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A bill for an act relating to sports wagering receipts, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HSB 330 .)

A bill for an act relating to sports wagering receipts, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HSB 330 .)

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COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Last action
2025-05-14
Official status
Withdrawn. H.J. 1212 .
Effective date
Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to sports wagering receipts, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HSB 330 .)

A bill for an act relating to sports wagering receipts, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HSB 330 .)

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to sports wagering receipts, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HSB 330 .)

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Bill History

  1. 2025-05-14 Iowa Legislature

    Withdrawn. H.J. 1212 .

  2. 2025-05-14 Iowa Legislature

    SF 660 substituted. H.J. 1211 .

  3. 2025-05-14 Iowa Legislature

    Amendment H-1359 filed, adopted. H.J. 1211 .

  4. 2025-05-07 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, placed on Appropriations calendar. H.J. 1090 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to sports wagering receipts, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HSB 330 .)

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House

File

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

1041

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

APPROPRIATIONS

(SUCCESSOR

TO

HSB

330)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

sports

wagering

receipts,

making

1

appropriations,

and

including

effective

date

provisions.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

Section

8.57I,

subsection

2,

Code

2025,

is

1

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

2.

Moneys

in

the

sports

wagering

receipts

fund

are

not

3

subject

to

section

8.33

.

Notwithstanding

section

12C.7,

4

subsection

2

,

interest

or

earnings

on

moneys

in

the

sports

5

wagering

receipts

fund

shall

be

credited

to

the

fund.

Moneys

6

in

the

sports

wagering

receipts

fund

may

be

used

for

cash

flow

7

purposes

during

a

fiscal

year

provided

that

any

moneys

so

8

allocated

are

returned

to

the

fund

by

the

end

of

that

fiscal

9

year.

10

Sec.

2.

Section

8.57I,

subsections

4

and

5,

Code

2025,

11

are

amended

by

striking

the

subsections

and

inserting

in

lieu

12

thereof

the

following:

13

4.

For

the

fiscal

year

beginning

July

1,

2025,

and

each

14

fiscal

year

thereafter,

from

the

moneys

deposited

in

the

15

sports

wagering

receipts

fund

in

that

fiscal

year,

there

is

16

appropriated

to

the

following

entities,

the

following

amounts,

17

in

the

following

order

of

priority:

18

a.

The

first

one

million

seven

hundred

fifty

thousand

19

dollars

is

appropriated

to

the

department

of

health

and

20

human

services

to

be

used

for

behavioral

health

prevention,

21

treatment,

and

recovery

efforts

to

reduce

the

prevalence

22

of

the

use

of,

provide

treatment

for,

and

support

recovery

23

from

alcohol,

tobacco,

and

substance

use

and

misuse,

problem

24

gambling,

and

other

addictive

behaviors.

25

b.

Of

the

remaining

amount,

the

next

seven

hundred

fifty

26

thousand

dollars

is

appropriated

to

the

economic

development

27

authority

for

equal

distribution

to

regional

sports

authority

28

districts

certified

under

section

15E.321.

29

c.

Of

the

remaining

amount,

the

next

one

million

five

30

hundred

thousand

dollars

is

appropriated

to

the

economic

31

development

authority

for

deposit

in

the

length

of

service

32

award

program

grant

fund

created

in

section

100B.52.

33

d.

Of

the

remaining

amount:

34

(1)

Fifty

percent

is

appropriated

to

the

department

of

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public

safety

for

deposit

in

the

public

safety

equipment

fund

1

created

in

section

80.48.

2

(2)

Fifty

percent

is

appropriated

to

the

department

3

of

management

for

deposit

in

the

local

emergency

services

4

equipment

grant

account

created

in

subsection

5.

5

5.

There

is

created

a

local

emergency

services

equipment

6

grant

account

within

the

sports

wagering

receipts

fund.

The

7

account

shall

consist

of

moneys

deposited

in

the

account

8

pursuant

to

subsection

4

and

any

other

moneys

appropriated

9

to

or

deposited

in

the

account.

Moneys

in

the

account

are

10

appropriated

to

the

department

of

management

to

issue

grants

11

to

local

governments

for

the

purchase

of

emergency

services

12

equipment.

To

be

eligible,

a

local

government

must

be

a

13

county

that

is

one

of

the

least

populous

eighty-eight

counties

14

in

the

state

according

to

the

most

recent

federal

decennial

15

census

or

must

be

a

small

city

as

defined

in

section

15.352.

16

The

department

of

management

shall

adopt

rules

pursuant

to

17

chapter

17A

to

implement

and

administer

this

subsection,

18

including

but

not

limited

to

grant

application

requirements

19

and

qualifications

for

emergency

services

equipment

that

may

20

be

purchased

with

grant

moneys.

21

Sec.

3.

Section

15E.311,

subsection

3,

paragraph

a,

Code

22

2025,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

23

a.

At

the

end

of

each

fiscal

year,

moneys

in

the

fund

24

shall

be

transferred

into

separate

accounts

within

the

fund

25

and

designated

for

use

by

each

county

in

which

no

licensee

26

authorized

to

conduct

gambling

games

under

chapter

99F

was

27

located

during

that

fiscal

year.

Moneys

transferred

to

28

county

accounts

shall

be

divided

equally

among

the

counties.

29

Moneys

transferred

into

an

account

for

a

county

shall

be

30

transferred

by

the

department

to

an

eligible

county

recipient

31

for

that

county.

