House File 2075 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2075 BY ANDERSON , STAED , STECKMAN , LENSING , MEYER , KURTH , THEDE , H. MILLER , HUNTER , and MASCHER A BILL FOR An Act prohibiting the manufacture, possession, shipment, 1 transportation, or receipt of a multi-burst trigger 2 activator, and providing penalties. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5394HH (4) 87 jm/rh
H.F. 2075 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 724.1D Multi-burst trigger 1 activator —— penalty. 2 1. As used in this section, “multi-burst trigger activator” 3 means a device designed or redesigned to be attached to a 4 semiautomatic firearm, which enables a firearm to discharge 5 two or more shots in a burst by activating the device, or a 6 manual or power-driven trigger activating device constructed or 7 designed so that when attached to a semiautomatic firearm it 8 increases the rate of the fire of that firearm. A multi-burst 9 trigger activator includes firearm accessories, parts, 10 and a combination of parts that significantly increase a 11 semiautomatic firearm’s rate of fire beyond the standard rate 12 of fire for a semiautomatic firearm. 13 2. A person shall not manufacture, possess, ship, 14 transport, or receive a multi-burst trigger activator. 15 3. A person who violates subsection 2 commits a class “D” 16 felony. 17 EXPLANATION 18 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 19 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 20 This bill prohibits the manufacture, possession, shipment, 21 transportation, or receipt of a multi-burst trigger activator. 22 The bill defines a multi-burst trigger activator to 23 mean a device designed or redesigned to be attached to a 24 semiautomatic firearm, which enables a firearm to discharge 25 two or more shots in a burst by activating the device, or a 26 manual or power-driven trigger activating device constructed or 27 designed so that when attached to a semiautomatic firearm it 28 increases the rate of the fire of that firearm. A multi-burst 29 trigger activator includes firearm accessories, parts, 30 and a combination of parts that significantly increase a 31 semiautomatic firearm’s rate of fire beyond the standard rate 32 of fire for a semiautomatic firearm. 33 A person who violates the bill commits a class “D” felony. A 34 class “D” felony is punishable by confinement for no more than 35 -1- LSB 5394HH (4) 87 jm/rh 1/ 2
H.F. 2075 five years and a fine of at least $750 but not more than $7,500. 1 -2- LSB 5394HH (4) 87 jm/rh 2/ 2