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STATE OF IOWA
KIM REYNOLDS
GOVERNOR
May 15, 2026
The Honorable Paul Pate
Secretary of State of Iowa
State Capitol
Des Moines, Iowa 50319
Dear Mr. Secretary,
I hereby transmit:
Senate File 2289, an Act relating to matters under the purview of the department of
inspections, appeals, and licensing, and including effective date provisions.
Tire above Senate File is hereby approved on this date.
S merely.
KimReynol dK
Governor of Iowa
cc: Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House
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Senate File 2289
AN ACT
RELATING TO MATTERS UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
INSPECTIONS, APPEALS, AND LICENSING, AND INCLUDING EFFECTIVE
DATE PROVISIONS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
DIVISION I
GAMBLING
Section 1. Section 99D.5, subsection 4, Code 2026, is
amended to read as follows:
4. Commission members are each entitled to receive an
annual salary of ten thousand dollars. Members shall also be
reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of
their duties to a maximum of thirty forty-five thousand dollars
per year for the commission. Each member shall be covered by
the blanket surety bond of the state purchased pursuant to
section 8A.321, subsection 12.
Sec. 2. Section 99D.7, subsection 25, Code 2026, is amended
to read as follows:
25. To take any other action as may be reasonable or
appropriate to enforce this chapter and the commission rules^
including but not limited to issuing cease and desist orders
and obtaining injunctive relief against a person offering
pari-mutuel wagering or advance deposit wagering, as defined in
section 99D.11, in this state without holding an appropriate
license issued by the commission .
Senate File 2289, p. 2
Sec. 3. Section 99E.3, subsection 2, paragraph f, Code 2026,
is amended to read as follows:
f. To take any other action as may be reasonable or
appropriate to enforce this chapter and the commission rulesj_
including but not limited to issuing cease and desist orders
and obtaining injunctive relief against a person offering
internet fantasy sports contests in this state without holding
an appropriate license issued by the commission .
Sec. 4. Section 99F.4, subsection 13, Code 2026, is amended
to read as follows:
13. To take any other action as may be reasonable or
appropriate to enforce this chapter and the commission rules^
including but not limited to issuing cease and desist orders
and obtaining injunctive relief against a person offering games
of chance, gambling, sports wagering, or illegal sweepstakes in
this state without holding an appropriate license issued by the
commission or otherwise being specifically authorized by law .
Sec. 5. Section 99F.15, subsection 4, unnumbered paragraph
1, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
A person commits a class "D" felony and, in addition, shall
be barred for life from sports wagering, advance deposit sports
wagering, as defined in section 99F.9, excursion gambling
boats^ and gambling structures under the jurisdiction of the
commission, if the person does any of the following:
Sec. 6. Section 99F.15, subsection 6, paragraph c, Code
2026, is amended to read as follows:
c. Two convictions of the offense of unlawful betting as
provided in this subsection shall result in the person being
barred for life from sports wagering, advance deposit sports
wagering, as defined in section 99F.9, excursion gambling
boats^ and gambling structures under the jurisdiction of the
commission.
Sec. 7. Section 422.16, subsection 2, paragraph d, Code
2026, is amended to read as follows:
d. For the purposes of this subsection, state income tax
shall be withheld on winnings in excess of six hundred dollars
derived from gambling activities authorized under chapter
99B or 99G. State income tax shall be withheld on winnings
in e xc ess of on e thousand dollars from gambling activities
Senate File 2289, p. 3
authorized under chapter 99D if the winnings are in an amount
sufficient to require that an information return be filed
pursuant to 26 U.S.C. §6041, as amended to July 4, 2025 .
State income tax shall be withheld on winnings in e xc ess- of
one— thou s and -two hundr e d dollars derived from slot machines
authorized under chapter 99F if the winnings are in an amount
sufficient to require that an information return be filed
pursuant to 26 U.S.C. §6041, as amended to July 4, 2025 . State
income tax shall be withheld on winnings from sports wagering
authorized under chapter 99F whenever federal income tax is
required to be withheld from the same winnings in accordance
with the Internal Revenue Code.
Sec. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE. The following, being deemed of
immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment:
The section of this division of this Act amending section
422.16, subsection 2, paragraph "d".
DIVISION II
STATE BUILDING CODE
Sec. 9. Section 103A.8C, subsection 1, Code 2026, is amended
to read as follows:
1. The commissioner, after consulting with and receiving
recommendations from the department of public defense homeland
security and emergency management and the department of natural
resources, shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A specifying
standards and requirements for design and construction of safe
rooms and storm shelters. In developing these standards, the
commissioner shall consider nationally recognized standards.
The standards and requirements shall be incorporated into the
state building code established in section 103A.7, but shall
not be interpreted to require the inclusion of a safe room or
storm shelter in a building construction project unless such
inclusion is expressly required by another statute or by a
federal statute or regulation. However, if a safe room or
storm shelter is included in any building construction project
which reaches the design development phase on or after January
1, 2011, compliance with the standards developed pursuant to
this section shall be required.
Sec. 10. Section 103A.23, subsection 2, Code 2026, is
amended to read as follows:
Senate File 2289, p. 4
2. All fees collected by the commissioner shall be deposited
in the stat e t-roasury to the credit of the g e neral fund of th e
stat e licensing and regulation fund created in section 10A.507 .
DIVISION III
RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES
Sec. 11. Section 135C.2, subsection 6, unnumbered paragraph
1, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
The department shall establish a special classification
within the residential care facility category for residential
care facilities which have the primary purpose of serving
pediatric palliative care patients and that only provides
respite care services and the services of a hospice program
as defined in section 135J.1. A facility within the special
classification established pursuant to this subsection shall
be exempt from section 135.62 and may serve any number of
individuals, including zero . The department shall adopt rules
pursuant to chapter 17A which shall include but not be limited
to all of the following:
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AMY SINCLAIR PAT GRASSLEY 7/
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
is known as Senate File 2289, Ninety-first General Assembly.
Approved 2026
W. CHARLES SMITHSON
Secretary of^UcSenate
KIM REYNOLDS ( \
Governor