Senate File 2368 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO SF 2062) Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act concerning persons voluntarily excluded from gambling 2 facilities. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5759SV 82 5 ec/nh/5 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 99D.7, Code 2007, is amended by adding 1 2 the following new subsection: 1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 22A. To establish a process by which a 1 4 person who has been voluntarily excluded for life from a 1 5 racetrack enclosure and all other licensed facilities under 1 6 this chapter and chapter 99F may, after having been excluded 1 7 for at least five years, apply to the commission to revoke 1 8 that exclusion for good cause shown. The process established 1 9 shall include a procedure that will allow any person that has 1 10 revoked their exclusion to request that the lifetime exclusion 1 11 be reinstated. A person that has reinstated a lifetime 1 12 exclusion shall not be permitted to revoke that reinstated 1 13 exclusion. The state and any licensee under this chapter or 1 14 chapter 99F shall not be liable to any person for any claim 1 15 which may arise from this process. 1 16 Sec. 2. Section 99F.4, Code Supplement 2007, is amended by 1 17 adding the following new subsection: 1 18 NEW SUBSECTION. 22A. To establish a process by which a 1 19 person who has been voluntarily excluded for life from an 1 20 excursion gambling boat and all other licensed facilities 1 21 under this chapter and chapter 99D may, after having been 1 22 excluded for at least five years, apply to the commission to 1 23 revoke that exclusion for good cause shown. The process 1 24 established shall include a procedure that will allow any 1 25 person that has revoked their exclusion to request that the 1 26 lifetime exclusion be reinstated. A person that has 1 27 reinstated a lifetime exclusion shall not be permitted to 1 28 revoke that reinstated exclusion. The state and any licensee 1 29 under this chapter or chapter 99D shall not be liable to any 1 30 person for any claim which may arise from this process. 1 31 EXPLANATION 1 32 This bill requires the racing and gaming commission to 1 33 establish a process by which a person who has been voluntarily 1 34 excluded for life from a gambling facility licensed under Code 1 35 chapter 99D or Code chapter 99F may apply to the commission to 2 1 revoke that exclusion for good cause shown. The bill provides 2 2 that a person may only apply to be reinstated after they have 2 3 been excluded for at least five years. In addition, the bill 2 4 provides that a person who has revoked their exclusion may 2 5 have their exclusion reinstated. Once reinstated, however, a 2 6 person may not then revoke that reinstated exclusion. The 2 7 bill further provides that the state or licensee under Code 2 8 chapter 99D or 99F shall not be liable for any claim arising 2 9 out of this process. 2 10 LSB 5759SV 82 2 11 ec/nh/5