Bill Text: IA SF466 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to firearms, including provisions relating to the purchase, sale, or transfer of firearms and requiring an educational program relating to hunting, and providing penalties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-05 - Subcommittee: Schultz, Chapman, and R. Taylor. S.J. 469. [SF466 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF466-Introduced.html
Senate
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466
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
466
BY
QUIRMBACH
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
firearms,
including
provisions
relating
to
1
the
purchase,
sale,
or
transfer
of
firearms
and
requiring
2
an
educational
program
relating
to
hunting,
and
providing
3
penalties.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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DIVISION
I
1
SALE
OR
TRANSFER
OF
FIREARMS
2
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
724.32
Sale
or
transfer
of
firearms
3
——
criminal
history
background
check.
4
1.
A
person
shall
not
sell
or
transfer
a
firearm
to
another
5
person
without
receiving
verification
from
a
federally
licensed
6
firearms
dealer
that
information
on
the
prospective
purchaser
7
or
transferee
has
been
submitted
to
the
department
of
public
8
safety
for
a
criminal
history
background
check
and
that
a
9
determination
has
been
received
by
the
department
of
public
10
safety
that
the
prospective
purchaser
or
transferee
is
not
11
prohibited
under
either
state
or
federal
law
from
possessing
a
12
firearm.
A
criminal
history
background
check
conducted
under
13
this
section
shall
include
an
inquiry
of
the
national
instant
14
criminal
background
check
system
maintained
by
the
federal
15
bureau
of
investigation.
16
2.
This
section
shall
not
apply
where
the
person
17
transferring
the
firearm
and
the
person
acquiring
the
firearm
18
are
related
to
one
another
within
the
second
degree
of
19
consanguinity
or
affinity.
20
3.
A
person
who
sells
or
transfers
a
firearm
in
violation
of
21
this
section
is
guilty
of
an
aggravated
misdemeanor.
22
4.
A
federally
licensed
firearms
dealer
may
charge
and
23
collect
fees
for
obtaining
criminal
history
record
information
24
checks
on
behalf
of
sellers
or
transferors.
25
5.
The
department
of
public
safety
shall
adopt
rules
26
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
to
administer
this
section.
27
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
724.32A
Straw
sales
——
firearms.
28
A
person
who
purchases
or
obtains
a
firearm
on
behalf
of
a
29
person
not
qualified
to
legally
purchase,
own,
or
possess
a
30
firearm
in
this
state
or
for
the
purpose
of
selling,
giving,
31
or
otherwise
transferring
a
firearm
to
a
person
not
legally
32
qualified
to
purchase,
own,
or
possess
a
firearm
in
this
state
33
is
guilty
of
an
aggravated
misdemeanor.
34
DIVISION
II
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EDUCATIONAL
PROGRAM
——
HUNTING
1
Sec.
3.
Section
256.9,
Code
2019,
is
amended
by
adding
the
2
following
new
subsection:
3
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
60.
Develop
and
administer
an
educational
4
program
to
promote
and
increase
participation
in
hunting.
5
The
program
shall
be
available
in
public
high
schools
and
6
community
colleges
as
either
an
extracurricular
activity
or
as
7
part
of
a
unit
in
relevant
existing
coursework.
The
director
8
shall
collaborate
with
the
department
of
natural
resources
in
9
the
development
and
administration
of
the
program
and
shall
10
model
the
program
after
the
department
of
natural
resources’
11
recruitment,
retention,
and
reactivation
action
plan.
12
EXPLANATION
13
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
14
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
15
This
bill
relates
to
the
purchase,
sale,
or
transfer
of
16
firearms
and
requires
an
educational
program
relating
to
17
hunting,
and
provides
penalties.
18
DIVISION
I
——
SALE
OR
TRANSFER
OF
FIREARMS.
Division
I
of
19
the
bill
prohibits
a
person
from
selling
or
transferring
a
20
firearm
to
another
person
without
receiving
verification
from
21
a
federally
licensed
firearms
dealer
that
information
on
the
22
prospective
purchaser
or
transferee
has
been
submitted
to
the
23
department
of
public
safety
for
a
criminal
history
background
24
check
and
that
a
determination
has
been
received
by
the
25
department
of
public
safety
that
the
prospective
purchaser
or
26
transferee
is
not
prohibited
under
either
state
or
federal
law
27
from
possessing
a
firearm.
A
criminal
history
background
check
28
includes
an
inquiry
of
the
national
instant
criminal
background
29
check
system
maintained
by
the
federal
bureau
of
investigation.
30
The
bill
does
not
require
a
background
check
verification
where
31
the
person
transferring
the
firearm
and
the
person
acquiring
32
the
firearm
are
related
to
one
another
within
the
second
degree
33
of
consanguinity
or
affinity.
34
The
division
provides
that
a
person
who
sells
or
transfers
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a
firearm
in
violation
of
the
bill
is
guilty
of
an
aggravated
1
misdemeanor.
2
The
division
provides
that
a
federally
licensed
firearms
3
dealer
may
charge
and
collect
fees
for
obtaining
criminal
4
history
record
information
checks
on
behalf
of
sellers
and
5
transferors
and
the
department
of
public
safety
shall
adopt
6
administrative
rules
to
administer
the
bill.
7
The
division
prohibits
straw
firearms
sales
by
providing
8
that
a
person
who
purchases
or
obtains
a
firearm
on
behalf
of
9
a
person
not
qualified
to
legally
purchase,
own,
or
possess
10
a
firearm
in
Iowa
or
for
the
purpose
of
selling,
giving,
or
11
otherwise
transferring
a
firearm
to
a
person
not
legally
12
qualified
to
purchase,
own,
or
possess
a
firearm
in
this
state
13
is
guilty
of
an
aggravated
misdemeanor.
14
As
referenced
in
the
bill,
an
aggravated
misdemeanor
is
15
punishable
by
confinement
for
no
more
than
two
years
and
a
fine
16
of
at
least
$625
but
not
more
than
$6,250.
17
DIVISION
II
——
EDUCATIONAL
PROGRAM
——
HUNTING.
Division
18
II
of
the
bill
requires
the
director
of
the
department
of
19
education
to
develop
and
administer
an
educational
program
to
20
promote
and
increase
participation
in
hunting.
The
program
21
shall
be
available
in
public
high
schools
and
community
22
colleges
as
either
an
extracurricular
activity
or
as
part
of
23
a
unit
in
relevant
existing
coursework.
The
director
of
the
24
department
of
education
will
collaborate
with
the
department
25
of
natural
resources
in
the
development
and
administration
of
26
the
educational
program.
The
educational
program
shall
be
27
modeled
after
the
department
of
natural
resources’
recruitment,
28
retention,
and
reactivation
action
plan.
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