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

HF 781: Relating to the elimination of the exemption of gaming floors from the prohibitions of the smokefree air Act

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 eliminates the exception under the smokefree air Act (Act) (Code chapter 142D), allowing smoking on the gaming floors of the premises licensed pursuant to Code chapter 99F (gambling structures, excursion gambling boats, and racetracks). The bill thereby subjects the entirety of these premises to the smoking prohibitions of the Act.

Sponsors

Commerce committee

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named January 28, 2026

  • Rep. Shannon Lundgren (R) · shannon.lundgren@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Austin Baeth (D) · austin.baeth@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. David E. Young (R) · david.young@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 13 for, 9 against

For: AFSCME Council 61; American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN); American Heart Association; American Lung Association; Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights; CAFE Iowa Citizen's Action Network (Clean Air for Everyone); Cease Iowa; Iowa Behavioral Health Association (IBHA); Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition; Iowa Public Health Association; Iowa State Association of Counties; Linn County Board of Supervisors; and 1 more

Against: AFSCME Council 61; Boyd Gaming & Dubuque Diamond Jo & Diamond Jo Worth; Caesars Enterprise Services, LLC.; Churchill Downs Incorporated; Cigar Association of America, Inc.; Great River Entertainment; Iowa Gaming Association; Penn Entertainment/Ameristar; Wild Rose Entertainment, LLC

In plain words

  1. February 11, 2025Filed in the House and sent to the Commerce committee · as HSB 148
  2. February 11, 2025House subcommittee named: Lundgren, Harris and Scheetz · as HSB 148
  3. February 18, 2025Subcommittee recommended passing it · as HSB 148
  4. February 25, 2025Approved by the House committee · as HSB 148
  5. February 25, 2025Committee vote: 19–3 · as HSB 148
  6. March 5, 2025Filed in the House
  7. March 5, 2025Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 781 · as HSB 148
  8. April 3, 2025Sent to the House Commerce committee
  9. January 28, 2026House subcommittee named: Lundgren, Baeth and Young
  10. February 3, 2026Subcommittee 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/HF781