Relating to property exempt from execution, including firearms

Topics:Firearms Public safety & emergencies

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Where it is now

Done: IntroducedMarch 4, 2019
Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
Next: House committee
Next: Passes the House
Next: Senate committee
Next: Passes the Senate
Next: To the Governor
Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary People in Iowa who owe money could keep different types of weapons if their property is being taken to pay a debt. Instead of being limited to one shotgun and one rifle or musket, they would be allowed to keep one long gun and one handgun.¹

Read the official explanation

This bill amends Code section 627.6 (general exemptions), which lists property that a debtor who is an Iowa resident may hold exempt from execution. The bill changes the exemption regarding firearms from “one shotgun, and either one rifle or one musket” to “one long gun and one handgun”.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§627.6

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Lobbying

1 for · 0 against · 1 undecided · Who →

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88th General Assembly

HF 586Cleared committee

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HF 537Cleared committee89th GA

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HF 537 Relating to property exempt from execution, including firearms
89th General Assembly · In committee
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