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IA HSB280

SB

Status

Introduced

3/3/2025

Primary Sponsor

Public Safety

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Origin

House of Representatives

91st General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Removes three conditions that currently make a person ineligible to receive a permit to carry weapons: addiction to alcohol, documented actions within two years suggesting likely unlawful weapon use, and conviction within three years of a serious or aggravated misdemeanor not involving firearms or explosives

  • Changes terminology throughout Iowa Code chapter 724 from "permit to acquire pistols or revolvers" to "permit to acquire firearms" and from "dangerous weapons" to "firearms"

  • Eliminates the prohibition on acquiring a pistol or revolver for persons deemed ineligible to possess dangerous weapons under section 724.8B

  • Removes identification and notification requirements for the clerk of court and Department of Public Safety regarding persons prohibited from acquiring pistols or revolvers

  • Requires issuing officers to notify the commissioner of public safety at least monthly of permit issuances and forward $5 for each permit to acquire firearms issued

Legislative Description

A bill for an act relating to weapons, including eligibility-to-carry requirements and terms used, and making penalties applicable.

Last Action

Subcommittee recommends passage.

3/4/2025

Committee Referrals

Public Safety3/3/2025

Full Bill Text

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