SF 2321 (LSB 6140SV (3) 87)

SENATE FILE 2321

BY  COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3101)

(As Amended and Passed by the Senate 2018-03-12)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to persons going armed with portable devices or weapons that direct an electronic current, and providing penalties.
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 is eighteen years of age or older 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.
    Sec. 2.  Section 724.4, Code 2018, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  5.  A minor 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, whether concealed or not, commits a simple misdemeanor.