House File 2503 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2503 BY COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 586) A BILL FOR An Act relating to matters under the purview of the department 1 of inspections, appeals, and licensing. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5523HV (2) 91 ss/ns

H.F. 2503 DIVISION I 1 GAMBLING 2 Section 1. Section 99D.5, subsection 4, Code 2026, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 4. Commission members are each entitled to receive an 5 annual salary of ten thousand dollars. Members shall also be 6 reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of 7 their duties to a maximum of thirty seventy thousand dollars 8 per year for the commission. Each member shall be covered by 9 the blanket surety bond of the state purchased pursuant to 10 section 8A.321, subsection 12 . 11 Sec. 2. Section 99F.15, subsection 4, unnumbered paragraph 12 1, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows: 13 A person commits a class “D” felony and, in addition, shall 14 be barred for life from sports wagering, advance deposit sports 15 wagering, as defined in section 99F.9, excursion gambling 16 boats , and gambling structures under the jurisdiction of the 17 commission, if the person does any of the following: 18 Sec. 3. Section 99F.15, subsection 6, paragraph c, Code 19 2026, is amended to read as follows: 20 c. Two convictions of the offense of unlawful betting as 21 provided in this subsection shall result in the person being 22 barred for life from sports wagering, advance deposit sports 23 wagering, as defined in section 99F.9, excursion gambling 24 boats , and gambling structures under the jurisdiction of the 25 commission. 26 DIVISION II 27 STATE BUILDING CODE 28 Sec. 4. Section 103A.8C, subsection 1, Code 2026, is amended 29 to read as follows: 30 1. The commissioner, after consulting with and receiving 31 recommendations from the department of public defense homeland 32 security and emergency management and the department of natural 33 resources, shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A specifying 34 standards and requirements for design and construction of safe 35 -1- LSB 5523HV (2) 91 ss/ns 1/ 3

H.F. 2503 rooms and storm shelters. In developing these standards, the 1 commissioner shall consider nationally recognized standards. 2 The standards and requirements shall be incorporated into the 3 state building code established in section 103A.7 , but shall 4 not be interpreted to require the inclusion of a safe room or 5 storm shelter in a building construction project unless such 6 inclusion is expressly required by another statute or by a 7 federal statute or regulation. However, if a safe room or 8 storm shelter is included in any building construction project 9 which reaches the design development phase on or after January 10 1, 2011, compliance with the standards developed pursuant to 11 this section shall be required. 12 Sec. 5. Section 103A.23, subsection 2, Code 2026, is amended 13 to read as follows: 14 2. All fees collected by the commissioner shall be deposited 15 in the state treasury to the credit of the general fund of the 16 state licensing and regulation fund created in section 10A.507 . 17 DIVISION III 18 RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES 19 Sec. 6. Section 135C.2, subsection 6, unnumbered paragraph 20 1, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows: 21 The department shall establish a special classification 22 within the residential care facility category for residential 23 care facilities which have the primary purpose of serving 24 pediatric palliative care patients and that only provides 25 respite care services and the services of a hospice program 26 as defined in section 135J.1 . A facility within the special 27 classification established pursuant to this subsection shall 28 be exempt from section 135.62 and may serve any number of 29 individuals, including zero . The department shall adopt rules 30 pursuant to chapter 17A which shall include but not be limited 31 to all of the following: 32 EXPLANATION 33 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 34 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 35 -2- LSB 5523HV (2) 91 ss/ns 2/ 3

H.F. 2503 This bill relates to matters under the purview of the 1 department of inspections, appeals, and licensing. The bill is 2 organized in divisions. 3 DIVISION I —— GAMBLING. The bill raises the 4 $30,000-per-year total cap on reimbursements that the 5 state racing and gaming commission (commission) may pay to all 6 commissioners for expenses incurred in the performance of the 7 commissioners’ duties to $70,000 per year. 8 Under current law, a person commits a class “D” felony 9 and is barred for life from excursion gambling boats and 10 gambling structures under the jurisdiction of the commission 11 for committing certain acts listed in Code section 99F.15(4). 12 The bill expands the lifetime ban to include sports wagering 13 and advance deposit sports wagering. The bill also imposes a 14 lifetime ban from sports wagering and advance deposit sports 15 wagering on a person who is convicted twice of unlawful 16 betting. 17 DIVISION II —— STATE BUILDING CODE. The bill requires the 18 state building code commissioner to consult with the department 19 of homeland security and emergency management, instead of 20 the department of public defense, in adopting rules relating 21 to safe rooms and storm shelters. The bill also requires 22 fees collected by the state building code commissioner to be 23 deposited in the licensing and regulation fund instead of the 24 general fund of the state. 25 DIVISION III —— RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES. The bill 26 allows a residential care facility that is a pediatric 27 palliative care center to serve as few as zero individuals. 28 Under current law, an entity must serve at least three 29 individuals to be defined as a residential care facility. 30 -3- LSB 5523HV (2) 91 ss/ns 3/ 3