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SF 2257Died when the session ended · February 17, 2026

Relating to firearm eligibility requirements

Sponsored by Sen. Jason Schultz (R)

Topics:Courts & civil lawFirearms

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Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedFebruary 10, 2026
  2. Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 11, 2026
  3. Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
  4. Next: Passes the Senate
  5. Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
  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 October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill relates to firearm eligibility requirements. Under current law, persons who are subject to certain criteria are ineligible for a professional or nonprofessional permit to carry weapons. The bill removes provisions creating ineligibility for persons addicted to alcohol and persons for whom probable cause exists to believe, based upon documented specific actions of the person, when at least one of the actions occurred within two years immediately preceding the date of the permit application, that the person is likely to use a weapon unlawfully or in such other manner as would endanger the person’s self or others.

Read the full explanation

Under current law, a person is not allowed to acquire a pistol or revolver if that person meets certain criteria.8, persons who illegally possess certain controlled substances, and persons committing an indictable offense. Under current law, a person is prohibited from transferring, loaning, or renting a firearm to another person if the person knows or reasonably should know that the other person is ineligible to possess dangerous weapons. The bill modifies the language of those provisions by replacing “possess” with “carry”.

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 11, 2026. On February 17, 2026 it recommended passage.

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1 written public comment to its subcommittee: February 17, 2026 (1) · on the Legislature’s site

Iowa Code it changes

Amends§724.15§724.16§724.8§724.8B

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

Lobbying

4 for · 2 against · 0 undecided · Who →