Of

the

moneys

transferred,

an

eligible

county

32

recipient

shall

distribute

seventy-five

percent

of

the

moneys

33

as

grants

to

charitable

organizations

for

charitable

purposes

34

in

that

county

and

shall

retain

twenty-five

percent

of

the

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moneys

for

use

in

establishing

a

permanent

endowment

fund

1

for

the

benefit

of

charitable

organizations

for

charitable

2

purposes.

In

addition,

of

the

moneys

transferred

from

moneys

3

appropriated

to

the

fund

from

the

sports

wagering

receipts

4

fund

created

in

section

8.57I

and

distributed,

eligible

5

county

recipients

shall

give

consideration

for

grants,

upon

6

application,

to

a

charitable

organization

that

operates

a

7

racetrack

facility

that

conducts

automobile

races

in

that

8

county.

Of

the

amounts

distributed,

eligible

county

recipients

9

shall

give

special

consideration

to

grants

for

projects

that

10

include

significant

vertical

infrastructure

components

designed

11

to

enhance

quality

of

life

aspects

within

local

communities.

12

In

addition,

as

a

condition

of

receiving

a

grant,

the

governing

13

body

of

a

charitable

organization

receiving

a

grant

shall

14

approve

all

expenditures

of

grant

moneys

and

shall

allow

a

15

state

audit

of

expenditures

of

all

grant

moneys.

16

Sec.

4.

SPORTS

WAGERING

RECEIPTS

FUND

——

FY

17

2024-2025.

There

is

appropriated

from

the

sports

wagering

18

receipts

fund

created

in

section

8.57I

to

the

following

19

departments

and

agencies

for

the

fiscal

year

beginning

July

20

1,

2024,

and

ending

June

30,

2025,

the

following

amounts,

or

21

so

much

thereof

as

is

necessary,

to

be

used

for

the

purposes

22

designated:

23

1.

ECONOMIC

DEVELOPMENT

AUTHORITY

24

a.

For

deposit

in

the

community

attraction

and

tourism

fund

25

created

in

section

15F.204:

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$

10,000,000

27

b.

For

deposit

in

the

destination

Iowa

fund

created

in

28

section

15.281:

29

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10,000,000

30

2.

DEPARTMENT

OF

HOMELAND

SECURITY

AND

EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT

31

For

deposit

in

the

levee

improvement

fund

created

in

section

32

8.57D:

33

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$

10,000,000

34

Sec.

5.

EFFECTIVE

DATE.

The

following,

being

deemed

of

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immediate

importance,

takes

effect

upon

enactment:

1

The

section

of

this

Act

appropriating

moneys

from

the

sports

2

wagering

receipts

fund

for

the

fiscal

year

beginning

July

1,

3

2024.

4

Sec.

6.

CONTINGENT

EFFECTIVE

DATE.

The

following

takes

5

effect

on

the

effective

date

of

2025

Iowa

Acts,

House

File

1002

6

or

Senate

File

627,

or

successor

legislation,

if

enacted:

7

The

portion

of

the

section

of

this

Act

enacting

section

8

8.57I,

subsection

4,

paragraph

“c”.

9

EXPLANATION

10

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

11

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

12

Under

current

law,

the

sports

wagering

receipts

fund

(Code

13

section

8.57I)

receives

moneys

from

the

internet

fantasy

sports

14

contest

tax

(Code

section

99E.6)

and

the

sports

wagering

15

net

receipts

tax

(Code

section

99F.11(5)).

The

general

16

assembly

has

annually

appropriated

moneys

from

the

fund

to

the

17

department

of

health

and

human

services

(HHS)

for

behavioral

18

health

prevention,

treatment,

and

recovery

efforts

associated

19

with

alcohol,

tobacco,

and

substance

use

and

misuse,

problem

20

gambling,

and

other

addictive

behaviors.

21

For

FY

2025-2026,

and

each

fiscal

year

thereafter,

this

bill

22

appropriates

moneys

deposited

in

the

sports

wagering

receipts

23

fund

in

that

fiscal

year

to

HHS

for

such

behavioral

health

24

prevention,

treatment,

and

recovery

efforts;

to

the

economic

25

development

authority

(IEDA)

for

equal

distribution

to

regional

26

sports

authority

districts;

to

IEDA

for

deposit

in

the

length

27

of

service

award

program

grant

fund,

if

enacted

by

the

general

28

assembly;

to

the

department

of

public

safety

for

deposit

in

29

the

public

safety

equipment

fund;

and

to

the

department

of

30

management

(DOM)

for

deposit

in

the

local

emergency

services

31

equipment

grant

account

created

in

the

bill.

From

the

account,

32

DOM

may

issue

grants

to

eligible

local

governments

for

the

33

purchase

of

emergency

services

equipment.

34

The

bill

strikes

the

authorization

to

use

moneys

in

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the

sports

wagering

receipts

fund

for

cash

flow

purposes,

1

reporting

requirements

relating

to

the

use

of

moneys

from

2

the

sports

wagering

receipts

fund

for

projects,

and

required

3

considerations

for

grants

from

the

county

endowment

fund

using

4

moneys

from

the

sports

wagering

receipts

fund

(moneys

are

not

5

transferred

from

the

sports

wagering

receipts

fund

to

the

6

county

endowment

fund

under

current

law

or

the

bill).

7

For

FY

2024-2025,

the

bill

appropriates

moneys

from

the

8

sports

wagering

receipts

fund

to

the

community

attraction

and

9

tourism

fund,

destination

Iowa

fund,

and

levee

improvement

10

fund.

This

provision

takes

effect

upon

enactment.

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