A bill for an act relating to thoroughbred and quarter horse racing seasons.
HF 2615 sets minimum season lengths for horse racing in Iowa: thoroughbred seasons must be at least 67 days, and quarter horse seasons at least 26 days. It requires thoroughbred and quarter horse racing seasons to run separately with no overlapping dates - races for one breed cannot occur on the same day, and one season must end before the other begins - unless racing associations and Polk County’s racetrack licensee agree in writing. The bill responds to a recent commission interpretation that allowed overlapping races without such agreement. This directly affects thoroughbred and quarter horse racing associations and the Polk County racetrack licensee.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
Signed into Law
May 2026
Introduced Feb 19, 2026
Signed May 19, 2026
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The bill was reformatted from a single-column text layout to a standard two-column enrolled format used for official state legislation. No substantive policy changes, legal requirements, or text were altered; the content remains identical to the previous version.
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Changed the document layout from a single-column text stream to a standard two-column enrolled format, which is a formatting update for official publication rather than a change to the law's content.
Floor votes · Senate May 2, 2026
How they voted
31–14
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 49
May 2, 2026
D
Democratic15
86% Nay
R
Republican34
91% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
7
Committee
4
May 19, 2026
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
lower
May 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate, yeas 30, nays 16.
upper
Mar 19, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee report, recommending passage.
upper
Mar 16, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee recommends passage.
legislature
Mar 10, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee Meeting: 03/16/2026 12:30PM Room 315.
legislature
Mar 3, 2026
Upper · Passed
Subcommittee: Bousselot, Bisignano, and Green.
upper
Feb 26, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed House, yeas 86, nays 4.
lower
Feb 19, 2026
Introduced
Introduced, placed on calendar.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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