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

SF 2051: Relating to the elimination of the exemption of gaming floors from the prohibitions of the smokefree air Act

Died when the session ended · The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. 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.

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named January 20, 2026

Sen. Dennis Guth (R) · dennis.guth@legis.iowa.gov
Sen. Tony Bisignano (D) · tony.bisignano@legis.iowa.gov
Sen. Dawn Driscoll (R) · dawn.driscoll@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 14 for, 6 against

For: 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 Nurses Association; Iowa Public Health Association; Iowa Society for Respiratory Care; Iowa State Association of Counties; The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids; and 2 more

Against: Boyd Gaming & Dubuque Diamond Jo & Diamond Jo Worth; Caesars Enterprise Services, LLC.; Elite Casino Resorts, LLC; Iowa Gaming Association; Penn Entertainment/Ameristar; Wild Rose Entertainment, LLC

In plain words

January 14, 2026Filed in the Senate and sent to the State Government committee
January 20, 2026Senate subcommittee named: Guth, Bisignano and Driscoll
January 26, 2026Subcommittee recommended against it