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Relating to mandatory minimum sentences relating to the control, possession, receipt, or transportation of a firearm or offensive weapon by a felon and providing penalties
Sponsored by the House Public Safety Committee
Topics:Courts & civil lawCrime & correctionsFirearms
Same legislation: HF 155
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 30, 2023
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 1, 2023
- Done: House committeeMarch 2, 2023
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 21, 202388–6
- Done: Senate committeeMarch 29, 2023
- Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on April 19, 2024. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to mandatory minimum sentences relating to the control, possession, receipt, or transportation of a firearm or offensive weapon by a felon. Current law provides that a person who is convicted of a felony in a state or federal court, or who is adjudicated delinquent on the basis of conduct that would constitute a felony if committed by an adult, and who knowingly has under the person’s dominion and control or possession, receives, or transports or causes to be transported a firearm or offensive weapon is guilty of a class “D” felony.
Read the full explanation
The bill establishes penalties for first, second, third, and fourth and subsequent violations, and requires commitment to the custody of the director of the department of corrections for a mandatory minimum term of incarceration. The bill provides the following: a first offense is a class “D” felony with a mandatory minimum term of confinement of two years; a second offense is a class “D” felony with a mandatory minimum term of confinement of four years; a third offense is a class “C” felony with a mandatory minimum term of confinement of seven years; and a fourth or subsequent offense is a class “C” felony with a mandatory minimum term of confinement of years. The bill provides that the court shall not defer judgment or sentencing, or suspend execution of any mandatory minimum sentence of incarceration.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text
Senate subcommittee
Named March 22, 2023. On March 27, 2023 it recommended passage. [].
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Fiscal note
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26(1). This cost is incurred across the entire LOS. Because the distribution of admissions between a first, second, third, and fourth or subsequent offense cannot be estimated, Figure 2 demonstrates the cost to the DOC if all individuals were admitted on a first offense. Figure 2 represents the cost of all individuals admitted to DOC supervision for this offense in one year.
- Mandatory Minimum Sentences, Possession of Firearms by Felons · February 9, 2024
- Mandatory Minimum Sentences, Possession of Firearms by Felons · March 16, 2023
Nonpartisan cost estimates from the Legislative Services Agency’s Fiscal Services Division. The newest is first. Reading a fiscal note
Iowa Code it changes
Amends§724.26
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Lobbying
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