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90th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2130: Relating to criminal history background checks for the sale or transfer of firearms, providing penalties, and including applicability provisions

Died when the session ended · The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill relates to criminal history background checks for the sale or transfer of firearms. The bill provides that unless otherwise authorized by Code chapter 724 (weapons) or federal law, a person shall not sell or transfer a firearm to another person without receiving verification from a 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.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 8 for, 1 against

For: Episcopal Diocese of Iowa; Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers; Iowa Catholic Conference; Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence; Iowa Mental Health Advocacy; League of Women Voters of Iowa; March For Our Lives Iowa

Against: Iowa Firearms Coalition, Inc.

In plain words

  1. January 24, 2024Filed 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 Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/HF2130