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89th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Tuesday, November 10, 2026

HF 214: Relating to the carrying and possession of weapons and acquiring pistols and revolvers, and providing penalties

Died when the session ended · The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill relates to the carrying and possession of weapons and the acquiring of pistols and revolvers, and provides penalties. CARRYING AND POSSESSING WEAPONS.4 by striking the current penalty for carrying dangerous weapons. Instead, the bill amends the current crime of going armed with a knife in the commission of a crime, an aggravated misdemeanor to provide that a person who goes armed with a knife on or about the person, or who used the knife in the commission of a crime, commits an aggravated misdemeanor.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 1 for, 1 against

For: Iowa Minuteman Civil Defense Corps

Against: Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund

In plain words

  1. January 25, 2021Filed in the House and sent to the Public Safety committee

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/89/HF214