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

SSB 3087: Relating to the safety of persons in certain professions involved with the judicial system, including authorizing a judicial officer, attorney general, deputy attorney general, or assistant attorney general to be issued a professional permit to carry weapons, and establishing the criminal offenses of threatening and the malicious sharing of personal information of a judicial officer or a judicial officer’s immediate family, and providing penalties

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill relates to the safety of persons in certain professions involved with the judicial system, including by authorizing a judicial officer, attorney general, deputy attorney general, and assistant attorney general to be issued a professional permit to carry weapons; and establishing the criminal offenses of threatening and the malicious sharing of personal information of a judicial officer or a member of the judicial officer’s immediate family. DIVISION I. The bill provides that a permit issued to a judicial officer, attorney general, deputy attorney general, or assistant attorney general grants authorization to go armed anywhere in the state at all times, including on the grounds of a school.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

See the fiscal note

Division I of the Bill is estimated to have minimal fiscal impact. Division II — Threats Against Members of the General Assembly or Judicial Officers — Immediate Family Members Description Division II establishes a new criminal offense for threatening a member…

Senate subcommittee · named January 28, 2026

  • Sen. Scott Webster (R) · scott.webster@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Tony Bisignano (D) · tony.bisignano@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Mike Bousselot (R) · mike.bousselot@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 8 for, 2 against

For: Home Builders Association of Iowa; Iowa Association of Magistrate Judges; Iowa Attorney General Dept. of Justice; Iowa County Attorneys Association; Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition; Iowa Firearms Coalition, Inc.; Iowa Minuteman Civil Defense Corps; VALOR Iowa

Against: Dubuque Coalition for Nonviolence (CNV); Iowans for Gun Safety

In plain words

  1. January 28, 2026Filed in the Senate and sent to the Judiciary committee
  2. January 28, 2026Senate subcommittee named: Webster, Bisignano and Bousselot
  3. February 5, 2026Subcommittee recommended passing it
  4. February 10, 2026Approved by the Senate committee

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/SSB3087