Iowa HF 864 (Adult-Site Age Verification)

Iowa, United StatesIA HF 864Updated July 1, 2026

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  1. Introduced
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Became Law

In force since July 1, 2026

Iowa requires sites and apps where a third or more of the content is pornographic for minors to verify users' ages, including through digital ID.

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Key facts

Where
Iowa, United States
Bill number
IA HF 864
Status
Law
July 1, 2026
Threat
High
Last update
July 1, 2026

Topics

Age VerificationDigital IDCensorshipPrivacy

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What it does

HF 864 creates Iowa Code chapter 554J. A site, app or segment of one, including on a social media platform, must use "reasonable age verification" if 33% or more of its public content is pornographic for minors. Allowed methods are a digital ID, a commercially reasonable method using transactional data, or a method the Attorney General approves by rule, and verifiers may not keep identifying information. The Attorney General enforces the law with fines up to $1,000 per violation, capped at $10,000 a day, with each access counted as a separate violation and no private right of action.

What’s at stake

The segment clause reaches parts of larger platforms, so a social media service can be covered because of what some accounts post. Adults must prove their age to a verifier before viewing lawful material, and the digital ID option ties that access to a government credential.

Our take

Iowa took 13 months to move this bill from House passage to the governor, and the final text still leaves the approved verification methods to the Attorney General's rulebook. Adults in Iowa now need an ID trail to see material the Constitution protects for them.

Timeline

  1. Took effectLatest

  2. Signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds (Acts ch. 1143)

  3. House concurred 82-2

  4. Senate passed it 46-0 with amendment S-5231

  5. House passed it 88-1

The record

Sponsors

Rep. Skyler Wheeler, Sen. Kevin Alons

Votes

  • House: Passed (88 to 1), March 20, 2025
  • Senate: Passed as amended (46 to 0), April 29, 2026
  • House: Concurred in Senate amendment (82 to 2), April 30, 2026