S-3147

   Amend Senate File 297, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
   1.  Page 3, after line 28 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  Section 8A.322, subsection 3, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  a.  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, including for events. 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.
   b.  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 paragraph 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 any person regardless of whether the person has a valid permit to carry weapons.
   c.  The rules shall prohibit a person from holding more than six events per calendar year on the grounds outside the capitol building. The rules shall prohibit the person from holding an event unless the director receives a recommendation for the event by a statewide elected official or by both a member of the Iowa senate and a member of the Iowa house of representatives. A request to hold an outdoor event on the capitol complex grounds must be submitted using an application that the department shall provide on the department’s internet site. An applicant may submit the application electronically or in person in a manner prescribed by the department. The director shall not charge a fee to hold an outdoor event on the capitol complex grounds. However, the director may recoup actual costs associated with the event from the applicant. It is the intent of the general assembly that this paragraph shall not be interpreted as an infringement on the rights guaranteed by Article I, section 20, of the Constitution of the State of Iowa.
   d.  For purposes of this subsection, “event” means an occasion, such as a function, meeting, or celebration, that is formally planned and organized for a specific purpose and is registered through the department.
   Sec. ___.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.>
   2.  Title page, line 1, by striking <contracts entered into by state agencies> and inserting <state grounds and contracts, including by providing for required and prohibited contract terms and regulating events on the capitol complex,>
   3.  Title page, line 2, before <applicability> by inserting <effective date and>
   4.  By renumbering as necessary.