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

HF 2656: Relating to professional sporting league broadcasting blackouts

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 professional sporting league broadcasting blackouts. The bill defines “blackout” to mean the nonairing of a cable, video, or satellite professional sporting league event that is broadcast on a local broadcast station. The bill defines “sports broadcasting entity” to mean and include specified internet-based streaming platforms and a person providing cable service or video service in Iowa. The bill prohibits a sports broadcasting entity from preventing professional sporting league event broadcasting through a blackout to paying customers, unless the professional sporting league team seeking the blackout plays at least one game in the state of Iowa during the season in which the professional sporting league team is seeking the blackout.

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Cost

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In plain words

  1. March 7, 2024Filed in the House and sent to the Commerce committee

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/HF2656