal law.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_User, Affected_Stakeholder
• Summary: The law targets individuals who knowingly purchase or possess AI-created visual depictions of minors in prohibited sexual acts. While AI developers/deployers who create such content could be implicated, the statute specifically criminalizes possession and purchase by any person, making users the primary target.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Iowa criminal justice system (prosecutors, courts)
• Summary: The enforcement is carried out through Iowa's criminal justice system, with prosecutors bringing charges and courts adjudicating violations under the felony classification system.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Iowa law enforcement agencies, Iowa courts
• Summary: Monitoring is implicit through law enforcement investigation and the court system's tracking of prior convictions and deferred judgments to determine whether an offense is a first or subsequent violation.

AI Lifecycle Stages

Lifecycle stages covered by the documents, as defined in the OECD Framework for the Classification of AI Systems

No lifecycle stages identified.

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document does not explicitly address specific AI lifecycle stages. It focuses on the end result (possession of AI-created content) rather than the development, deployment, or operational processes of AI systems. The law is outcome-focused rather than process-focused.

Technical Scope

Terms relating to technical scope that are mentioned or implicitly referenced in the document

No technical scope terms identified.

Technical Scope Summary

The document addresses AI-created visual depictions as indicated in the title and summary, but the statutory text itself does not explicitly define or reference AI models, systems, or technical specifications. The focus is on the output (falsely created images) rather than the technology used to create them.