Bills › 89th General Assembly
Relating to carrying and possessing weapons without a permit, and providing penalties
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 27, 2021
- 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 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, 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 Iowa would change its laws regarding carrying weapons without a permit. Instead of a general crime for carrying dangerous weapons, it would create a specific crime for using a knife while committing another crime. The law also allows judges to take away a teenager's driver's license if they carry a weapon on school grounds.1
Read the official explanation
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. This bill relates to carrying and possessing weapons without a permit.4 relating to the crime of carrying dangerous weapons, an aggravated misdemeanor, without a valid permit or in other enumerated circumstances. Instead, the bill section creates a new crime of going armed with a knife in the commission of a crime, an aggravated misdemeanor.4 and the commission of the delinquent act is on school grounds. 4, paragraphs “b” through “f” or “j”.5 relating to a person’s duty to carry a valid permit to carry certain weapons for which a permit has been issued to the person and replaces that Code section with a provision stating that the availability of a professional or nonprofessional permit to carry weapons shall not be construed to impose a general prohibition on the unlicensed carrying of a deadly weapon including a loaded firearm. An aggravated misdemeanor, as referenced in the bill, is punishable by confinement for no more than two years and a fine of at least $855 but not more than $8,540.