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SENATE
FILE
173
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
1069)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
concerning
the
licensing
and
regulation
of
gambling
1
games,
including
a
moratorium
on
the
issuance
of
new
2
licenses,
and
including
effective
date
and
retroactive
3
applicability
provisions.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
99F.4,
subsection
24,
Code
2025,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
24.
a.
To
conduct
a
socioeconomic
study
on
the
impact
of
3
gambling
on
Iowans,
every
eight
years
beginning
in
calendar
4
year
2013,
and
issue
a
report
on
that
study.
The
commission
5
shall
ensure
that
the
results
of
each
study
are
readily
6
accessible
to
the
public.
7
b.
The
report
on
the
study
must
include
all
of
the
8
following:
9
(1)
Information
on
the
financial
and
societal
impact
of
10
gambling.
11
(2)
An
analysis
of
problem
gambling
and
treatment
programs.
12
(3)
An
evaluation
of
existing
excursion
gambling
boats,
13
gambling
structures,
and
pari-mutuel
racetracks
located
in
14
rural
areas
or
near
the
state
border,
if
a
new
license
is
15
awarded.
16
(4)
A
comprehensive
assessment
of
potential
gambling
market
17
conditions.
18
(5)
An
evaluation
of
the
effects
on
the
gambling
market
from
19
competitive
gambling
locations
located
within
sixty
miles
of
20
the
state.
21
(6)
An
evaluation
of
the
effects
on
attracting
out-of-state
22
tourists
to
existing
excursion
gambling
boats,
gambling
23
structures,
and
pari-mutuel
racetracks
located
near
the
state
24
border.
25
(7)
An
evaluation
of
the
effects
on
existing
qualified
26
sponsoring
organizations
and
potential
reductions
in
annual
27
distributions
made
by
the
sponsoring
organization,
if
a
new
28
license
is
awarded.
29
(8)
The
percentage
ownership
of
existing
gambling
boats,
30
gambling
structures,
and
pari-mutuel
racetracks
by
residents
of
31
this
state
versus
any
applicant.
32
(9)
A
comprehensive
study
of
new
potential
adjusted
gross
33
receipts
after
awarding
a
new
license
and
the
level
of
gambling
34
saturation
with
a
sixty-mile
radius
of
any
existing
excursion
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gambling
boat,
gambling
structure,
or
racetrack
enclosure.
1
(10)
Criminal
statistics
near
existing
excursion
gambling
2
boats,
gambling
structures,
or
racetrack
enclosures,
and
near
3
any
potential
locations
of
an
excursion
gambling
boat,
gambling
4
structure,
or
racetrack
enclosure.
5
(11)
An
analysis
of
the
impact
on
community
services,
6
including
public
safety
expenditures,
fire
protection,
7
infrastructure
improvements,
and
other
capital
project
8
expenditures
in
counties.
9
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
99F.5A
Limitations
on
issuance
of
10
licenses
to
conduct
gambling
games.
11
1.
a.
Commencing
January
1,
2025,
through
June
30,
2030,
12
the
total
number
of
licenses
issued
by
the
commission
to
13
conduct
gambling
games
on
an
excursion
gambling
boat,
at
a
14
gambling
structure,
or
at
a
pari-mutuel
racetrack
shall
not
15
exceed
nineteen
subject
to
the
requirements
of
this
subsection.
16
b.
Licenses
to
conduct
gambling
games
shall
be
restricted
17
to
those
counties
where
an
excursion
gambling
boat,
gambling
18
structure,
or
racetrack
enclosure
was
operating
and
licensed
to
19
conduct
gambling
games
on
January
1,
2025.
20
c.
The
commission
shall
be
authorized
to
take
any
of
the
21
following
actions
concerning
the
issuance
of
licenses
to
22
conduct
gambling
games:
23
(1)
A
gambling
games
licensee
may
move
to
a
new
location
24
within
the
same
county
and
retain
the
gambling
games
license.
25
(2)
A
licensed
facility
may
be
sold
and
a
new
gambling
games
26
license
issued
for
operation
in
the
same
county.
27
(3)
If
a
license
to
conduct
gambling
games
is
surrendered,
28
not
renewed,
or
revoked,
a
new
gambling
games
license
may
be
29
issued
for
operation
in
the
same
county.
30
2.
On
or
after
July
1,
2030,
the
commission
shall
not
31
issue
a
new
license
until
after
the
commission
has
issued
the
32
required
report
on
the
socioeconomic
study
on
the
impact
of
33
gambling
on
Iowans
due
for
calendar
year
2029
in
accordance
34
with
section
99F.4,
subsection
24.
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3.
This
section
is
repealed
July
1,
2031.
1
Sec.
3.
