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91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

SF 462: Relating to weapons, including mandatory minimum sentences relating to the control, possession, receipt, or transportation of a firearm or offensive weapon by a felon, and the sharing of identifying information of persons prohibited from acquiring a pistol or revolver by court order, and providing penalties

Signed into law

What it does

This bill relates to the sharing of identifying information of persons prohibited from acquiring a pistol or revolver by court order.31A, when a court issues an order or judgment that prohibits a person from acquiring a pistol or revolver, the clerk of the district court forwards information necessary to identify the person to the department of public safety (department), which in turn forwards the information to the federal bureau of investigation for the sole purpose of inclusion in the national instant criminal background check system database.

Sponsors

Judiciary committee

Cost

Can’t be estimated

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House subcommittee · named March 18, 2025

  • Rep. Steven C. Holt (R) · steven.holt@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Skyler Wheeler (R) · skyler.wheeler@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Ross Wilburn (D) · ross.wilburn@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 5 for, 4 against

For: Iowa County Attorneys Association; Iowa Dept. of Public Safety; Iowa Firearms Coalition, Inc.; Iowa Minuteman Civil Defense Corps; National Rifle Association of America

Against: Dubuque Coalition for Nonviolence (CNV); Iowa Integrated Health Planning and Advisory Council; Iowans for Gun Safety; League of Women Voters of Iowa

In plain words

  1. February 13, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the Judiciary committee · as SSB 1125
  2. February 13, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Schultz, Dickey and Knox · as SSB 1125
  3. February 18, 2025Subcommittee recommended passing it · as SSB 1125
  4. February 26, 2025Approved by the Senate committee, and given a new number: SF 462 · as SSB 1125
  5. February 27, 2025Filed in the Senate
  6. February 27, 2025Approved by the Senate committee
  7. March 12, 2025Passed the Senate, 48–0
  8. March 13, 2025Arrived in the House
  9. March 18, 2025House subcommittee named: Holt, Wheeler and Wilburn
  10. March 25, 2025Subcommittee recommended passing it
  11. March 27, 2025Approved by the House committee
  12. March 27, 2025Committee vote: 19–0
  13. May 8, 2025Passed the House, 69–15
  14. May 13, 2025Passed the Senate, 46–0
  15. May 23, 2025Sent to the Governor
  16. May 27, 2025Signed into law
  17. June 11, 2025Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/91/SF462