HF 2143 (LSB 5550YH (3) 87)

HOUSE FILE 2143

BY  STAED

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the carrying, transportation, or possession of a pistol or revolver in the capitol building and on the grounds surrounding the capitol building including state parking lots and parking garages.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 8A.322, subsection 3, Code 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  The director shall establish, publish, and enforce rules regulating and restricting the use by the public of the capitol buildings and grounds and of the state laboratories facility in Ankeny. The rules when established shall be posted in conspicuous places about the capitol buildings and grounds and the state laboratories facility, as applicable. Any person violating any rule, except a parking regulation, shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor. The rules shall prohibit a person, other than a peace officer, from openly carrying a pistol or revolver in the capitol building and on the grounds surrounding the capitol building including state parking lots and parking garages. However, this subsection shall not be construed to allow the director to prohibit the lawful carrying, transportation, or possession of any pistol or revolver in the capitol building and on the grounds surrounding the capitol building including state parking lots and parking garages by a person who displays to capitol security personnel a valid permit to carry weapons upon request.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to the carrying, transportation, or possession of a pistol or revolver in the capitol building and on the grounds of the capitol including state parking lots and parking garages.
   The bill strikes a provision allowing a person to conceal carry, transport, or possess a pistol or revolver in the capitol building and on the grounds surrounding the capitol building including state parking lots and parking garages if the person possesses a valid permit to carry weapons.