House File 2349 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2349 BY COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 610) A BILL FOR An Act relating to persons voluntarily excluded from gambling 1 facilities. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5817HV (2) 87 ec/rn

H.F. 2349 Section 1. Section 99D.7, subsection 23, Code 2018, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 23. To require licensees to establish a process to allow 3 a person to be voluntarily excluded from the wagering area of 4 a racetrack enclosure and from the gaming floor, as defined 5 in section 99F.1 , of all other licensed facilities under this 6 chapter and chapter 99F as provided in this subsection . The 7 process shall provide that an initial request by a person to 8 be voluntarily excluded shall be for a period of five years 9 or life and any subsequent request following any five-year 10 period shall be for a period of five years or life. The 11 process established shall require that licensees be provided 12 electronic access to names and social security numbers of 13 persons voluntarily excluded through a secured interactive 14 internet site maintained by the commission and information 15 regarding persons voluntarily excluded shall be disseminated 16 to all licensees under this chapter and chapter 99F. The 17 names, social security numbers, and information regarding 18 persons voluntarily excluded shall be kept confidential 19 unless otherwise ordered by a court or by another person 20 duly authorized to release such information. The process 21 established shall also require a person requesting to be 22 voluntarily excluded be provided information compiled by the 23 Iowa department of public health on gambling treatment options 24 and shall also require that a licensee disseminate information 25 regarding persons voluntarily excluded to all licensees under 26 this chapter and chapter 99F . The state and any licensee under 27 this chapter or chapter 99F shall not be liable to any person 28 for any claim which may arise from this process. In addition 29 to any other penalty provided by law, any money or thing of 30 value that has been obtained by, or is owed to, a voluntarily 31 excluded person by a licensee as a result of wagers made by the 32 person after the person has been voluntarily excluded shall not 33 be paid to forfeited by the person but and shall be credited to 34 the general fund of the state. 35 -1- LSB 5817HV (2) 87 ec/rn 1/ 3

H.F. 2349 Sec. 2. Section 99F.4, subsection 22, Code 2018, is amended 1 to read as follows: 2 22. To require licensees to establish a process to allow 3 a person to be voluntarily excluded from the gaming floor of 4 an excursion gambling boat , and from the wagering area, as 5 defined in section 99D.2 , and from the gaming floor of all 6 other licensed facilities under this chapter and chapter 99D 7 as provided in this subsection . The process shall provide 8 that an initial request by a person to be voluntarily excluded 9 shall be for a period of five years or life and any subsequent 10 request following any five-year period shall be for a period 11 of five years or life. The process established shall require 12 that licensees be provided electronic access to names and 13 social security numbers of persons voluntarily excluded 14 through a secured interactive internet site maintained by 15 the commission and information regarding persons voluntarily 16 excluded shall be disseminated to all licensees under this 17 chapter and chapter 99D. The names, social security numbers, 18 and information regarding persons voluntarily excluded shall 19 be kept confidential unless otherwise ordered by a court or by 20 another person duly authorized to release such information. 21 The process established shall also require a person requesting 22 to be voluntarily excluded be provided information compiled 23 by the Iowa department of public health on gambling treatment 24 options and shall also require that a licensee disseminate 25 information regarding persons voluntarily excluded to all 26 licensees under this chapter and chapter 99D . The state and 27 any licensee under this chapter or chapter 99D shall not be 28 liable to any person for any claim which may arise from this 29 process. In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any 30 money or thing of value that has been obtained by, or is owed 31 to, a voluntarily excluded person by a licensee as a result of 32 wagers made by the person after the person has been voluntarily 33 excluded shall not be paid to forfeited by the person but and 34 shall be credited to the general fund of the state. 35 -2- LSB 5817HV (2) 87 ec/rn 2/ 3

H.F. 2349 Sec. 3. VOLUNTARILY EXCLUDED PERSONS INTERNET SITE. By 1 January 1, 2019, the racing and gaming commission shall develop 2 and thereafter maintain a secured interactive internet site 3 to provide licensees electronic access to names and social 4 security numbers of persons voluntarily excluded as provided 5 in this Act. 6 EXPLANATION 7 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 8 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 9 This bill relates to the process involved when a person 10 requests to be voluntarily excluded from the wagering area 11 and gaming floor of a gambling facility licensed under Code 12 chapters 99D and 99F. 13 The bill provides that the racing and gaming commission, 14 and not the licensees, shall establish the process to allow 15 a person to be voluntarily excluded and shall be responsible 16 for disseminating information concerning persons voluntarily 17 excluded to all gambling facility licensees. The bill also 18 requires the commission to provide licensees electronic 19 access to names and social security numbers of persons 20 voluntarily excluded through a secured interactive internet 21 site maintained by the commission. The bill provides that the 22 information regarding persons voluntarily excluded shall be 23 kept confidential unless otherwise ordered by a court or by 24 another person duly authorized to release such information. 25 The bill requires the racing and gaming commission to develop 26 and subsequently maintain the secured interactive internet site 27 by January 1, 2019. 28 -3- LSB 5817HV (2) 87 ec/rn 3/ 3