Senate File 128 - Introduced SENATE FILE 128 BY BOLKCOM A BILL FOR An Act prohibiting the carrying of weapons in state and 1 municipal buildings and providing a penalty. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1900XS (5) 84 rh/rj
S.F. 128 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 724.4D Carrying weapons in state 1 and municipal buildings. 2 1. A person who goes armed with, carries, or transports 3 a firearm of any kind, whether concealed or not, in a state 4 building or a municipal building commits a serious misdemeanor. 5 2. For the purposes of this section: 6 a. “Municipal building” means a building owned or leased 7 by a city or county, or an agency or department of a city or 8 county. 9 b. “State building” means a building owned by or leased by 10 the state, or an agency or department of the state. 11 3. Subsection 1 does not apply to the following: 12 a. A person listed under section 724.4, subsection 4, 13 paragraphs “b” through “d” , “j” , or “k” . 14 b. A person who has been specifically authorized by the 15 state or municipality to go armed, carry, or transport a 16 firearm in the state or municipal building, including for 17 purposes of conducting an instructional program regarding 18 firearms. 19 EXPLANATION 20 This bill provides that a person who goes armed with, 21 carries, or transports a firearm of any kind, whether concealed 22 or not, in a state building or a municipal building commits a 23 serious misdemeanor, punishable by confinement for no more than 24 one year and a fine of at least $315 but not more than $1,875. 25 For purposes of the bill, “state building” means a building 26 owned by or leased by the state, or an agency or department of 27 the state, and a “municipal building” means a building owned 28 or leased by a city or county, or an agency or department of a 29 city or county. 30 The bill does not apply to a peace officer, when the 31 officer’s duties require the person to carry weapons; a member 32 of the armed forces of the United States or of the national 33 guard or person in the service of the United States, when the 34 weapons are carried in connection with the person’s duties; 35 -1- LSB 1900XS (5) 84 rh/rj 1/ 2
S.F. 128 a correctional officer, when the officer’s duties require, 1 serving under the authority of the department of corrections; a 2 law enforcement officer from another state when the officer’s 3 duties require the officer to carry the weapon and the officer 4 is in this state for the extradition or other lawful removal of 5 a prisoner from this state, pursuit of a suspect in compliance 6 with Code chapter 806, or activities in the capacity of a law 7 enforcement officer with the knowledge and consent of the chief 8 of police of the city or the sheriff of the county in which 9 the activities occur or of the commissioner of public safety; 10 a person engaged in the business of transporting prisoners 11 under a contract with the department of corrections or a county 12 sheriff, a similar agency from another state, or the federal 13 government; or a person who has been specifically authorized 14 by the state, city, or county to go armed, carry, or transport 15 a firearm in the state or municipal building, including for 16 purposes of conducting an instructional program regarding 17 firearms. 18 -2- LSB 1900XS (5) 84 rh/rj 2/ 2