88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Thursday, November 12, 2026

SF 466: Relating to firearms, including provisions relating to the purchase, sale, or transfer of firearms and requiring an educational program relating to hunting, and providing penalties

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 it does

This bill relates to the purchase, sale, or transfer of firearms and requires an educational program relating to hunting, and provides penalties. DIVISION I —— SALE OR TRANSFER OF FIREARMS. Division I of the bill prohibits a person from selling or transferring a firearm to another person without receiving verification from a federally licensed firearms dealer that information on the prospective purchaser or transferee has been submitted to the department of public safety for a criminal history background check and that a determination has been received by the department of public safety that the prospective purchaser or transferee is not prohibited under either state or federal law from possessing a firearm.

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named March 5, 2019

Sen. Jason Schultz (R) · jason.schultz@legis.iowa.gov
Sen. Jake Chapman (R)
Sen. R. Taylor

Lobbying · 0 for, 1 against

Against: Iowa Firearms Coalition, Inc.

In plain words

March 4, 2019Filed in the Senate and sent to the Judiciary committee
March 5, 2019Senate subcommittee named: Schultz, Chapman and R. Taylor