House File 280 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 280 BY WOLFE A BILL FOR An Act relating to firearm or offensive weapon possession 1 by convicted felons and certain juveniles adjudicated as 2 delinquent, and providing penalties. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1298HH (4) 88 as/rh
H.F. 280 Section 1. Section 724.26, subsection 1, Code 2019, is 1 amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu 2 thereof the following: 3 1. Any of the following persons who knowingly has under the 4 person’s dominion and control or possession, or who receives or 5 transports, or causes to be transported, a firearm or offensive 6 weapon is guilty of a class “D” felony: 7 a. A person who is convicted of a felony in a state or 8 federal court, whether such conviction occurred under the laws 9 of this state or any other state or territory of the United 10 States. 11 b. A person adjudicated to have committed a delinquent act 12 involving any of the following felony offenses committed when 13 the person was fourteen years of age or older at the time of the 14 offense: 15 (1) Murder in violation of section 707.2 or 707.3. 16 (2) Sexual abuse in violation of section 709.2 or 709.3. 17 (3) Kidnapping in violation of section 710.2 or 710.3. 18 (4) Robbery in violation of section 711.2. 19 (5) Burglary in violation of section 713.3. 20 c. A person under twenty-nine years of age adjudicated to 21 have committed a delinquent act which would be a felony, other 22 than a felony specified in paragraph “b” , if committed by an 23 adult, committed when the person was fourteen years of age 24 or older, whether such adjudication occurred under the laws 25 of this state or any other state or territory of the United 26 States. 27 EXPLANATION 28 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 29 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 30 This bill relates to firearm or offensive weapon possession 31 by convicted felons and certain juveniles adjudicated as 32 delinquent. 33 Current law provides that a person who is convicted of a 34 felony in a state or federal court, or who is adjudicated 35 -1- LSB 1298HH (4) 88 as/rh 1/ 2
H.F. 280 delinquent on the basis of conduct that would constitute a 1 felony if committed by an adult, and who knowingly has under 2 the person’s dominion and control or possession, receives, or 3 transports or causes to be transported a firearm or offensive 4 weapon is guilty of a class “D” felony. 5 The bill strikes current law and provides that any of the 6 following persons who knowingly has under the person’s dominion 7 and control or possession, or who receives or transports, or 8 causes to be transported, a firearm or offensive weapon is 9 guilty of a class “D” felony: A person convicted of a felony in 10 any state or federal court, whether such conviction occurred 11 under the laws of this state or any other state or territory 12 of the United States; a person adjudicated to have committed 13 a delinquent act involving the felony offenses of murder, 14 sexual abuse, kidnapping, robbery, or burglary committed when 15 the person was 14 years of age or older at the time of the 16 offense; and a person under 29 years of age adjudicated to 17 have committed a delinquent act which would be a felony, other 18 than murder, sexual abuse, kidnapping, robbery, or burglary, 19 if committed by an adult when the person was 14 years of age or 20 older, whether such conviction occurred under the laws of this 21 state or any other state or territory of the United States. 22 A class “D” felony is punishable by confinement for no more 23 than five years and a fine of at least $750 but not more than 24 $7,500. 25 -2- LSB 1298HH (4) 88 as/rh 2/ 2