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IA SF2182

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/3/2026

Primary Sponsor

Jeff Reichman

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Origin

Senate

91st General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Authorizes licensed qualified organizations to conduct "queen of hearts" games, a raffle-based card game where participants win a jackpot by selecting a pre-designated winning card from a 54-card deck over multiple rounds.

  • Adds "queen of hearts" to the legal definition of "game of chance" alongside bingo, allowing cash prizes to be awarded to raffle winners, consolation prize recipients, and jackpot winners.

  • Creates exceptions to existing gambling restrictions for queen of hearts games, permitting build-up/pyramid structures, concealed cards, and requiring winners to be present—rules that are otherwise prohibited for other gambling activities.

  • Limits cash prizes for queen of hearts: raffle prizes capped at $1,000 per round, consolation prizes for non-winning cards capped at $500, with no explicit cap stated for the jackpot amount.

  • Amends Iowa Code Chapter 99B to establish a new section (99B.28) with specific operational requirements for conducting queen of hearts games by qualified organizations.

Legislative Description

A bill for an act relating to games of queen of hearts conducted by licensed qualified organizations, and making penalties applicable.

Last Action

Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.

2/11/2026

Committee Referrals

State Government2/3/2026

Full Bill Text

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