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House File 2502 - EnrolledAn Actrelating to firearms and weapons, including the storage,
carrying, possession, or transportation of weapons and the
establishment, use, and maintenance of shooting ranges.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. NEW SECTION. 335.26 Shooting ranges.
In approving the improvement of property acquired to
establish, use, and maintain a new shooting range or in
approving a substantial change to an existing shooting range
pursuant to section 657.9, subsection 1, the county zoning
commission, or if there is not a county zoning commission,
the county board of supervisors, shall apply and enforce
regulations and restrictions established for each zoning
district adopted pursuant to this chapter but shall not
otherwise require a person seeking approval to comply with any
conditions relating to the establishment, use, or maintenance
of the shooting range that are more stringent than those
imposed by state law.
Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 414.26 Shooting ranges.
In approving the improvement of property acquired to
establish, use, and maintain a new shooting range or in
approving a substantial change to an existing shooting range
pursuant to section 657.9, subsection 1, the city zoning
commission, or if there is not a city zoning commission, the
city council, shall apply and enforce zoning regulations and
restrictions established for each zoning district adopted
pursuant to this chapter but shall not otherwise require a
person seeking approval to comply with any conditions relating
to the establishment, use, or maintenance of the shooting range
that are more stringent than those imposed by state law.
Sec. 3. Section 724.28, subsections 2 and 3, Code 2020, are
amended to read as follows:
2. A political subdivision of the state shall not enact
an ordinance, motion, resolution, policy, or amendment
regulating the ownership, possession, legal transfer, lawful
transportation, modification, registration, or licensing
of firearms, firearms attachments, or other weapons when
the ownership, possession, transfer, or transportation, or
modification is otherwise lawful under the laws of this state.
An ordinance regulating firearms, firearms attachments, or
-1-other weapons in violation of this section existing on or after
April 5, 1990, is void.
3. If a political subdivision of the state, prior to,
on, or after July 1, 2017 2020, adopts, makes, enacts, or
amends any ordinance, measure, enactment, rule, resolution,
motion, or policy regulating the ownership, possession, legal
transfer, lawful transportation, modification, registration, or
licensing of firearms, firearms attachments, or other weapons
when the ownership, possession, transfer, transportation,
modification, registration, or license licensing of firearms,
firearms attachments, or other weapons is otherwise lawful
under the laws of this state, a person adversely affected by
the ordinance, measure, enactment, rule, resolution, motion, or
policy may file suit in the appropriate court for declaratory
and injunctive relief for damages and all damages attributable
to the violation. A court shall also award the prevailing
party in any such lawsuit reasonable attorney fees and court
costs.
Sec. 4. Section 724.28, Code 2020, is amended by adding the
following new subsections:
NEW SUBSECTION. 4. A political subdivision of the state
may restrict the carrying, possession, or transportation
of firearms or other dangerous weapons in the buildings or
physical structures located on property under the political
subdivision’s control if adequate arrangements are made by the
political subdivision to screen persons for firearms or other
dangerous weapons and the political subdivision provides armed
security personnel inside the building or physical structure
where the restriction is to be in effect.
NEW SUBSECTION. 5. A political subdivision of the state
shall not enact an ordinance, motion, resolution, policy, or
amendment regulating the storage of weapons or ammunition. An
ordinance, motion, resolution, policy, or amendment regulating
the storage of weapons or ammunition existing on or after July
1, 2020, is void. This subsection shall not be construed to
-2-preclude a political subdivision from regulating the storage of
explosive materials consistent with chapter 101A.
Sec. 5. NEW SECTION. 724.32 County courthouse — weapon
prohibitions.
A supreme court or judicial branch order that prohibits
a person from lawfully carrying, possessing, or transporting
a weapon in a county courthouse or other joint-use public
facility shall be unenforceable unless the judicial order
applies only to a courtroom or a court office, or to a
courthouse used only for judicial branch functions.
______________________________
PAT GRASSLEYSpeaker of the House______________________________
CHARLES SCHNEIDERPresident of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 2502, Eighty-eighth General Assembly.______________________________
MEGHAN NELSONChief Clerk of the HouseApproved _______________, 2020______________________________
KIM REYNOLDSGovernorjs/rh/md
carrying, possession, or transportation of weapons and the
establishment, use, and maintenance of shooting ranges.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. NEW SECTION. 335.26 Shooting ranges.
