House Study Bill 610 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT BILL BY CHAIRPERSON RIZER) 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 5817YC (3) 87 ec/rn

H.F. _____ 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 process established shall also require a person requesting to 18 be voluntarily excluded be provided information compiled by the 19 Iowa department of public health on gambling treatment options 20 and shall also require that a licensee disseminate information 21 regarding persons voluntarily excluded to all licensees under 22 this chapter and chapter 99F . The state and any licensee under 23 this chapter or chapter 99F shall not be liable to any person 24 for any claim which may arise from this process. In addition 25 to any other penalty provided by law, any money or thing of 26 value that has been obtained by, or is owed to, a voluntarily 27 excluded person by a licensee as a result of wagers made by the 28 person after the person has been voluntarily excluded shall not 29 be paid to forfeited by the person but and shall be credited to 30 the general fund of the state. 31 Sec. 2. Section 99F.4, subsection 22, Code 2018, is amended 32 to read as follows: 33 22. To require licensees to establish a process to allow 34 a person to be voluntarily excluded from the gaming floor of 35 -1- LSB 5817YC (3) 87 ec/rn 1/ 3

H.F. _____ an excursion gambling boat , and from the wagering area, as 1 defined in section 99D.2 , and from the gaming floor of all 2 other licensed facilities under this chapter and chapter 99D 3 as provided in this subsection . The process shall provide 4 that an initial request by a person to be voluntarily excluded 5 shall be for a period of five years or life and any subsequent 6 request following any five-year period shall be for a period of 7 five years or life. The process established shall require that 8 licensees be provided electronic access to names and social 9 security numbers of persons voluntarily excluded through a 10 secured interactive internet site maintained by the commission 11 and information regarding persons voluntarily excluded shall be 12 disseminated to all licensees under this chapter and chapter 13 99D. The process established shall also require a person 14 requesting to be voluntarily excluded be provided information 15 compiled by the Iowa department of public health on gambling 16 treatment options and shall also require that a licensee 17 disseminate information regarding persons voluntarily excluded 18 to all licensees under this chapter and chapter 99D . The state 19 and any licensee under this chapter or chapter 99D shall not 20 be liable to any person for any claim which may arise from this 21 process. In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any 22 money or thing of value that has been obtained by, or is owed 23 to, a voluntarily excluded person by a licensee as a result of 24 wagers made by the person after the person has been voluntarily 25 excluded shall not be paid to forfeited by the person but and 26 shall be credited to the general fund of the state. 27 Sec. 3. VOLUNTARILY EXCLUDED PERSONS INTERNET SITE. By 28 January 1, 2019, the racing and gaming commission shall develop 29 and thereafter maintain a secured interactive internet site 30 to provide licensees electronic access to names and social 31 security numbers of persons voluntarily excluded as provided 32 in this Act. 33 EXPLANATION 34 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 35 -2- LSB 5817YC (3) 87 ec/rn 2/ 3

H.F. _____ the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 This bill relates to the process involved when a person 2 requests to be voluntarily excluded from the wagering area 3 and gaming floor of a gambling facility licensed under Code 4 chapters 99D and 99F. 5 The bill provides that the racing and gaming commission, 6 and not the licensees, shall establish the process to allow 7 a person to be voluntarily excluded and shall be responsible 8 for disseminating information concerning persons voluntarily 9 excluded to all gambling facility licensees. The bill also 10 requires the commission to provide licensees electronic access 11 to names and social security numbers of persons voluntarily 12 excluded through a secured interactive internet site maintained 13 by the commission. The bill requires the racing and gaming 14 commission to develop and subsequently maintain the secured 15 interactive internet site by January 1, 2019. 16 -3- LSB 5817YC (3) 87 ec/rn 3/ 3