Senate File 395 - Introduced SENATE FILE 395 BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1097) A BILL FOR An Act relating to illegal gaming, and making penalties 1 applicable. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1447SV (1) 91 ll/ns
S.F. 395 Section 1. Section 99F.1, Code 2025, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsections: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 01. Account sharing means entering into 3 or participating in an agreement between two or more persons 4 to, either temporarily or permanently, share access to a 5 persons account with the purpose of concealing a persons 6 identity, which account has been established with a licensee 7 to participate in gambling games or sports wagering under this 8 chapter. 9 NEW SUBSECTION . 25A. Proxy betting means any wagering or 10 betting activity, including a request of another to engage in 11 wagering or betting activity, involving two or more persons, 12 where one person places a wager on behalf of another person 13 with the intent to hide or conceal the bettors identity. 14 Sec. 2. Section 99F.15, Code 2025, is amended by adding the 15 following new subsection: 16 NEW SUBSECTION . 3A. A person engaging in proxy betting or 17 account sharing is in violation of section 725.7. 18 Sec. 3. Section 725.7, subsection 1, Code 2025, is amended 19 to read as follows: 20 1. Except as permitted in chapters 99B , and 99D , 99E, and 21 99F, a person shall not do any of the following: 22 a. Participate in a game for any sum of money or other 23 property of any value. 24 b. Make any bet. 25 c. For a fee, directly or indirectly, give or accept 26 anything of value to be wagered or to be transmitted or 27 delivered for a wager to be placed within or without outside of 28 the state of Iowa. 29 d. For a fee, deliver anything of value which has been 30 received outside the enclosure of a racetrack licensed under 31 chapter 99D , or outside of a gambling structure, to be placed 32 as wagers a wager in the pari-mutuel pool or other authorized 33 systems system of wagering. 34 e. Engage in bookmaking, except as permitted in chapters 99E 35 -1- LSB 1447SV (1) 91 ll/ns 1/ 3
S.F. 395 and 99F . 1 f. Engage in proxy betting as defined in section 99F.1. 2 g. Engage in account sharing as defined in section 99F.1. 3 EXPLANATION 4 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 5 the explanations substance by the members of the general assembly. 6 This bill relates to illegal gaming. Under current law, a 7 person is prohibited from engaging in the acts outlined in Code 8 section 725.7(1). A person who violates these prohibitions is 9 guilty of illegal gaming and is subject to criminal penalties. 10 The bill defines account sharing and proxy betting and 11 includes those activities in the list of activities considered 12 illegal gaming. The bill also includes in the activities 13 considered illegal gaming the act of delivering anything of 14 value to place as a wager in a pari-mutuel pool or other 15 authorized system of wagering after receiving that thing of 16 value, for a fee, outside of a gambling structure. 17 A person guilty of illegal gaming commits an offense ranging 18 from a serious misdemeanor to a class C felony based on the 19 sum of money or value of other property involved and whether 20 the offense was a first or repeat offense. Illegal gaming 21 in the fourth degree ($100 or less) constitutes a serious 22 misdemeanor for a first offense, an aggravated misdemeanor 23 for a second offense, a class D felony for a third offense, 24 and a class C felony for a fourth or subsequent offense. 25 Illegal gaming in the third degree ($100 to $500) constitutes 26 an aggravated misdemeanor for a first offense, a class D 27 felony for a second offense, and a class C felony for a third 28 or subsequent offense. Illegal gaming in the second degree 29 ($500 to $5,000) constitutes a class D felony for a first 30 offense and a class C felony for a second or subsequent 31 offense. Illegal gaming in the first degree (more than $5,000) 32 constitutes a class C felony. 33 A serious misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no 34 more than one year and a fine of at least $430 but not more than 35 -2- LSB 1447SV (1) 91 ll/ns 2/ 3
S.F. 395 $2,560. An aggravated misdemeanor is punishable by confinement 1 for no more than two years and a fine of at least $855 but 2 not more than $8,540. A class D felony is punishable by 3 confinement for no more than five years and a fine of at least 4 $1,025 but not more than $10,245. A class C felony is 5 punishable by confinement for no more than 10 years and a fine 6 of at least $1,370 but not more than $13,660. 7 -3- LSB 1447SV (1) 91 ll/ns 3/ 3