House
File
552
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
552
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
ECONOMIC
GROWTH
AND
TECHNOLOGY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
151)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
state
software
licensing
restrictions.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
2
TLSB
1253HV
(2)
90
es/rn
H.F.
552
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
8A.319
Software
licensing
1
contracts.
2
1.
The
terms
of
a
software
licensing
contract
entered
into
3
by
a
state
agency
for
a
software
application
designed
to
be
4
installed
and
run
on
generally
available
desktop
or
server
5
hardware
shall
not
limit
the
ability
of
the
state
agency
to
6
install
or
run
the
software
application
on
the
desktop
or
7
server
hardware
selected
by
the
state
agency.
8
2.
This
section
applies
to
software
licensing
contracts
and
9
software
licensing
addendums
entered
into
by
a
state
agency
on
10
or
after
July
1,
2023.
11
EXPLANATION
12
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
13
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
14
This
bill
prohibits
a
software
licensing
contract
entered
15
into
by
a
state
agency
for
a
software
application
designed
16
to
be
installed
and
run
on
generally
available
desktop
or
17
server
hardware
from
limiting
the
ability
of
such
state
agency
18
to
install
or
run
the
software
application
on
the
desktop
or
19
server
hardware
selected
by
the
state
agency.
20
The
bill
applies
to
software
licensing
contracts
and
21
software
licensing
addendums
entered
into
by
a
state
agency
on
22
or
after
July
1,
2023.
23
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LSB
1253HV
(2)
90
es/rn
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