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

SF 76: Concerning a moratorium on the issuance of new gambling games licenses, and including effective date 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 places a moratorium on the issuance of new licenses to conduct gambling games in excess of licenses through June 30, 2030. The bill restricts gambling games licenses to those counties conducting gambling games on the effective date of the bill. The bill allows the racing and gaming commission to authorize a gambling games licensee to move to a new location within the same county, to issue a gambling games license in S.F. a county if a licensed facility in that county is sold, and to issue a new license in a county if a previous license to conduct gambling games in that county was surrendered, not renewed, or revoked. The bill takes effect upon enactment.

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named January 28, 2025

Sen. Ken Rozenboom (R) · ken.rozenboom@legis.iowa.gov
Sen. Tony Bisignano (D) · tony.bisignano@legis.iowa.gov
Sen. Jason Schultz (R) · jason.schultz@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 9 for, 6 against

For: Caesars Enterprise Services, LLC.; Dubuque Area Chamber of Commerce; Elite Casino Resorts, LLC; Great River Entertainment; Iowa Gaming Association; Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino; Q Casino; Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce; Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa

Against: Cedar Rapids Development Group LLC; Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance; City of Cedar Rapids; IBEW Iowa State Conference; Linn County Board of Supervisors; Mid-American Carpenters Regional Council

In plain words

January 22, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the State Government committee
January 28, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Rozenboom, Bisignano and Schultz