Senate File 2239 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2239 BY BLACK A BILL FOR An Act relating to the transportation and storage of firearms 1 in privately owned motor vehicles. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 6047XS (2) 83 rh/nh

S.F. 2239 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 724.31 Transportation and storage 1 of firearms —— privately owned motor vehicles. 2 1. Except as provided in subsection 4, a person who lawfully 3 possesses a firearm may transport or store such firearm in 4 a locked, privately owned motor vehicle in any parking lot, 5 parking garage, or other designated parking area. 6 2. Except as provided in subsection 3, a property owner, 7 tenant, public or private employer, business entity, or 8 any agent or employee thereof, shall not be liable in any 9 civil action for damages resulting from or arising out of an 10 occurrence involving a firearm transported or stored pursuant 11 to this section. 12 3. A property owner, tenant, public or private employer, 13 business entity, or any agent or employee thereof, shall not 14 prohibit a person from transporting or storing a firearm 15 pursuant to subsection 1. However, this section shall not 16 prohibit a public or private employer or business entity from 17 adopting a policy specifying that a firearm stored in a locked, 18 privately owned motor vehicle on property controlled by the 19 public or private employer or business entity be placed within 20 a locked case or container within the vehicle. 21 4. This section shall not apply to the following: 22 a. Any property where the possession of a firearm is 23 prohibited under state or federal law. 24 b. Any vehicle owned or leased by a public or private 25 employer or business entity and used by an employee thereof in 26 the course of the employee’s business if access to the parking 27 area is restricted or limited through the use of a fence, gate, 28 security station, signage, or other means of restricting or 29 limiting general public access onto the parking area and if any 30 of the following applies: 31 (1) The public or private employer or business entity 32 provides facilities for the temporary storage of unloaded 33 firearms. 34 (2) The public or private employer or business entity 35 -1- LSB 6047XS (2) 83 rh/nh 1/ 3

S.F. 2239 provides an alternative parking area, which is reasonably close 1 to the main parking area, in which employees and other persons 2 are allowed to transport or store firearms in locked, privately 3 owned motor vehicles pursuant to this section. 4 EXPLANATION 5 This bill relates to the transportation and storage of 6 firearms in privately owned motor vehicles. 7 The bill provides that except as otherwise provided in the 8 bill, a person who lawfully possesses a firearm may transport 9 or store such firearm in a locked, privately owned motor 10 vehicle in any parking lot, parking garage, or other designated 11 parking area. 12 The bill provides that, except as otherwise provided in the 13 bill, a property owner, tenant, public or private employer, or 14 business entity, or any agent or employee thereof, shall not 15 be liable in any civil action for damages resulting from or 16 arising out of an occurrence involving a firearm transported 17 or stored under the provisions of the bill. A property owner, 18 tenant, public or private employer, or business entity, or any 19 agent or employee thereof, shall not prohibit a person from 20 transporting or storing a firearm; however, a public or private 21 employer or business entity may adopt a policy specifying that 22 a firearm stored in a locked, privately owned motor vehicle 23 on property controlled by the public or private employer or 24 business entity be placed within a locked case or container 25 within the vehicle. 26 The bill does not apply to any property where the possession 27 of firearms is prohibited under state or federal law or any 28 vehicle owned or leased by a public or private employer or 29 business entity and used by an employee thereof in the course 30 of the employee’s business if access to the parking area 31 is restricted or limited through the use of a fence, gate, 32 security station, signage, or other means of restricting 33 or limiting general public access onto the parking area if 34 the public or private employer or business entity provides 35 -2- LSB 6047XS (2) 83 rh/nh 2/ 3

S.F. 2239 facilities for the temporary storage of unloaded firearms or 1 the public or private employer or business entity provides an 2 alternative parking area reasonably close to the main parking 3 area in which employees and other persons are allowed to 4 transport or store firearms in locked, privately owned motor 5 vehicles pursuant to the bill. 6 -3- LSB 6047XS (2) 83 rh/nh 3/ 3