HF 17 (LSB 1396YH (2) 88)

HOUSE FILE 17

BY  HUNTER

A BILL FOR

An Act prohibiting the carrying, transportation, or possession of firearms in the capitol building and on capitol grounds, and making penalties applicable.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 8A.322, subsection 3, Code 2019, 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, transporting, or possessing a pistol or revolver firearm of any kind, whether concealed or not, 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.
   Under current law, Code section 8A.322(3) provides that the director of administrative services shall establish, publish, and enforce rules regulating and restricting the use by the public of the capitol buildings and capitol grounds, and shall prohibit a person, other than a peace officer, from 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, the director shall not prohibit the lawful carrying, transportation, or possession of any pistol or revolver in the capitol building and on capitol grounds by a person who possess a valid permit to carry weapons.
   This bill amends Code section 8A.333(3) to provide that the director shall establish rules prohibiting a person, other than a peace officer, from carrying, transporting, or possessing a firearm of any kind, whether concealed or not, in the capitol building and on capitol grounds.
   A person who violates a rule created by the director pursuant to Code section 8A.333(3) is guilty of a simple misdemeanor. A simple misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than 30 days or a fine of at least $65 but not more than $625 or by both.