House Study Bill 564 - Introduced SENATE/HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED ATTORNEY GENERAL BILL) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the safety of persons in certain professions 1 involved with the judicial system, including authorizing 2 a judicial officer, attorney general, deputy attorney 3 general, or assistant attorney general to be issued a 4 professional permit to carry weapons, and establishing the 5 criminal offenses of threatening and the malicious sharing 6 of personal information of a judicial officer or a judicial 7 officer’s immediate family, and providing penalties. 8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 9 TLSB 5545XD (5) 91 as/js

S.F. _____ H.F. _____ DIVISION I 1 PROFESSIONAL PERMIT TO CARRY WEAPONS 2 Section 1. Section 724.6, subsection 1, paragraph a, 3 subparagraph (1), Code 2026, is amended to read as follows: 4 (1) A person may be issued a permit to carry weapons when 5 the person’s employment in a private investigation business 6 or private security business licensed under chapter 80A , or a 7 person’s employment as a peace officer, correctional officer, 8 judicial officer, county attorney, assistant county attorney, 9 attorney general, deputy attorney general, assistant attorney 10 general, security guard, bank messenger or other person 11 transporting property of a value requiring security, or in 12 police work, reasonably justifies that person going armed. 13 Sec. 2. Section 724.6, subsection 1, paragraph a, 14 subparagraph (4), Code 2026, is amended to read as follows: 15 (4) A person may be issued a permit to carry weapons if the 16 person is a judicial officer, county attorney , or an assistant 17 county attorney , attorney general, deputy attorney general, or 18 assistant attorney general . An application for a permit by 19 an assistant county attorney must be approved by the county 20 attorney of each county in which the applicant serves prior to 21 a permit to carry weapons being issued. An application for 22 a permit by the attorney general or deputy attorney general 23 or by an assistant attorney general shall be delivered to 24 the sheriff for the county in which the applicant resides. 25 The sheriff of the issuing county may require the applicant 26 to complete a proficiency examination prior to issuing the 27 permit to carry weapons. The standards for a proficiency 28 examination for a judicial officer, county attorney , or 29 assistant county attorney , attorney general, deputy attorney 30 general, or assistant attorney general shall not exceed the 31 standards required of a peace officer. The applicant shall pay 32 the reasonable costs associated with completing a proficiency 33 examination. 34 Sec. 3. Section 724.6, subsection 1, paragraphs b, c, and d, 35 -1- LSB 5545XD (5) 91 as/js 1/ 6

S.F. _____ H.F. _____ Code 2026, are amended to read as follows: 1 b. The permit shall be on a form prescribed and published 2 by the commissioner of public safety, shall identify the 3 holder, and shall state the nature of the employment requiring 4 the holder to go armed. A permit so issued, other than to a 5 peace officer, judicial officer, county attorney, or assistant 6 county attorney, attorney general, deputy attorney general, 7 or assistant attorney general, shall authorize the person to 8 whom it is issued to go armed anywhere in the state, only while 9 engaged in the employment, and while going to and from the 10 place of the employment. 11 c. A permit issued to a certified peace officer, judicial 12 officer, county attorney, or assistant county attorney , 13 attorney general, deputy attorney general, or assistant 14 attorney general shall authorize that peace officer, judicial 15 officer, county attorney, or assistant county attorney , 16 attorney general, deputy attorney general, or assistant 17 attorney general to go armed anywhere in the state at all 18 times, including on the grounds of a school. 19 d. Permits shall expire twelve months after the date when 20 issued except that permits issued to peace officers, judicial 21 officers, county attorneys, assistant county attorneys, the 22 attorney general, deputy attorneys general, assistant attorneys 23 general, and correctional officers are valid through the 24 holder of the permit’s period of employment unless otherwise 25 canceled. When the employment is terminated, the holder of the 26 permit shall surrender it the permit to the issuing officer for 27 cancellation. 28 Sec. 4. Section 724.6, subsection 1, Code 2026, is amended 29 by adding the following new paragraph: 30 NEW PARAGRAPH . e. Notwithstanding any other provision in 31 this section, a person issued a permit to carry weapons under 32 this section may carry weapons only in a concealed manner when 33 inside a courtroom. This paragraph does not apply to peace 34 officers or correctional officers when fulfilling their duties 35 -2- LSB 5545XD (5) 91 as/js 2/ 6

S.F. _____ H.F. _____ of employment. 1 Sec. 5. Section 724.6, subsection 3, Code 2026, is amended 2 to read as follows: 3 3. For purposes of this section , “emergency medical care 4 provider” : 5 a. “Emergency medical care provider” means the same as 6 defined in section 147A.1 . 7 b. “Judicial officer” means the same as defined in section 8 602.1101. 9 Sec. 6. Section 724.6, Code 2026, is amended by adding the 10 following new subsection: 11 NEW SUBSECTION . 4. The supreme court may by rule impose 12 additional training or other requirements on judicial officers 13 who hold a permit issued under this section. 14 DIVISION II 15 THREATS AGAINST A JUDICIAL OFFICER OR AN IMMEDIATE FAMILY 16 MEMBER OF A JUDICIAL OFFICER 17 Sec. 7. NEW SECTION . 708.17 Threatening a judicial officer 18 or an immediate family member of a judicial officer. 19 1. No person shall threaten a judicial officer or the 20 immediate family member of a judicial officer with the intent 21 to do any of the following: 22 a. Place the judicial officer or the immediate family member 23 of a judicial officer in fear of serious injury to the judicial 24 officer or the immediate family member of the judicial officer. 25 b. Prevent or interrupt the ability of the judicial officer 26 to carry out the judicial officer’s job duties. 27 c. Retaliate against a judicial officer in relation to the 28 performance of the judicial officer’s official duties during 29 the judicial officer’s term of service. 30 2. A person who violates the provisions of this section is 31 guilty of a class “C” felony. 32 3. As used in this section: 33 a. “Immediate family member” means a spouse, child, sibling, 34 parent, grandparent, or grandchild, and includes a stepparent, 35 -3- LSB 5545XD (5) 91 as/js 3/ 6

