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A bill for an act concerning confidential information of the Iowa lottery, and including applicability provisions.

A bill for an act concerning confidential information of the Iowa lottery, and including applicability provisions.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
McCLINTOCK
Last action
2025-02-11
Official status
Subcommittee recommends passage.
Effective date
Not listed

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A bill for an act concerning confidential information of the Iowa lottery, and including applicability provisions.

A bill for an act concerning confidential information of the Iowa lottery, and including applicability provisions.

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act concerning confidential information of the Iowa lottery, and including applicability provisions.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-02-11 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee recommends passage.

  2. 2025-02-06 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee Meeting: 02/11/2025 1:00PM Room 217 Conference Room.

  3. 2025-02-05 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee: Westrich, Bisignano, and Webster. S.J. 202 .

  4. 2025-01-28 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to State Government. S.J. 148 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act concerning confidential information of the Iowa lottery, and including applicability provisions.

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Senate

File

145

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Introduced

SENATE

FILE

145

BY

McCLINTOCK

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

concerning

confidential

information

of

the

Iowa

lottery,

1

and

including

applicability

provisions.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

Section

99G.34,

subsection

5,

Code

2025,

is

1

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

5.

Player

name

and

address

lists,

provided

that

the

names

3

and

addresses

of

prize

winners

shall

not

be

withheld

except

as

4

provided

in

subsection

5A

.

5

Sec.

2.

Section

99G.34,

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

the

6

following

new

subsection:

7

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

5A.

a.

Names,

addresses,

and

all

8

personally

identifiable

information

of

prize

winners,

if

the

9

prize

awarded

is

one

million

dollars

or

more,

and

the

prize

10

winner

who

elects

to

remain

anonymous

specifies

that

choice

at

11

the

time

of

claiming

the

lottery

prize.

However,

if

the

prize

12

winner

who

elects

to

remain

anonymous

is

a

legal

entity

that

13

possesses

or

has

applied

for

a

federal

employer

identification

14

number

as

issued

by

the

federal

internal

revenue

service,

the

15

authorized

representative

claiming

the

lottery

prize

on

behalf

16

of

the

entity

must

have

a

legal

interest

in

the

entity

and

17

specify

the

choice

of

the

entity

to

remain

anonymous

at

the

18

time

of

claiming

the

lottery

prize.

19

b.

For

purposes

of

this

subsection,

the

amount

of

a

lottery

20

prize

is

determined

by

the

total

amount

of

prize

money

paid

21

to

a

prize

winner

for

a

single

lottery

prize

claim

before

22

deducting

any

federal

tax

withholdings

or

other

deductions

23

required

by

law.

24

c.

A

prize

winner’s

choice

to

remain

anonymous

under

this

25

subsection

does

not

prohibit

the

division

from

requiring,

for

26

claim

validation

and

lottery

prize

processing

purposes,

certain

27

government-issued

identification,

including

but

not

limited

28

to

a

driver’s

license,

social

security

card,

or

passport,

of

29

the

individual

who

is

a

prize

winner,

or

the

federal

employer

30

identification

number

as

issued

by

the

federal

internal

revenue

31

service

for

a

prize

winner

that

is

a

legal

entity.

32

d.

This

subsection

does

not

apply

to

a

prize

winner

that

33

chooses

to

receive

payment

of

the

prize

in

installments

over

34

a

period

of

years.

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e.

This

subsection

does

not

apply

to

a

release

of

only

the

1

prize

winner’s

city

or

county

of

residence.

2

f.

This

subsection

does

not

apply

to

a

release

of

a

prize

3

winner’s

personally

identifiable

information

to

the

department

4

of

health

and

human

services

or

as

otherwise

authorized

or

5

required

by

law.

6

Sec.

3.

Section

99G.34,

subsection

6,

Code

2025,

is

amended

7

to

read

as

follows:

8

6.

Operational

Building

plans

and

operational

security

9

measures,

systems,

or

procedures

and

building

plans

,

including

10

but

not

limited

to

security

plans

and

procedures

of

the

11

commission

designed

to

ensure

the

integrity

and

security

of

12

lottery

operations,

and

information

that

ensures

the

integrity

13

and

security

of

the

selection

process

for

winning

tickets

or

14

numbers,

other

than

general

information

about

that

process

.

15

Sec.

4.

APPLICABILITY.

The

following

apply

to

lottery

prize

16

claims

occurring

on

or

after

January

1,

2026:

17

1.

The

section

of

this

Act

amending

section

99G.34,

18

subsection

5.

19

2.

The

section

of

this

Act

enacting

section

99G.34,

20

subsection

5A.

21

EXPLANATION

22

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

23

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

24

Under

current

law,

lottery

player

name

and

address

lists

25

are

kept

confidential

unless

otherwise

ordered

by

a

court,

26

by

the

lawful

custodian

of

the

records,

or

by

another

person

27

duly

authorized

to

release

such

information,

but

the

names

and

28

addresses

of

lottery

prize

winners

are

not

kept

confidential

by

29

the

department

of

revenue.

This

bill

provides

that

the

name,

30

address,

and

personally

identifiable

information

of

a

lottery

31

prize

winner

under

Code

chapter

99G

shall

be

kept

similarly

32

confidential

if

the

prize

awarded

is

$1

million

or

more,

the

33

prize

winner

does

not

elect

to

receive

the

prize

in

installment

34

payments,

and

the

prize

winner

elects

to

remain

anonymous

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at

the

time

of

claiming

the

lottery

prize.

The

bill

allows

1

the

release

of

a

prize

winner’s

city

or

county

of

residence,

2

and

the

release

of

a

prize

winner’s

personally

identifiable

3

information

to

the

department

of

health

and

human

services

or

4

as

otherwise

authorized

or

required

by

law.

5

Under

current

law,

operational

security

measures,

systems,

6

and

procedures

of

the

Iowa

lottery

are

kept

similarly

7

confidential.

The

bill

specifies

that

this

includes

security

8

plans

and

procedures

designed

to

ensure

the

integrity

and

9

security

of

lottery

operations,

and

information

that

ensures

10

the

integrity

and

security

of

the

selection

process

for

winning

11

tickets

or

numbers.

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