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91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 144: Concerning the licensing and regulation of gambling games, including a moratorium on the issuance of new licenses, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill concerns the licensing and regulation of gambling games. Under current law, the state racing and gaming commission (commission) is required to conduct a socioeconomic study on the impact of gambling on Iowans every eight years. The bill identifies certain topics the commission must examine for this socioeconomic study, and prohibits the commission from issuing a new license on or after July 1, 2030, until the required report on the socioeconomic study has been issued by the commission for 2029.

Sponsors

Ways and Means committee

Cost

Cost: up to $200,000

The IRGC estimates the cost of each study to be $200,000 or more. The cost of the socioeconomic study would be incurred in FY 2030 and every eight years thereafter. The cost of the study on Internet gaming’s impact on the State would be incurred in FY 2026. Fu…

Senate subcommittee · named February 3, 2025

  • Sen. Dawn Driscoll (R) · dawn.driscoll@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Tony Bisignano (D) · tony.bisignano@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Cherielynn Westrich (R) · cherielynn.westrich@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 19 for, 11 against

For: Black Hawk County Gaming Association; Boyd Gaming & Dubuque Diamond Jo & Diamond Jo Worth; Caesars Enterprise Services, LLC.; Dubuque Area Chamber of Commerce; Elite Casino Resorts, LLC; Great River Entertainment; Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association (IHBPA); Iowa Behavioral Health Association (IBHA); Iowa Conference of the United Methodist Church; Iowa Gaming Association; Iowa Quarter Horse Racing Association; Penn Entertainment/Ameristar; and 7 more

Against: AFSCME Council 61; Cedar Rapids Development Group LLC; Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance; City of Cedar Rapids; IBEW Iowa State Conference; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; Iowa State Building and Construction Trades; Laborers International Union of North America; Linn County Board of Supervisors; Master Builders of Iowa; Mid-American Carpenters Regional Council

In plain words

  1. January 23, 2025Filed in the House and sent to the Ways and Means committee · as HSB 80
  2. January 23, 2025House subcommittee named: Kaufmann, Jacoby, Nordman, Scheetz and Siegrist · as HSB 80
  3. January 27, 2025Filed in the House
  4. January 27, 2025Subcommittee recommended passing it · as HSB 80
  5. January 27, 2025Approved by the House committee · as HSB 80
  6. January 27, 2025Committee vote: 17–8 · as HSB 80
  7. January 27, 2025Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 144 · as HSB 80
  8. January 29, 2025Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  9. January 30, 2025Passed the House, 68–31
  10. February 3, 2025Arrived in the Senate
  11. February 3, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Driscoll, Bisignano and Westrich
  12. February 4, 2025Subcommittee 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/91/HF144