S.F. _____ H.F. _____ a stepchild, a stepsibling, or an adoptive relationship. 1 b. “Judicial officer” means the same as defined in section 2 602.1101. 3 c. “Retaliate” means intentionally threatening bodily injury 4 to or damage to the property of a judicial officer with intent 5 to retaliate against the judicial officer for the judicial 6 officer’s exercise of judicial duties and causing the judicial 7 officer or the family member to reasonably believe that the 8 judicial officer’s or the family member’s person or property 9 is in danger. 10 DIVISION III 11 MALICIOUS SHARING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION 12 Sec. 8. NEW SECTION . 708.18 Malicious sharing of personal 13 information of a judicial officer or an immediate family member 14 of a judicial officer. 15 1. No person shall share the personal information of a 16 judicial officer or the immediate family member of a judicial 17 officer with the intent to do any of the following: 18 a. Cause harm to the judicial officer or the immediate 19 family member of a judicial officer. 20 b. Place the judicial officer or the immediate family member 21 of a judicial officer in fear of serious harm to the judicial 22 officer or to an immediate family member of the judicial 23 officer. 24 c. Prevent or interrupt the ability to carry out the 25 judicial officer’s job duties. 26 2. A person who violates the provisions of this section is 27 guilty of a serious misdemeanor. 28 3. As used in this section: 29 a. “Immediate family member” means a spouse, child, sibling, 30 parent, grandparent, or grandchild, and includes a stepparent, 31 a stepchild, a stepsibling, or an adoptive relationship. 32 b. “Judicial officer” means the same as defined in section 33 602.1101. 34 c. “Personal information” means a person’s personal physical 35 -4- LSB 5545XD (5) 91 as/js 4/ 6

S.F. _____ H.F. _____ address, personal phone number, or physical location. 1 EXPLANATION 2 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 3 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 4 This bill relates to the safety of persons in certain 5 professions involved with the judicial system, including by 6 authorizing a judicial officer, attorney general, deputy 7 attorney general, and assistant attorney general to be issued 8 a professional permit to carry weapons; and establishing the 9 criminal offenses of threatening and the malicious sharing of 10 personal information of a judicial officer or a member of the 11 judicial officer’s immediate family. 12 DIVISION I. The bill provides that a permit issued to a 13 judicial officer, attorney general, deputy attorney general, 14 or assistant attorney general grants authorization to go armed 15 anywhere in the state at all times, including on the grounds 16 of a school. 17 The bill provides that a permit issued to a judicial 18 officer, attorney general, deputy attorney general, or 19 assistant attorney general is valid through the holder of the 20 permit’s period of employment unless otherwise canceled. When 21 the employment is terminated, the holder of the permit is 22 required to surrender the permit to the issuing officer for 23 cancellation. 24 The bill defines “judicial officer” as a supreme court 25 justice, a judge of the court of appeals, a district judge, 26 a district associate judge, an associate juvenile judge, an 27 associate probate judge, or a magistrate. The term also 28 includes a person who is temporarily serving as a justice, 29 judge, or magistrate as permitted by law. 30 The bill allows the supreme court to impose additional 31 training or other requirements on judicial officers who hold a 32 permit issued under the bill. 33 DIVISION II. The bill establishes the offense of 34 threatening a judicial officer or an immediate family member 35 -5- LSB 5545XD (5) 91 as/js 5/ 6

S.F. _____ H.F. _____ of a judicial officer. 1 The bill prohibits a person from threatening a judicial 2 officer or the immediate family member of a judicial officer 3 with the intent to do any of the following: placing the 4 judicial officer or the immediate family member of a judicial 5 officer in fear of serious injury to the judicial officer or 6 the immediate family member of the judicial officer; preventing 7 or interrupting the ability of the judicial officer to carry 8 out the judicial officer’s job duties; or retaliating against a 9 judicial officer in relation to the performance of the judicial 10 officer’s official duties during the judicial officer’s term 11 of service. The bill defines “immediate family member” and 12 “retaliation”. 13 A person violating this division of the bill is guilty 14 of a class “C” felony. A class “C” felony is punishable by 15 confinement for no more than 10 years and a fine of at least 16 $1,370 but not more than $13,660. 17 DIVISION III. The bill establishes the criminal offense of 18 the malicious sharing of personal information of a judicial 19 officer or an immediate family member of a judicial officer. 20 The bill prohibits a person from sharing the personal 21 information of a judicial officer or the immediate family 22 member of a judicial officer with the intent to do any of 23 the following: causing harm to the judicial officer or the 24 immediate family member of a judicial officer; placing the 25 judicial officer or the immediate family member of a judicial 26 officer in fear of serious harm to the judicial officer 27 or to an immediate family member of the judicial officer; 28 or preventing or interrupting the ability to carry out the 29 judicial officer’s job duties. The bill defines “personal 30 information”. 31 A person violating this division of the bill is guilty of a 32 serious misdemeanor. A serious misdemeanor is punishable by 33 confinement for no more than one year and a fine of at least 34 $430 but not more than $2,560. 35 -6- LSB 5545XD (5) 91 as/js 6/ 6