Bill Text: IA SF188 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act prohibiting a governing board of a public college or university from adopting or enforcing any policy or rule that prohibits a person from carrying, transporting, or possessing a dangerous weapon producing a nonprojectile high-voltage pulse designed to immobilize a person in the buildings or on the grounds of such a college or university. (Formerly SF 120.) Effective 7-1-19.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-09 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 1195. [SF188 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF188-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
PROHIBITING
A
GOVERNING
BOARD
OF
A
PUBLIC
COLLEGE
OR
UNIVERSITY
FROM
ADOPTING
OR
ENFORCING
ANY
POLICY
OR
RULE
THAT
PROHIBITS
A
PERSON
FROM
CARRYING,
TRANSPORTING,
OR
POSSESSING
A
DANGEROUS
WEAPON
PRODUCING
A
NONPROJECTILE
HIGH-VOLTAGE
PULSE
DESIGNED
TO
IMMOBILIZE
A
PERSON
IN
THE
BUILDINGS
OR
ON
THE
GROUNDS
OF
SUCH
A
COLLEGE
OR
UNIVERSITY.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
260C.14A
Limitation
on
authority
——
nonprojectile
high-voltage
pulse
weapons
designed
to
immobilize.
The
board
of
directors
of
a
community
college
shall
comply
with
the
requirements
of
section
724.8A
regarding
policies
and
rules
relating
to
the
carrying,
transportation,
or
possession
of
a
dangerous
weapon
that
directs
an
electric
current,
impulse,
wave,
or
beam
that
produces
a
high-voltage
pulse
designed
to
immobilize
a
person
in
the
buildings
or
on
the
grounds
of
the
community
college,
as
long
as
such
a
dangerous
weapon
does
not
generate
a
projectile
that
directs
an
electric
current,
impulse,
wave,
or
beam
that
produces
a
high-voltage
pulse
designed
to
immobilize
a
person,
and
such
a
dangerous
weapon
is
not
used
in
the
commission
of
a
public
offense.
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
262.9D
Limitation
on
authority
——
nonprojectile
high-voltage
pulse
weapons
designed
to
immobilize.
The
state
board
of
regents
shall
comply
with
the
requirements
of
section
724.8A
regarding
policies
and
rules
relating
to
the
carrying,
transportation,
or
possession
of
a
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2
dangerous
weapon
that
directs
an
electric
current,
impulse,
wave,
or
beam
that
produces
a
high-voltage
pulse
designed
to
immobilize
a
person
in
the
buildings
or
on
the
grounds
of
a
university
under
the
control
of
the
state
board
of
regents,
as
long
as
such
a
dangerous
weapon
does
not
generate
a
projectile
that
directs
an
electric
current,
impulse,
wave,
or
beam
that
produces
a
high-voltage
pulse
designed
to
immobilize
a
person,
and
such
a
dangerous
weapon
is
not
used
in
the
commission
of
a
public
offense.
Sec.
3.
NEW
SECTION
.
724.8A
Limitation
on
authority
——
nonprojectile
high-voltage
pulse
weapons
designed
to
immobilize
——
public
universities
and
community
colleges.
1.
Notwithstanding
subsections
2
and
3,
the
governing
board
of
a
university
under
the
control
of
the
state
board
of
regents
as
provided
in
chapter
262
or
a
community
college
under
the
jurisdiction
of
a
board
of
directors
for
a
merged
area
as
provided
in
chapter
260C
shall
not
adopt
or
enforce
any
policy
or
rule
that
prohibits
the
carrying,
transportation,
or
possession
of
a
dangerous
weapon
that
directs
an
electric
current,
impulse,
wave,
or
beam
that
produces
a
high-voltage
pulse
designed
to
immobilize
a
person
in
the
buildings
or
on
the
grounds
of
such
a
college
or
university,
as
long
as
such
a
dangerous
weapon
does
not
generate
a
projectile
that
directs
an
electric
current,
impulse,
wave,
or
beam
that
produces
a
high-voltage
pulse
designed
to
immobilize
a
person,
and
such
a
dangerous
weapon
is
not
used
in
the
commission
of
a
public
offense.
2.
This
section
shall
not
apply
to
any
policy
or
rule
adopted
or
enforced
by
the
governing
board
of
a
university
under
the
control
of
the
state
board
of
regents
as
provided
in
chapter
262
or
a
community
college
under
the
jurisdiction
of
a
board
of
directors
for
a
merged
area
as
provided
in
chapter
260C
that
prohibits
persons
who
have
been
convicted
of
a
felony
from
carrying,
transporting,
or
possessing
a
dangerous
weapon
that
directs
an
electric
current,
impulse,
wave,
or
beam
that
produces
a
high-voltage
pulse
designed
to
immobilize
a
person
in
the
buildings
or
on
the
grounds
of
such
a
university
or
community
college.
3.
This
section
shall
not
apply
to
any
policy
or
rule
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adopted
or
enforced
by
the
governing
board
of
a
university
under
the
control
of
the
state
board
of
regents
as
provided
in
chapter
262
that
prohibits
the
carrying,
transportation,
or
possession
of
a
dangerous
weapon
that
directs
an
electric
current,
impulse,
wave,
or
beam
that
produces
a
high-voltage
pulse
designed
to
immobilize
a
person
inside
the
buildings
or
physical
structures
of
any
stadium
or
hospital
associated
with
an
institution
governed
by
the
state
board
of
regents.
______________________________
CHARLES
SCHNEIDER
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
File
188,
Eighty-eighth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2019
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
