SF 2321 (LSB 6140SV (2) 87)

SENATE FILE 2321

BY  COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3101)

A BILL FOR

An Act excluding persons going armed with certain portable devices or weapons that direct an electric current from the criminal offense of carrying weapons under certain circumstances.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 724.4, subsection 4, Code 2018, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  l.  A person who goes armed with a dangerous weapon that directs an electric current, impulse, wave, or beam that produces a high-voltage pulse designed to immobilize a person, as long as such a dangerous weapon does not generate a projectile that directs an electric current, impulse, wave, or beam that produces a high-voltage pulse designed to immobilize a person, and such a dangerous weapon is not used in the commission of a public offense.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill excludes persons going armed with certain portable devices or weapons that direct an electric current from the criminal offense of carrying weapons under certain circumstances.
   Under the bill, a person does not commit the criminal offense of carrying weapons if the person goes armed with a dangerous weapon that directs an electric current, impulse, wave, or beam that produces a high-voltage pulse designed to immobilize a person, as long as such a dangerous weapon does not generate a projectile that directs an electric current, impulse, wave, or beam that produces a high-voltage pulse designed to immobilize a person, and such dangerous weapon is not used in the commission of a public offense. 
   Currently, such a person commits the criminal offense of carrying weapons which is an aggravated misdemeanor. An aggravated misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than two years and a fine of at least $625 but not more than $6,250.