Iowa (2019) SB 302 (Automated Driving System Motor Vehicles)

• Authority: Iowa
• Parent authority: State governments
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. state and local documents
• Most recent activity: Enacted
• Most recent activity date: 2019-05-03

Risk subdomain coverage

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

• Compromise of privacy
• AI system security vulnerabilities
• Overreliance and unsafe use
• Governance failure
• Lack of capability or robustness

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has minimal coverage of AI risk domains, with limited focus on system safety and failures (7.3 Lack of robustness) through requirements for minimal risk conditions and compliance with safety laws. There is implicit coverage of privacy and security (2.1, 2.2) through accident reporting requirements, and governance (6.5) through centralized regulatory authority. The document primarily addresses operational safety requirements for autonomous vehicles rather than comprehensive AI risk mitigation.

Sector coverage

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

• Trade, Transportation & Utilities

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

• Agriculture, Mining, Construction & Manufacturing
• Information
• Finance & Insurance
• Public Administration (excl. National Security)

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

The document primarily governs the Trade, Transportation and Utilities sector through regulation of autonomous vehicle operation and on-demand transportation networks. It also has minimal coverage of the Information sector through regulation of software applications used for dispatching driverless vehicles.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding state statute enacted by the Iowa General Assembly with mandatory language, enforcement mechanisms, and legal penalties for non-compliance.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Iowa General Assembly
• Summary: The document is a state statute enacted by the Iowa General Assembly, as indicated in the opening clause.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Developer, AI_Deployer
• Entities: vehicle manufacturers; vehicle owners; on-demand driverless-capable vehicle network operators; conventional human drivers
• Summary: The statute applies to manufacturers who certify vehicles, owners who must obtain insurance and comply with accident reporting, operators of on-demand networks, and human drivers who operate system-equipped vehicles.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Iowa Department of Transportation (the department); law enforcement authorities
• Summary: The department has exclusive regulatory authority over automated driving systems and can adopt rules. Law enforcement authorities receive accident reports and can charge violations.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Iowa Department of Transportation (the department); law enforcement authorities
• Summary: The department has regulatory oversight and rule-making authority. Law enforcement monitors compliance through accident reporting and investigation.

AI Lifecycle Stages

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

• Plan and Design
• Verify and Validate
• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document primarily focuses on the Deploy and Operate and Monitor stages of the AI lifecycle for automated driving systems. It establishes requirements for deployment on public highways and ongoing operational compliance, including accident reporting and minimal risk condition achievement. There is minimal coverage of earlier lifecycle stages.

Technical Scope

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

• AI Systems
• Task-specific AI

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly defines and regulates 'automated driving systems' as hardware and software capable of performing the entire dynamic driving task. It focuses on system-level regulation rather than models, and does not mention frontier AI, general purpose AI, foundation models, generative AI, predictive AI, compute thresholds, or open-weight models. The scope is limited to autonomous vehicle systems.