A bill for an act relating to software licensing restrictions for certain state entities, and including applicability provisions.

House

File

2149

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

2149

BY

WOOD

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

software

licensing

restrictions

for

certain

1

state

entities,

and

including

applicability

provisions.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

3

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Section

1.

NEW

SECTION

.

8.85A

Software

licensing

contracts.

1

The

terms

of

a

software

licensing

contract

entered

into

by

2

the

department

or

a

supported

entity

for

a

software

application

3

designed

to

be

installed

and

run

on

generally

available

4

desktop

or

server

hardware

shall

not

limit

the

ability

of

the

5

department

or

supported

entity

to

install

or

run

the

software

6

application

on

the

desktop

or

server

hardware

selected

by

the

7

department

or

supported

entity.

8

Sec.

2.

APPLICABILITY.

This

Act

applies

to

software

9

licensing

contracts

and

software

licensing

addendums

entered

10

into

or

renewed

by

the

department

of

management

or

a

supported

11

entity,

as

defined

in

section

8.76,

on

or

after

the

effective

12

date

of

this

Act.

13

EXPLANATION

14

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

15

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

16

This

bill

prohibits

a

software

licensing

contract

entered

17

into

by

the

department

of

management

(DOM)

or

a

supported

18

entity

for

a

software

application

designed

to

be

installed

and

19

run

on

generally

available

desktop

or

server

hardware

from

20

limiting

the

ability

of

DOM

or

the

supported

entity

to

install

21

or

run

the

software

application

on

the

desktop

or

server

22

hardware

selected

by

DOM

or

the

supported

entity.

23

The

bill

applies

to

software

licensing

contracts

and

24

addendums

entered

into

by

DOM

or

a

supported

entity

on

or

after

25

July

1,

2026.

26

Under

Code

chapter

8,

subchapter

XI

(information

27

technology),

a

supported

entity

is

an

authority,

board,

28

commission,

committee,

council,

department,

or

independent

29

agency

of

state

government,

but

does

not

include

the

office

30

of

the

governor,

the

office

of

an

elective

constitutional

or

31

statutory

officer,

the

general

assembly,

the

judicial

branch,

32

a

political

subdivision

of

the

state,

or

the

state

board

of

33

regents

and

its

institutions.

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