Bill Text: IA HF2349 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Enrolled

Iowa House Bill 2349 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to persons voluntarily excluded from gambling facilities. (Formerly HSB 610.) Effective 7-1-18.

Sponsorship: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2018-04-10 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 768. [HF2349 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-HF2349-Enrolled.html


House File 2349 - Enrolled




                              HOUSE FILE       
                              BY  COMMITTEE ON STATE
                                  GOVERNMENT

                              (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 610)
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                                   A BILL FOR
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                                        House File 2349

                             AN ACT
 RELATING TO PERSONS VOLUNTARILY EXCLUDED FROM GAMBLING
    FACILITIES.

 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
    Section 1.  Section 99D.7, subsection 23, Code 2018, is
 amended to read as follows:
    23.  To require licensees to establish a process to allow
 a person to be voluntarily excluded from the wagering area of
 a racetrack enclosure and from the gaming floor, as defined
 in section 99F.1, of all other licensed facilities under this
 chapter and chapter 99F as provided in this subsection. The
 process shall provide that an initial request by a person to
 be voluntarily excluded shall be for a period of five years
 or life and any subsequent request following any five=year
 period shall be for a period of five years or life. The
 process established shall require that licensees be provided
 electronic access to names and social security numbers of
 persons voluntarily excluded through a secured interactive
 internet site maintained by the commission and information
 regarding persons voluntarily excluded shall be disseminated
 to all licensees under this chapter and chapter 99F.  The
 names, social security numbers, and information regarding
 persons voluntarily excluded shall be kept confidential
 unless otherwise ordered by a court or by another person
 duly authorized to release such information. The process
 established shall also require a person requesting to be
 voluntarily excluded be provided information compiled by the
 Iowa department of public health on gambling treatment options
 and shall also require that a licensee disseminate information
 regarding persons voluntarily excluded to all licensees under
 this chapter and chapter 99F.  The state and any licensee under
 this chapter or chapter 99F shall not be liable to any person
 for any claim which may arise from this process. In addition
 to any other penalty provided by law, any money or thing of
 value that has been obtained by, or is owed to, a voluntarily
 excluded person by a licensee as a result of wagers made by the
 person after the person has been voluntarily excluded shall not
  be paid to forfeited by the person but and shall be credited to
 the general fund of the state.
    Sec. 2.  Section 99F.4, subsection 22, Code 2018, is amended
 to read as follows:
    22.  To require licensees to establish a process to allow
 a person to be voluntarily excluded from the gaming floor of
 an excursion gambling boat, and from the wagering area, as
 defined in section 99D.2, and from the gaming floor of all
 other licensed facilities under this chapter and chapter 99D
 as provided in this subsection. The process shall provide
 that an initial request by a person to be voluntarily excluded
 shall be for a period of five years or life and any subsequent
 request following any five=year period shall be for a period
 of five years or life. The process established shall require
 that licensees be provided electronic access to names and
 social security numbers of persons voluntarily excluded
 through a secured interactive internet site maintained by
 the commission and information regarding persons voluntarily
 excluded shall be disseminated to all licensees under this
 chapter and chapter 99D.  The names, social security numbers,
 and information regarding persons voluntarily excluded shall
 be kept confidential unless otherwise ordered by a court or by
 another person duly authorized to release such information.
  The process established shall also require a person requesting
 to be voluntarily excluded be provided information compiled
 by the Iowa department of public health on gambling treatment
 options and shall also require that a licensee disseminate
 information regarding persons voluntarily excluded to all
 licensees under this chapter and chapter 99D.  The state and
 any licensee under this chapter or chapter 99D shall not be
 liable to any person for any claim which may arise from this
 process. In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any
 money or thing of value that has been obtained by, or is owed
 to, a voluntarily excluded person by a licensee as a result of
 wagers made by the person after the person has been voluntarily
 excluded shall not be paid to forfeited by the person but and
  shall be credited to the general fund of the state.
    Sec. 3.  VOLUNTARILY EXCLUDED PERSONS INTERNET SITE.  By
 January 1, 2019, the racing and gaming commission shall develop
 and thereafter maintain a secured interactive internet site
 to provide licensees electronic access to names and social
 security numbers of persons voluntarily excluded as provided
 in this Act.


                                                                                            LINDA UPMEYER


                                                                                            CHARLES SCHNEIDE


                                                                                            CARMINE BOAL


                                                                                            KIM REYNOLDS

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