SF 251 (LSB 1470SS (2) 85)

SENATE FILE 251

BY  SORENSON, GUTH, ANDERSON, BERTRAND, ERNST, SEGEBART, BEHN, and CHAPMAN

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the carrying of weapons on school grounds.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 724.4B, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  A person listed under section 724.4, subsection 4, paragraphs “b” through “f”, “i”, or “j”.
EXPLANATION
   Current law provides that a person who goes armed with, carries, or transports a firearm of any kind, whether concealed or not, on the grounds of a school (public or nonpublic) commits a class “D” felony.
   This current law does not apply to a peace officer, when the officer’s duties require the person to carry such weapons; a member of the armed forces of the United States or of the national guard or person in the service of the United States, when the weapons are carried in connection with the person’s duties; a correctional officer, when the officer’s duties require; a person who for any lawful purpose carries an unloaded pistol, revolver, or other dangerous weapon inside a closed and fastened container or securely wrapped package which is too large to be concealed on the person; a person who for any lawful purpose carries or transports an unloaded pistol or revolver in a vehicle inside a closed and fastened container or securely wrapped package which is too large to be concealed on the person or inside a cargo or luggage compartment where the pistol or revolver will not be readily accessible to any person riding in the vehicle or common carrier; or a law enforcement officer from another state when the officer’s duties require the officer to carry the weapon and the officer is in this state for certain reasons.
   The bill expands this list of exceptions to include a person who has in the person’s possession and who displays to a peace officer on demand a valid permit to carry weapons which has been issued to the person, and whose conduct is within the limits of that permit.