All Roll Calls
Yes: 133 • No: 0
IowaHF 26091st General Assembly (2025–2026)House
A bill for an act relating to the Iowa lottery. (Formerly HSB 69.) Effective date: 07/01/2025.
Sponsored By: COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT
Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
5 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 2 costs, 2 mixed.
Some lottery job applicants face fewer bans
Beginning July 1, 2025, a conviction involving 'moral turpitude'—a legal term for serious misconduct—is no longer an automatic lottery employment ban. Felony, bookmaking, and other illegal-gambling convictions still bar employment under the lottery law. The director decides how other crimes affect hiring.
Lottery insiders and families face ticket bans
Beginning July 1, 2025, Iowa Lottery Commission members and lottery department officers and employees cannot buy lottery tickets or shares or receive prizes. The ban also covers state officers and employees providing lottery services who have confidential information that could compromise lottery integrity. Vendor officers, employees, agents, and subcontractors with that access are also barred. A covered person's spouse, child, sibling, or parent is barred if they shared that person's principal home for at least 183 of the preceding 365 days.
Lottery kiosks limited to printed products
Beginning July 1, 2025, self-service lottery kiosks may dispense only printed products, including lotto, instant, and pull-tab tickets. They cannot show or play audio or video of lottery game play. The kiosk definition excludes monitor vending machines and player-activated gaming machines. The law defines lotto as a game linked to a central computer where players select numbers, symbols, or characters from a set range.
Lottery security changes reduce drawing oversight
Beginning July 1, 2025, drawings remain public, but an independent certified public accountant no longer must witness them. An independent accountant must still check the equipment before and after each drawing. Ticket order histories, inventories, and other records are protected from release when disclosure could harm game security, integrity, fairness, or retailer security. Staff with law-enforcement training and experience can support security work as needed without sworn peace officer status; security duties include protecting central facilities. The department must report suspected violations, but chooses the appropriate county attorney, attorney general, or law enforcement agency with jurisdiction.
State lottery transfers get more time
Beginning July 1, 2025, a dedicated Lottery Fund in the state treasurer's office receives lottery revenue and other lawful deposits. The director must certify the quarterly transfer amount before the last day of the month following each quarter. Transfers to the state General Fund are due within 45 days after quarter-end, replacing the previous 30-day deadline. Upon request and with the state treasurer's approval, the director may keep enough money for 21 days of expected administrative expenses. Before transfer deadlines, the director may place lottery revenue in designated interest-bearing accounts; the interest follows the same transfer rules. Full revenue and expense statements are required quarterly and annually for the Lottery Commission, governor, state auditor, and legislature. Lottery revenue generally stays outside the Department of Management's General Fund revenue estimates, except as allowed under section 8.22A.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 2/25/2025
Passed Senate
Yes: 41 • No: 0
House vote • 2/20/2025
Passed House
Yes: 92 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Signed by Governor.
3/28/2025HouseReported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
3/28/2025HouseMessage from Senate.
2/26/2025HouseImmediate message.
2/25/2025SenatePassed Senate, yeas 41, nays 0.
2/25/2025SenateSubstituted for SF 306.
2/25/2025SenateRead first time, attached to SF 306.
2/24/2025SenateMessage from House.
2/24/2025SenateImmediate message.
2/20/2025HousePassed House, yeas 92, nays 0.
2/20/2025HouseAmendment H-1014 adopted.
2/20/2025HouseAmendment H-1014 filed.
2/18/2025HouseIntroduced, placed on calendar.
2/6/2025House
Bill Text
As Introduced
Enrolled
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