Bills › 91st General Assembly
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, Rep. Matthew Rinker (R)
Topics:Crime & correctionsFirearmsPublic safety & emergencies
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 14, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 15, 2025
- Done: House committeeJanuary 29, 2025
- Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. 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 maximum period of confinement for a class “D” felony is five years, and the maximum period of confinement for a class “C” felony is ten years. The bill provides that the court shall not defer judgment or sentencing, or suspend execution of any mandatory minimum sentence of incarceration. The bill provides that earned time accrued by a person convicted under the bill is not applied to reduce any mandatory minimum sentence imposed.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text
Fiscal note
Can’t be estimated Compare with other bills
26(1). This cost is incurred across the entire LOS. The distribution of admissions between a first, second, third, and fourth or subsequent offense cannot be estimated. Estimated costs by supervision status under current law and the Bill are displayed in Figure 2. This cost would recur for each annual group of admissions.
- Mandatory Minimum Sentences, Possession of Firearms by Felons · March 14, 2025
- Mandatory Minimum Sentences, Possession of Firearms by Felons · February 11, 2025
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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Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None became law, though one got through a chamber.
- HF 155 Relating to mandatory minimum sentences relating to the control, possession, receipt, or t…90th General Assembly · Renumbered as HF 625 · same titleCleared committee
- HF 625 Relating to mandatory minimum sentences relating to the control, possession, receipt, or t…90th General Assembly · Passed House · nearly identicalPassed a chamber
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