Senate
File
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
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BY
ZAUN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
confidentiality
of
personally
1
identifiable
information
of
holders
of
nonprofessional
2
permits
to
carry
weapons
and
of
holders
of
permits
to
3
acquire
pistols
or
revolvers.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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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
9
carry
weapons
or
of
permits
to
acquire
pistols
or
revolvers,
10
including
but
not
limited
to
the
name,
social
security
number,
11
date
of
birth,
driver’s
license
or
other
identification
number,
12
and
residential
or
business
address
of
the
permit
holder.
13
b.
This
subsection
shall
not
prohibit
the
release
of
14
statistical
information
relating
to
the
issuance,
denial,
15
revocation,
or
administration
of
nonprofessional
permits
to
16
carry
weapons
or
of
permits
to
acquire
pistols
or
revolvers,
17
provided
that
the
release
of
such
information
does
not
reveal
18
the
identity
of
any
individual
permit
holder.
19
c.
This
subsection
shall
not
prohibit
the
release
of
20
information
to
any
law
enforcement
agency,
or
an
employee
21
or
agent
thereof,
when
necessary
for
an
investigation
of
22
a
possible
violation
of
law
or
for
conducting
a
lawfully
23
authorized
background
investigation.
24
EXPLANATION
25
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
26
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
27
Current
law
requires
the
commissioner
of
public
safety
28
to
maintain
a
permanent
record
of
all
valid
permits
to
carry
29
weapons
and
of
current
permit
revocations.
This
bill
provides
30
that
the
commissioner
of
public
safety
and
any
issuing
officer
31
(county
sheriff)
shall
keep
confidential
any
information
that
32
would
personally
identify
holders
of
nonprofessional
permits
to
33
carry
weapons
or
of
permits
to
acquire
pistols
or
revolvers,
34
including
but
not
limited
to
the
name,
social
security
number,
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date
of
birth,
driver’s
license
or
other
identification
number,
1
and
residential
or
business
address
of
the
permit
holder.
The
2
bill
does
not
prohibit
the
release
of
statistical
information
3
relating
to
the
issuance,
denial,
revocation,
or
administration
4
of
nonprofessional
permits
to
carry
weapons
or
of
permits
to
5
acquire
pistols
or
revolvers
if
such
information
does
not
6
reveal
the
identity
of
any
individual
permit
holder,
or
the
7
release
of
information
to
any
law
enforcement
agency,
or
an
8
employee
or
agent
thereof,
when
necessary
for
an
investigation
9
of
a
possible
violation
of
law
or
for
conducting
a
lawfully
10
authorized
background
investigation.
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