SF 23 (LSB 1320XS (7) 87)

SENATE FILE 23

BY  ZAUN

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the confidentiality of personally identifiable information of holders of nonprofessional permits to carry weapons and of holders of permits to acquire pistols or revolvers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 724.23, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   724.23  Records kept by commissioner and issuing officers.
   1.  The commissioner of public safety shall maintain a permanent record of all valid permits to carry weapons and of current permit revocations.
   2.  a.  The commissioner of public safety and any issuing officer shall keep confidential any information that would personally identify holders of nonprofessional permits to carry weapons or of permits to acquire pistols or revolvers, including but not limited to the name, social security number, date of birth, driver’s license or other identification number, and residential or business address of the permit holder.
   b.  This subsection shall not prohibit the release of statistical information relating to the issuance, denial, revocation, or administration of nonprofessional permits to carry weapons or of permits to acquire pistols or revolvers, provided that the release of such information does not reveal the identity of any individual permit holder.
   c.  This subsection shall not prohibit the release of information to any law enforcement agency, or an employee or agent thereof, when necessary for an investigation of a possible violation of law or for conducting a lawfully authorized background investigation.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   Current law requires the commissioner of public safety to maintain a permanent record of all valid permits to carry weapons and of current permit revocations. This bill provides that the commissioner of public safety and any issuing officer (county sheriff) shall keep confidential any information that would personally identify holders of nonprofessional permits to carry weapons or of permits to acquire pistols or revolvers, including but not limited to the name, social security number, date of birth, driver’s license or other identification number, and residential or business address of the permit holder. The bill does not prohibit the release of statistical information relating to the issuance, denial, revocation, or administration of nonprofessional permits to carry weapons or of permits to acquire pistols or revolvers if such information does not reveal the identity of any individual permit holder, or the release of information to any law enforcement agency, or an employee or agent thereof, when necessary for an investigation of a possible violation of law or for conducting a lawfully authorized background investigation.