SF 2080: Prohibiting the sale or transfer of large capacity ammunition feeding devices, providing penalties, and including effective date and applicability provisions

What it does

This bill prohibits the sale or transfer of large capacity ammunition feeding devices, provides a penalty, and includes effective date and applicability provisions. The bill provides that a person who sells or transfers any large capacity ammunition feeding device commits an aggravated misdemeanor, punishable by confinement for no more than two years and a fine of at least $855 but not more than $8,540. Under the bill, a “large capacity ammunition feeding device” means a magazine, belt, drum, or similar device that has a capacity of, or that can be readily restored or converted to accept, more than rounds of ammunition. The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies to any large capacity ammunition feeding device sold or transferred on or after the effective date.

Senate subcommittee · named January 23, 2024

• Sen. Jason Schultz (R) · jason.schultz@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Rocky De Witt (R)
• Sen. Janet Petersen (D) · janet.petersen@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 4 for, 2 against

For: City of Iowa City; Episcopal Diocese of Iowa; Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; League of Women Voters of Iowa

Against: Iowa Firearms Coalition, Inc.; Iowa Minuteman Civil Defense Corps

In plain words

1. January 22, 2024Filed in the Senate and sent to the Judiciary committee
2. January 23, 2024Senate subcommittee named: Schultz, De Witt and Petersen