Senate File 147 - Introduced SENATE FILE 147 BY CHAPMAN A BILL FOR An Act relating to the confidentiality of personally 1 identifiable information of holders of nonprofessional 2 permits to carry weapons and permits to acquire pistols or 3 revolvers. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 1163XS (3) 87 jm/rj/rh
S.F. 147 Section 1. Section 724.23, Code 2017, 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. The commissioner of public safety and any issuing 7 officer shall keep confidential any information that would 8 personally identify holders of nonprofessional permits to carry 9 weapons and permits to acquire pistols or revolvers, including 10 but not limited to the name, social security number, date of 11 birth, driver’s license or other identification number, and 12 residential or business address of the permit holder, unless 13 such confidentiality is waived in writing by 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 any information that 34 would personally identify holders of nonprofessional permits 35 -1- LSB 1163XS (3) 87 jm/rj/rh 1/ 2
S.F. 147 to carry weapons and permits to acquire pistols or revolvers, 1 including but not limited to the name, social security number, 2 date of birth, driver’s license or other identification number, 3 and residential or business address of the permit holder 4 unless such confidentiality is waived in writing by the permit 5 holder. The bill does not prohibit the release of statistical 6 information relating to the issuance, denial, revocation, or 7 administration of nonprofessional permits to carry weapons and 8 permits to acquire pistols or revolvers if such information 9 does not reveal the identity of any individual permit holder, 10 or the release of information to any law enforcement agency, 11 or an employee or agent thereof, when necessary for an 12 investigation of a possible violation of law or for conducting 13 a lawfully authorized background investigation. 14 -2- LSB 1163XS (3) 87 jm/rj/rh 2/ 2