HF 2149 (LSB 6033YH (3) 91)

HOUSE FILE 2149

BY  WOOD

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to software licensing restrictions for certain state entities, and including applicability provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  8.85A  Software licensing contracts.
   The terms of a software licensing contract entered into by the department or a supported entity for a software application designed to be installed and run on generally available desktop or server hardware shall not limit the ability of the department or supported entity to install or run the software application on the desktop or server hardware selected by the department or supported entity.
    Sec. 2.  APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies to software licensing contracts and software licensing addendums entered into or renewed by the department of management or a supported entity, as defined in section 8.76, on or after the effective date of this Act.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill prohibits a software licensing contract entered into by the department of management (DOM) or a supported entity for a software application designed to be installed and run on generally available desktop or server hardware from limiting the ability of DOM or the supported entity to install or run the software application on the desktop or server hardware selected by DOM or the supported entity.
   The bill applies to software licensing contracts and addendums entered into by DOM or a supported entity on or after July 1, 2026.
   Under Code chapter 8, subchapter XI (information technology), a supported entity is an authority, board, commission, committee, council, department, or independent agency of state government, but does not include the office of the governor, the office of an elective constitutional or statutory officer, the general assembly, the judicial branch, a political subdivision of the state, or the state board of regents and its institutions.