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SF 2253Died when the session ended · February 7, 2024

Establishing a mental health firearm safety fund

Topics:State budgetFirearmsHealth careMental health & addiction

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Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedFebruary 7, 2024
  2. Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 19, 2024
  3. Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
  4. Next: Passes the Senate
  5. Next: House committee
  6. Next: Passes the House
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. 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 establishes a mental health firearm safety fund (fund) under the control of the department of health and human services (HHS) to be funded with moneys appropriated by the general assembly and any other moneys available to and obtained or accepted by HHS for placement in the fund. The bill allows HHS to use moneys in the fund to award grants to organizations for the purposes of training staff at a firearms retailer or a firearm range on how to recognize signs that a person may be considering suicide; providing suicide prevention materials for distribution at a firearms retailer or a firearm range; or providing voluntary, temporary firearm storage for the lawful owner of a firearm who is or may be experiencing a mental health emergency.

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The bill limits annual awards from the fund to $5,000 per recipient organization per fiscal year. The bill requires HHS, when awarding grants from the fund, to give preference to organizations or coalitions of organizations that have not previously received a grant from the fund. §5304, including any subdivision, subsidiary, or business enterprise wholly owned by such an Indian tribe.

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 February 19, 2024. It hasn’t reported yet.

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Iowa Code it changes

Creates§225C.70

Read from the bill as introduced. Each links to every bill touching that chapter of the Iowa Code. How the Code works

Lobbying

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