Bills › 91st General Assembly
Creating the second amendment preservation Act, and providing penalties
Sponsored by Rep. Jeff Shipley (R)
Topics:Courts & civil law
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 17, 2025
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by February 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- 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 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. This bill creates the second amendment preservation Act. The bill defines the terms “law-abiding citizen”, “material aid”, “political subdivision”, “public office”, and “public officer”. The bill places a duty on courts and law enforcement agencies of this state to protect the rights of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear arms within the borders of this state and to protect these rights from the infringements defined in the bill.
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The bill holds liable a political subdivision or law enforcement agency that employs a law enforcement officer who acts knowingly to violate the provisions of the bill while acting under color of any state or federal law. The bill also provides that if a political subdivision or law enforcement agency knowingly employs an individual acting or who previously acted as an official, agent, employee, or deputy of the federal government or otherwise acted under the color of federal law within the borders of this state who knowingly enforced, attempted to enforce, participated in, or gave material aid and support to the efforts of another to enforce or attempt to enforce, an infringement identified in the bill, the political subdivision or law enforcement agency is subject to a civil penalty of $50,000 for each such person employed. In an action for injunctive relief, the court may hold a political subdivision or law enforcement agency that is found to have violated the bill responsible for paying reasonable attorney fees and costs.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text
Iowa Code it changes
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Lobbying
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Family tree
Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in 2 earlier General Assemblies. None got through a chamber.
- HF 2335 Creating the second amendment preservation Act, and providing penalties90th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
- SF 2002 Creating the second amendment preservation Act, and providing penalties89th General Assembly · Subcommittee recommends passage · same titleCleared committee
Matched by the wording of each bill’s explanation, or an identical title. Companion bills and renumbered versions of this bill aren’t listed; they’re the same bill.