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88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Tuesday, November 10, 2026

SSB 3138: SSB 3138

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 carrying, possession, or transportation of weapons in buildings or physical structures located on property under the control of a political subdivision and in county courthouses, and the regulation by counties and cities relating to the storage of weapons and shooting ranges. Current law requires a person to obtain the approval of the appropriate county or city zoning commission, or if the county or city does not have a zoning commission, the county board of supervisors or the city council, before improving property acquired to establish, use, and maintain a shooting range or before substantially changing the existing use of a shooting range.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

See the fiscal note

Sections 1 and 2: Sections 1 and 2 of HF 2502 are not expected to have a fiscal impact. Section 3: The fiscal impact of Section 3 cannot be determined. This section explicitly prohibits political subdivisions from enacting an ordinance, motion, resolution, pol…

Senate subcommittee · named February 10, 2020

  • Sen. Jason Schultz (R) · jason.schultz@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Tony Bisignano (D) · tony.bisignano@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Amy Sinclair (R) · amy.sinclair@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 5 for, 25 against

For: Iowa Firearms Coalition, Inc.; Iowa Minuteman Civil Defense Corps; National Rifle Association of America; National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc.; Personal Interest-Jesse Cickavage

Against: Brady United Against Gun Violence; City Government of Council BLuffs; City of Cedar Falls; City of Cedar Rapids; City of Coralville; City of Des Moines; City of Iowa City; City of Waukee; County Zoning Officials Organiztion; Episcopal Diocese of Iowa; Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund; Grow Clinton County; and 13 more

In plain words

  1. February 10, 2020Filed in the Senate and sent to the Judiciary committee
  2. February 10, 2020Senate subcommittee named: Schultz, Bisignano and Sinclair

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Tuesday, November 10, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/88/SSB3138