House Speaker Pat Grassley says he’d like to ensure a new moratorium on casinos would have enough votes to pass the Senate and be signed into law by the governor before the House takes a vote on the proposal.

Iowa legislative session begins Monday and a key lawmaker plans to propose a moratorium on new casinos in Iowa. Representative Bobby Kaufmann’s bill would ultimately block the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission from considering a casino license application from Cedar Rapids.

Legislation blocking a new casino from being built in Iowa is expected to be brought up early on during the 2025 legislative session.GOP House Rep. Bobby Kaufm

Lawmakers are gathering at the Iowa Capitol in Des Moines to begin the Iowa Legislature's 2025 session. Follow along for updates.

Wilton, intends to file a bill that would enact a five-year moratorium on issuing new casino licenses in the state, through June 30, 2030.

Iowa lawmakers are expected to again consider a moratorium blocking the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission from awarding new gaming licenses in the state.

Property tax cuts, changes to Iowa’s higher education system and a statewide policy over cellphone use in schools are among the priorities state lawmakers intend to tackle when the Iowa Legislature convenes Monday for the 2025 session.

Iowa Republicans plan to bring up legislation in the coming weeks to block plans for a casino to be built in Cedar Rapids.The Iowa Legislature did so a few year

Iowa lawmakers are poised to debate legislation that would block the construction of new casinos in the state, with a proposal expected to surface early in the 2025 legislative session. The measure, a response to Cedar Rapids’ ambitions to establish the Cedar Crossing Casino, would halt new casino developments until 2029.

Iowa's legislative session begins Monday ... The focus of state Rep. Bobby Kaufmann, R-Wilton, the chair of the taxing committee Ways & Means, is likely to be on property tax reform; state ...

Bobby Kaufmann, chair of the House tax policy committee ... full implementation of this new flat tax would be,” he said. Iowa’s nonpartisan Revenue Estimating Conference projects the state ...

Former Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad said President Donald Trump has expanded Republicans' base in Iowa since his first term in 2017.