In approving the improvement of property acquired to
establish, use, and maintain a new shooting range or in
approving a substantial change to an existing shooting range
pursuant to section 657.9, subsection 1, the county zoning
commission, or if there is not a county zoning commission,
the county board of supervisors, shall apply and enforce
regulations and restrictions established for each zoning
district adopted pursuant to this chapter but shall not
otherwise require a person seeking approval to comply with any
conditions relating to the establishment, use, or maintenance
of the shooting range that are more stringent than those
imposed by state law.
Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 414.26 Shooting ranges.
In approving the improvement of property acquired to
establish, use, and maintain a new shooting range or in
approving a substantial change to an existing shooting range
pursuant to section 657.9, subsection 1, the city zoning
commission, or if there is not a city zoning commission, the
city council, shall apply and enforce zoning regulations and
restrictions established for each zoning district adopted
pursuant to this chapter but shall not otherwise require a
person seeking approval to comply with any conditions relating
to the establishment, use, or maintenance of the shooting range
that are more stringent than those imposed by state law.
Sec. 3. Section 724.28, subsections 2 and 3, Code 2020, are
amended to read as follows:
2. A political subdivision of the state shall not enact
an ordinance, motion, resolution, policy, or amendment
regulating the ownership, possession, legal transfer, lawful
transportation, modification, registration, or licensing
of firearms, firearms attachments, or other weapons when
the ownership, possession, transfer, or transportation, or
modification is otherwise lawful under the laws of this state.
An ordinance regulating firearms, firearms attachments, or
-1-other weapons in violation of this section existing on or after
April 5, 1990, is void.
3. If a political subdivision of the state, prior to,
on, or after July 1, 2017 2020, adopts, makes, enacts, or
amends any ordinance, measure, enactment, rule, resolution,
motion, or policy regulating the ownership, possession, legal
transfer, lawful transportation, modification, registration, or
licensing of firearms, firearms attachments, or other weapons
when the ownership, possession, transfer, transportation,
modification, registration, or license licensing of firearms,
firearms attachments, or other weapons is otherwise lawful
under the laws of this state, a person adversely affected by
the ordinance, measure, enactment, rule, resolution, motion, or
policy may file suit in the appropriate court for declaratory
and injunctive relief for damages and all damages attributable
to the violation. A court shall also award the prevailing
party in any such lawsuit reasonable attorney fees and court
costs.
Sec. 4. Section 724.28, Code 2020, is amended by adding the
following new subsections:
NEW SUBSECTION. 4. A political subdivision of the state
may restrict the carrying, possession, or transportation
of firearms or other dangerous weapons in the buildings or
physical structures located on property under the political
subdivision’s control if adequate arrangements are made by the
political subdivision to screen persons for firearms or other
dangerous weapons and the political subdivision provides armed
security personnel inside the building or physical structure
where the restriction is to be in effect.
NEW SUBSECTION. 5. A political subdivision of the state
shall not enact an ordinance, motion, resolution, policy, or
amendment regulating the storage of weapons or ammunition. An
ordinance, motion, resolution, policy, or amendment regulating
the storage of weapons or ammunition existing on or after July
1, 2020, is void. This subsection shall not be construed to
-2-preclude a political subdivision from regulating the storage of
explosive materials consistent with chapter 101A.
Sec. 5. NEW SECTION. 724.32 County courthouse — weapon
prohibitions.
A supreme court or judicial branch order that prohibits
a person from lawfully carrying, possessing, or transporting
a weapon in a county courthouse or other joint-use public
facility shall be unenforceable unless the judicial order
applies only to a courtroom or a court office, or to a
courthouse used only for judicial branch functions.
______________________________
PAT GRASSLEYSpeaker of the House______________________________
CHARLES SCHNEIDERPresident of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 2502, Eighty-eighth General Assembly.______________________________
MEGHAN NELSONChief Clerk of the HouseApproved _______________, 2020______________________________
KIM REYNOLDSGovernorjs/rh/md