90th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Thursday, November 12, 2026
HSB 630: HSB 630
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 the definitions of “fantasy sports contest” and “internet fantasy sports contest player”. Under current law, “fantasy sports contest” (contest) is defined as any fantasy or simulated contest in which the fantasy sports contest operator is not a participant in the contest, the values of all prizes and awards offered to winning participants are established and made known to the participants in advance of the contest, all winning outcomes reflect the relative knowledge and skill of the participants and are determined by accumulated statistical results of the performance of individuals, including athletes, and no winning outcome is solely based on the score, point spread, or any performance or performances of any single actual team or solely on any single performance of an individual athlete or player in any single actual event.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
House subcommittee · named January 30, 2024
- Rep. Austin Harris (R) · austin.harris@legis.iowa.gov
- Rep. Jeff Cooling (D) · jeff.cooling@legis.iowa.gov
- Rep. Shannon Lundgren (R) · shannon.lundgren@legis.iowa.gov
Lobbying · 1 for, 4 against
For: PrizePicks
Against: Boyd Gaming & Dubuque Diamond Jo & Diamond Jo Worth; Caesars Enterprise Services, LLC.; Fantasy Sports Alliance; Penn Entertainment/Ameristar
In plain words
- January 30, 2024Filed in the House and sent to the State Government committee
- January 30, 2024House subcommittee named: Harris, Cooling and Lundgren
From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Thursday, November 12, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/HSB630