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90th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2251: Relating to gift card fraud notice

Died when the session ended · The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill relates to gift card fraud notice. The bill requires any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, store, or mercantile establishment that sells gift cards to other businesses to display a notice of gift card fraud. The bill requires that a notice shall provide information on what gift card fraud is and what a person can do if the person believes he or she may be the victim of gift card fraud. The bill also provides that the notice must be displayed on all displays that gift cards are located, at all physical points of sale, or on the electronic payment system screen prior to completion of the sale.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named February 1, 2024

  • Rep. David E. Young (R) · david.young@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. J.D. Scholten (D) · j.d.scholten@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Mike Vondran (R) · mike.vondran@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 2 for, 3 against

For: AARP Iowa; Older Iowans Legislature

Against: Iowa Grocery Industry Association; Iowa Retail Federation; Maverik, Inc.

In plain words

  1. February 1, 2024Filed in the House and sent to the Commerce committee
  2. February 1, 2024House subcommittee named: Young, Scholten and Vondran
  3. February 7, 2024Subcommittee recommended passing it

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/HF2251