House File 2099 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  ZIRKELBACH


    Passed House, Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act prohibiting a city from adopting an ordinance that
  2    prevents discharging a firearm as a salute to an individual
  3    during an authorized parade or at a funeral or memorial
  4    service.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  6 TLSB 5208HH 82
  7 md/sc/14

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 364.3, Code 2007, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  10.  A city shall not adopt or enforce any
  1  4 ordinance prohibiting an honor guard composed of members of
  1  5 the armed forces, law enforcement officers, or members of a
  1  6 recognized military veterans organization as listed in section
  1  7 35A.2, subsection 2, or section 37.2, subsection 1, from
  1  8 discharging a firearm with blank ammunition in a salute or to
  1  9 honor an individual during an authorized parade or in
  1 10 conjunction with a funeral or memorial service conducted at a
  1 11 cemetery or funeral home.
  1 12                           EXPLANATION
  1 13    This bill prohibits municipalities from enacting or
  1 14 enforcing ordinances which would prevent an honor guard
  1 15 composed of members of the armed forces, law enforcement
  1 16 officers, or members of a recognized military veterans
  1 17 organization from discharging a firearm with blank ammunition
  1 18 in a salute or to honor an individual during an authorized
  1 19 parade or in conjunction with a funeral or memorial service
  1 20 conducted at a cemetery or funeral home.
  1 21 LSB 5208HH 82
  1 22 md/sc/14.2