Senate File 2321 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2321 BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3101) A BILL FOR An Act excluding persons going armed with certain portable 1 devices or weapons that direct an electric current from 2 the criminal offense of carrying weapons under certain 3 circumstances. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 6140SV (2) 87 jm/rh

S.F. 2321 Section 1. Section 724.4, subsection 4, Code 2018, is 1 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 2 NEW PARAGRAPH . l. A person who goes armed with a dangerous 3 weapon that directs an electric current, impulse, wave, or beam 4 that produces a high-voltage pulse designed to immobilize a 5 person, as long as such a dangerous weapon does not generate a 6 projectile that directs an electric current, impulse, wave, or 7 beam that produces a high-voltage pulse designed to immobilize 8 a person, and such a dangerous weapon is not used in the 9 commission of a public offense. 10 EXPLANATION 11 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 12 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 13 This bill excludes persons going armed with certain 14 portable devices or weapons that direct an electric current 15 from the criminal offense of carrying weapons under certain 16 circumstances. 17 Under the bill, a person does not commit the criminal offense 18 of carrying weapons if the person goes armed with a dangerous 19 weapon that directs an electric current, impulse, wave, or beam 20 that produces a high-voltage pulse designed to immobilize a 21 person, as long as such a dangerous weapon does not generate 22 a projectile that directs an electric current, impulse, 23 wave, or beam that produces a high-voltage pulse designed to 24 immobilize a person, and such dangerous weapon is not used in 25 the commission of a public offense. 26 Currently, such a person commits the criminal offense of 27 carrying weapons which is an aggravated misdemeanor. An 28 aggravated misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more 29 than two years and a fine of at least $625 but not more than 30 $6,250. 31 -1- LSB 6140SV (2) 87 jm/rh 1/ 1