HF 791: Relating to firearm safety instruction in school districts

What it does

This bill relates to firearm safety instruction in school districts. The bill requires the director of the department of education to develop and distribute to all school districts an age-appropriate model program for firearm instruction for pupils enrolled in kindergarten through grade by July 1, 2026. The model program for students enrolled in grades kindergarten through six is required to be based on the eddie eagle gunsafe program, and the model program for students enrolled in grades through is required to be based on the hunter education course developed by the national rifle association.

House subcommittee · named February 18, 2025

• Rep. John H. Wills (R) · john.wills@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Dean Fisher (R) · dean.fisher@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Beth Wessel-Kroeschell (D) · beth.wessel-kroeschell@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 4 for, 10 against

For: Iowa Firearms Coalition, Inc.; Iowa Minuteman Civil Defense Corps; National Rifle Association of America; VALOR Iowa

Against: Dubuque Coalition for Nonviolence (CNV); Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa Association of School Boards; Iowa Conference of the United Methodist Church; Iowa State Education Association; Iowans for Gun Safety; League of Women Voters of Iowa; Rural School Advocates of Iowa; School Administrators of Iowa; Urban Education Network of Iowa

In plain words

1. February 18, 2025Filed in the House and sent to the Public Safety committee · as HSB 200
2. February 18, 2025House subcommittee named: Wills, J., Fisher and Wessel-Kroeschell · as HSB 200
3. February 25, 2025Subcommittee recommended passing it · as HSB 200
4. February 26, 2025Approved by the House committee · as HSB 200
5. February 26, 2025Committee vote: 18–4 · as HSB 200
6. March 5, 2025Filed in the House
7. March 5, 2025Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 791 · as HSB 200
8. April 3, 2025Sent to the House Public Safety committee