Iowa HF 144: A bill for an act requiring that human growth and development instruction by school boards include age-appropriate information regarding dating violence and prevention.

Bill Text

House
File
144
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Reprinted

HOUSE
FILE
144

BY
COMMITTEE
ON
WAYS
AND
MEANS

(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
80)

(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
House
January
30,
2025
)

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:
5

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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
35

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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.

35

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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
th