HF 105: Concerning maintaining dangerous weapons at a child care facility or when transporting a child receiving care from a child care facility, and providing penalties

What it does

This bill relates to maintaining dangerous weapons at a child care facility or when transporting a child receiving care from a facility. The bill requires a child care facility to develop and maintain written policies relating to the storage of a dangerous weapon in the facility and in a motor vehicle used to transport a child receiving care from the facility.7. The bill requires the written policy to include all of the following: a dangerous weapon shall be inaccessible to a child receiving care from the facility, a firearm shall be maintained in a locked place similar to a gun case, ammunition shall be maintained in a locked place separate from a firearm, and a firearm in a motor vehicle used to transport a child receiving care from the facility shall be unloaded and any ammunition in the vehicle shall be kept separate from the firearm and in a locked container.

Lobbying · 5 for, 1 against

For: Episcopal Diocese of Iowa; Iowa Conference of United Methodist Church; Iowa Organization for Victim Assistance; Iowans for Gun Safety; North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters

Against: Iowa Firearms Coalition, Inc.

In plain words

1. January 24, 2019Filed in the House and sent to the Human Resources committee