Senate File 2276 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2276 BY COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3163) A BILL FOR An Act concerning persons voluntarily excluded from gambling 1 facilities and providing an appropriation. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 6071SV (3) 84 ec/nh

S.F. 2276 Section 1. Section 99D.7, subsection 23, Code Supplement 1 2011, is amended to read as follows: 2 23. To require licensees to establish a process to allow 3 a person to be voluntarily excluded for life from a racetrack 4 enclosure and all other licensed facilities under this chapter 5 and chapter 99F as provided in this subsection. The process 6 shall provide that an initial request by a person to be 7 voluntarily excluded shall be for a period of five years or 8 life and a subsequent request following the five-year period 9 shall be for life . The process established shall also require 10 that a licensee disseminate information regarding persons 11 voluntarily excluded to all licensees under this chapter and 12 chapter 99F . The state and any licensee under this chapter or 13 chapter 99F shall not be liable to any person for any claim 14 which may arise from this process. In addition to any other 15 penalty provided by law, any money or thing of value that has 16 been obtained by, or is owed to, a voluntarily excluded person 17 by a licensee as a result of wagers made by the person after 18 the person has been voluntarily excluded shall not be paid 19 to the person but shall be credited to the general fund of 20 the state and transferred to the department of public health 21 for purposes of the gambling treatment program established in 22 section 135.150 . 23 Sec. 2. Section 99F.4, subsection 22, Code 2011, is amended 24 to read as follows: 25 22. To require licensees to establish a process to allow a 26 person to be voluntarily excluded for life from an excursion 27 gambling boat and all other licensed facilities under this 28 chapter and chapter 99D as provided in this subsection. The 29 process shall provide that an initial request by a person to 30 be voluntarily excluded shall be for a period of five years or 31 life and a subsequent request following the five-year period 32 shall be for life . The process established shall also require 33 that a licensee disseminate information regarding persons 34 voluntarily excluded to all licensees under this chapter and 35 -1- LSB 6071SV (3) 84 ec/nh 1/ 3

S.F. 2276 chapter 99D . The state and any licensee under this chapter or 1 chapter 99D shall not be liable to any person for any claim 2 which may arise from this process. In addition to any other 3 penalty provided by law, any money or thing of value that has 4 been obtained by, or is owed to, a voluntarily excluded person 5 by a licensee as a result of wagers made by the person after 6 the person has been voluntarily excluded shall not be paid 7 to the person but shall be credited to the general fund of 8 the state and transferred to the department of public health 9 for purposes of the gambling treatment program established in 10 section 135.150 . 11 Sec. 3. GAMBLING SELF-EXCLUSION —— REAPPLICATION. 12 1. A person who has been voluntarily excluded for life 13 from a racetrack enclosure, an excursion gambling boat, and 14 all other licensed facilities under Code chapters 99D and 99F 15 pursuant to the process established in Code sections 99D.7 and 16 99F.4 prior to the effective date of this Act may reapply to 17 the licensed facilities to revoke the exclusion, pursuant to a 18 process established by the licensed facilities in accordance 19 with the requirements of the racing and gaming commission. A 20 person may reapply to revoke the voluntary exclusion only if 21 the person has been voluntarily excluded for a period of at 22 least five years. 23 2. Following a revocation of a voluntary exclusion 24 as provided by this section, a subsequent request to be 25 voluntarily excluded shall be for life as provided pursuant 26 to the process described in Code sections 99D.7 and 99F.4, as 27 amended by this Act. 28 EXPLANATION 29 This bill concerns the process by which a person can be 30 voluntarily excluded from a racetrack enclosure under Code 31 chapter 99D and from an excursion gambling boat and all other 32 licensed facilities under Code chapter 99F. 33 The bill provides that an initial request to be voluntarily 34 excluded shall be for a period of five years or for life 35 -2- LSB 6071SV (3) 84 ec/nh 2/ 3

S.F. 2276 and a subsequent request by that person after the five-year 1 period shall be for life. Under current law, a request to be 2 voluntarily excluded is for life. 3 The bill also provides that any moneys won by a person 4 voluntarily excluded that are forfeited and credited to the 5 general fund shall be transferred to the department of public 6 health for purposes of the gambling treatment program. 7 The bill also provides that for a person who has been 8 voluntarily excluded for life from a gambling facility prior to 9 the effective date of this bill, the person may reapply to have 10 the exclusion revoked if the person has been excluded for at 11 least five years. The bill provides that if a person revokes 12 their exclusion, a subsequent request for exclusion shall be 13 for life. 14 -3- LSB 6071SV (3) 84 ec/nh 3/ 3