Section
99F.6,
subsection
5,
Code
2025,
is
amended
2
to
read
as
follows:
3
5.
Before
a
license
is
granted,
an
operator
of
an
excursion
4
gambling
boat
shall
work
with
the
economic
development
5
authority
to
promote
tourism
throughout
Iowa
and
encourage
6
tourism
from
other
states
.
Tourism
information
from
local
7
civic
and
private
persons
may
be
submitted
for
dissemination.
8
The
commission
shall
not
issue
a
new
license
for
a
new
location
9
that
would
negatively
impact
an
existing
licensee
located
10
in
a
county
contiguous
to
the
Iowa
border
or
located
in
a
11
county
that
qualifies
as
a
rural
county.
For
purposes
of
this
12
subsection,
“rural
county”
means
a
county
with
a
population
13
of
less
than
thirty
thousand
as
determined
by
the
most
recent
14
population
estimate
produced
by
the
United
States
bureau
of
15
the
census
or
the
most
recent
decennial
census
released
by
the
16
United
States
bureau
of
the
census.
17
Sec.
4.
Section
99F.6,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
the
18
following
new
subsection:
19
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
10.
a.
The
commission
shall
not
issue
a
20
new
license
to
conduct
gambling
games
if
the
commission
finds
21
the
approval
of
a
new
license
would
cause
or
do
any
of
the
22
following:
23
(1)
Negatively
impact
the
adjusted
gross
receipts
of
an
24
existing
excursion
gambling
boat,
gambling
structure,
or
25
racetrack
enclosure
by
more
than
ten
percent.
26
(2)
Negatively
impact
the
annual
distributions
of
an
27
existing
qualified
sponsoring
organization.
28
b.
If
the
commission
does
not
issue
a
new
license
to
conduct
29
gambling
games
in
a
county,
another
application
shall
not
be
30
submitted
for
that
county
for
eight
years
from
the
date
of
the
31
decision
not
to
issue
the
license.
32
Sec.
5.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
33
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
34
Sec.
6.
RETROACTIVE
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
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retroactively
to
January
1,
2025.
1
EXPLANATION
2
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
3
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
4
This
bill
concerns
the
licensing
and
regulation
of
gambling
5
games.
Under
current
law,
the
state
racing
and
gaming
6
commission
(commission)
is
required
to
conduct
a
socioeconomic
7
study
on
the
impact
of
gambling
on
Iowans
every
eight
years.
8
The
bill
identifies
certain
topics
the
commission
must
examine
9
for
this
socioeconomic
study,
and
prohibits
the
commission
10
from
issuing
a
new
license
on
or
after
July
1,
2030,
until
the
11
required
report
on
the
socioeconomic
study
has
been
issued
by
12
the
commission
for
2029.
13
The
bill
places
a
moratorium
on
the
issuance
of
new
licenses
14
to
conduct
gambling
games
in
excess
of
19
licenses
from
January
15
1,
2025,
through
June
30,
2030.
The
bill
restricts
gambling
16
games
licenses
to
those
counties
conducting
gambling
games
on
17
January
1,
2025.
The
bill
allows
the
commission
to
authorize
a
18
gambling
games
licensee
to
move
to
a
new
location
within
the
19
same
county,
to
issue
a
gambling
games
license
in
a
county
if
20
a
licensed
facility
in
that
county
is
sold,
and
to
issue
a
new
21
license
in
a
county
if
a
previous
license
to
conduct
gambling
22
games
in
that
county
was
surrendered,
not
renewed,
or
revoked.
23
Before
a
license
is
granted,
the
bill
requires
an
operator
24
of
an
excursion
gambling
boat
to
work
with
the
economic
25
development
authority
to
encourage
tourism
from
other
states.
26
The
bill
prohibits
the
commission
from
issuing
a
new
gambling
27
games
license
to
an
excursion
gambling
boat
if
the
new
28
license
would
impact
an
existing
licensee
located
in
a
county
29
contiguous
to
the
Iowa
border
or
a
“rural
county”
(a
county
30
with
a
population
less
than
30,000).
31
The
bill
prohibits
the
commission
from
issuing
a
new
32
gambling
games
license
if
the
new
license
would
negatively
33
impact
the
adjusted
gross
receipts
of
an
existing
gambling
34
games
licensee
by
more
than
10
percent,
or
negatively
impact
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the
annual
distributions
of
an
existing
qualified
sponsoring
1
organization.
If
the
commission
does
not
issue
a
gambling
2
games
license
in
a
county,
another
applicant
cannot
apply
for
a
3
license
in
the
same
county
for
eight
years
from
the
date
of
the
4
decision
not
to
issue.
5
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment
and
applies
6
retroactively
to
January
1,
2025.
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