SF 2214 (LSB 6073SV (3) 83)

SENATE FILE 2214

BY  COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT

(SUCCESSOR TO SF 2129)

A BILL FOR

An Act authorizing sports betting and including an implementation provision.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 99F.1, subsection 12, Code 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   12.  “Gambling game” means any game of chance authorized by the commission. However, for racetrack enclosures, “gambling game” does not include table games of chance or video machines which simulate table games of chance, unless otherwise authorized by this chapter. “Gambling game” does not may, if authorized by the commission, include sports betting on professional sporting events.
    Sec. 2.  CONTINGENT IMPLEMENTATION.  This Act shall be implemented only upon a determination by the racing and gaming commission that federal law does not prohibit professional sports betting in this state at a licensed facility under the jurisdiction of the commission.
EXPLANATION
   This bill permits the racing and gaming commission to authorize sports betting on professional sporting events as a gambling game that may be conducted on a gambling boat, gambling structure, or racetrack enclosure authorized to conduct gambling games. The bill provides that this authorization shall be implemented only upon a determination by the commission that federal law does not prohibit professional sports betting in this state.