Senate File 390 - Introduced SENATE FILE 390 BY DIX , BEHN , ZUMBACH , SINCLAIR , COSTELLO , GARRETT , BREITBACH , SCHULTZ , SEGEBART , JOHNSON , KAPUCIAN , SMITH , ROZENBOOM , GUTH , CHAPMAN , BERTRAND , SHIPLEY , KRAAYENBRINK , WHITVER , CHELGREN , SCHNEIDER , ZAUN , FEENSTRA , and ANDERSON A BILL FOR An Act relating to the confidentiality of personally 1 identifiable information of holders of nonprofessional 2 permits to carry weapons and to acquire pistols or 3 revolvers. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 2111XS (4) 86 jm/rj
S.F. 390 Section 1. Section 724.23, Code 2015, is amended to read as 1 follows: 2 724.23 Records kept by commissioner and issuing officers . 3 1. The commissioner of public safety shall maintain a 4 permanent record of all valid permits to carry weapons and of 5 current permit revocations. 6 2. a. Notwithstanding any other law or rule to the 7 contrary, the commissioner of public safety and any issuing 8 officer shall keep confidential information that would 9 personally identify holders of nonprofessional permits to carry 10 weapons and permits to acquire pistols or revolvers, including 11 but not limited to the name, social security number, date of 12 birth, driver’s license or other identification number, and 13 residential or business address of the permit holder. 14 b. This subsection shall not prohibit the release of 15 statistical information relating to the issuance, denial, 16 revocation, or administration of nonprofessional permits to 17 carry weapons and permits to acquire pistols or revolvers, 18 provided that the release of such information does not reveal 19 the identity of any individual permit holder. 20 c. This subsection shall not prohibit the release of 21 information to any law enforcement agency, or an employee 22 or agent thereof, when necessary for an investigation of 23 a possible violation of law or for conducting a lawfully 24 authorized background investigation. 25 EXPLANATION 26 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 27 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 28 Current law requires the commissioner of public safety 29 to maintain a permanent record of all valid permits to carry 30 weapons and of current permit revocations. The bill provides 31 that, notwithstanding any other law or rule to the contrary, 32 the commissioner of public safety and any issuing officer 33 (county sheriff) shall keep confidential information that would 34 personally identify holders of nonprofessional permits to carry 35 -1- LSB 2111XS (4) 86 jm/rj 1/ 2
S.F. 390 weapons and permits to acquire pistols or revolvers, including 1 but not limited to the name, social security number, date of 2 birth, driver’s license or other identification number, and 3 residential or business address of the permit holder. The 4 bill does not prohibit the release of statistical information 5 relating to the issuance, denial, revocation, or administration 6 of nonprofessional permits to carry weapons and permits to 7 acquire pistols or revolvers if such information does not 8 reveal the identity of any individual permit holder, or the 9 release of information to any law enforcement agency, or an 10 employee or agent thereof, when necessary for an investigation 11 of a possible violation of law or for conducting a lawfully 12 authorized background investigation. 13 -2- LSB 2111XS (4) 86 jm/rj 2/ 2