Bill Text: IA HF755 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act authorizing sports wagering on electronic sports events and other sports-related events.(Formerly HSB 200.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-15 - Referred to State Government. H.J. 965. [HF755 Detail]
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
200)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
authorizing
sports
wagering
on
electronic
sports
events
1
and
other
sports-related
events.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
99F.1,
subsection
3,
Code
2021,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
3.
“Authorized
sporting
event”
means
a
professional
sporting
3
event,
collegiate
sporting
event,
international
sporting
4
event,
electronic
sports
event,
or
professional
motor
race
5
event.
“Authorized
sporting
event”
does
not
include
a
race
as
6
defined
in
section
99D.2
,
a
fantasy
sports
contest
as
defined
7
in
section
99E.1
,
minor
league
sporting
event,
or
any
athletic
8
event
or
competition
of
an
interscholastic
sport
as
defined
in
9
section
9A.102
.
10
Sec.
2.
Section
99F.1,
Code
2021,
is
amended
by
adding
the
11
following
new
subsection:
12
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
10A.
“Electronic
sports
event”
means
13
a
multiplayer
video
game
event
governed
by
a
recognized
14
professional,
international,
or
collegiate
video
game
governing
15
body.
16
Sec.
3.
Section
99F.1,
Code
2021,
is
amended
by
adding
the
17
following
new
subsection:
18
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
27A.
“Sports-related
event”
means
an
19
event
that
takes
place
in
relation
to
an
authorized
sporting
20
event,
but
that
is
not
tied
to
the
outcome
of
a
specific
21
athletic
event
or
contest
as
authorized
by
the
commission.
22
“Sports-related
event”
includes,
but
is
not
limited
to,
23
professional
sports
drafts
and
individual
player
awards.
24
Sec.
4.
Section
99F.1,
subsection
28,
Code
2021,
is
amended
25
to
read
as
follows:
26
28.
“Sports
wagering”
means
the
acceptance
of
wagers
on
27
an
authorized
sporting
event
or
sports-related
event
by
any
28
system
of
wagering
as
authorized
by
the
commission.
“Sports
29
wagering”
does
not
include
placing
a
wager
on
the
performance
30
or
nonperformance
of
any
individual
athlete
participating
in
a
31
single
game
or
match
of
a
collegiate
sporting
event
in
which
32
a
collegiate
team
from
this
state
is
a
participant,
placing
33
a
wager
on
any
individual
performance
or
nonperformance
of
a
34
participant
in
an
electronic
sports
event
who
is
under
eighteen
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years
of
age,
or
placing
a
wager
on
the
performance
of
athletes
1
in
an
individual
international
sporting
event
governed
by
the
2
international
olympic
committee
in
which
any
participant
in
the
3
international
sporting
event
is
under
eighteen
years
of
age.
4
Sec.
5.
Section
99F.7A,
subsection
2,
paragraph
b,
Code
5
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
6
b.
Establish,
subject
to
commission
approval,
sports
7
wagering
rules
that
specify
the
amounts
to
be
paid
on
winning
8
sports
wagers,
the
effect
of
changes
in
the
scheduling
of
an
9
authorized
sporting
event
or
sports-related
event
subject
to
10
sports
wagering,
and
the
source
of
the
information
used
to
11
determine
the
outcome
of
a
sports
wager.
The
sports
wagering
12
rules
shall
be
displayed
in
the
licensee’s
sports
wagering
13
area,
posted
on
the
internet
site
or
mobile
application
used
14
by
the
licensee
to
conduct
advance
deposit
sports
wagering
as
15
authorized
in
section
99F.9
,
and
included
in
the
terms
and
16
conditions
of
the
licensee’s
advance
deposit
sports
wagering
17
system.
18
Sec.
6.
Section
99F.7A,
subsection
4,
Code
2021,
is
amended
19
to
read
as
follows:
20
4.
A
licensee
issued
a
license
to
conduct
sports
wagering
21
under
this
section
shall
employ
reasonable
steps
to
prohibit
22
coaches,
athletic
trainers,
officials,
players,
or
other
23
individuals
who
participate
in
an
authorized
sporting
event
or
24
sports-related
event
that
is
the
subject
of
sports
wagering
25
from
sports
wagering
under
this
chapter
.
In
addition,
a
26
licensee
shall
employ
reasonable
steps
to
prohibit
persons
27
who
are
employed
in
a
position
with
direct
involvement
with
28
coaches,
players,
athletic
trainers,
officials,
players,
or
29
participants
in
an
authorized
sporting
event
or
sports-related
30
event
that
is
the
subject
of
sports
wagering
from
sports
31
wagering
under
this
chapter
.
32
Sec.
7.
Section
99F.12,
subsection
2,
paragraph
b,
Code
33
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
34
b.
A
licensee
under
section
99F.7A
shall
promptly
report
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to
the
commission
any
criminal
or
disciplinary
proceedings
1
commenced
against
the
licensee
or
its
employees
in
connection
2
with
the
licensee
conducting
sports
wagering
or
advance
3
deposit
sports
wagering,
any
abnormal
wagering
activity
or
4
patterns
that
may
indicate
a
concern
about
the
integrity
of
5
an
authorized
sporting
event
or
events
sports-related
event
,
6
and
any
other
conduct
with
the
potential
to
corrupt
a
wagering
7
outcome
of
an
authorized
sporting
event
or
sports-related
8
event
for
purposes
of
financial
gain,
including
but
not
9
limited
to
match
fixing,
and
suspicious
or
illegal
wagering
10
activities,
including
the
use
of
funds
derived
from
illegal
11
activity,
wagers
to
conceal
or
launder
funds
derived
from
12
illegal
activity,
use
of
agents
to
place
wagers,
or
use
of
13
false
identification.
The
commission
is
required
to
share
14
any
information
received
pursuant
to
this
paragraph
with
the
15
division
of
criminal
investigation,
any
other
law
enforcement
16
entity
upon
request,
or
any
regulatory
agency
the
commission
17
deems
appropriate.
The
commission
shall
promptly
report
any
18
information
received
pursuant
to
this
paragraph
with
any
19
sports
team
or
sports
governing
body
as
the
commission
deems
20
appropriate,
but
shall
not
share
any
information
that
would
21
interfere
with
an
ongoing
criminal
investigation.
22
EXPLANATION
23
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
24
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
25
This
bill
relates
to
the
inclusion
of
wagering
on
electronic
26
sports
events
and
other
sports-related
events
within
the
27
provisions
governing
sports
wagering.
28
The
bill
adds
“electronic
sports
events”
as
a
type
of
29
authorized
sporting
event,
and
defines
“electronic
sports
30
event”
to
mean
a
multiplayer
video
game
event
governed
by
a
31
recognized
professional,
international,
or
collegiate
video
32
game
governing
body.
33
The
bill
defines
“sports-related
event”
as
an
event
that
34
takes
place
in
relation
to
an
authorized
sporting
event,
but
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that
is
not
tied
to
the
outcome
of
a
specific
athletic
event
1
or
contest
as
authorized
by
the
commission.
“Sports-related
2
events”
include
but
are
not
limited
to
professional
sports
3
drafts
and
individual
player
awards.
4
The
bill
adds
wagers
on
sports-related
events
as
a
form
5
of
sports
wagering,
and
prohibits
placing
a
wager
on
any
6
individual
performance
or
nonperformance
of
a
participant
in
an
7
electronic
sports
event
who
is
under
18
years
of
age.
8
The
bill
makes
conforming
changes
to
Code
sections
99F.7A
9
and
99F.12.
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