Bill Text: IA HF2179 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

Iowa House Bill 2179 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to a lost or stolen firearm, and providing penalties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-01 - Introduced, referred to Judiciary. H.J. 186. [HF2179 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-HF2179-Introduced.html


House File 2179 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  STAED, WINCKLER,
                                     KURTH, KEARNS, HUNTER,
                                     LENSING, NIELSEN, R.
                                     SMITH, MASCHER,
                                     McCONKEY,
                                     WESSEL=KROESCHELL,
                                     BROWN=POWERS, and
                                     GAINES

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to a lost or stolen firearm, and providing
  2    penalties.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  724.32  Lost or stolen firearms ==
  1  2 reporting == penalty.
  1  3    1.  The owner of a firearm shall report a lost or stolen
  1  4 firearm to the local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction
  1  5 over the place where the firearm is believed to have been lost
  1  6 or stolen within forty=eight hours of discovering that the
  1  7 firearm has been lost or stolen.
  1  8    2.  A person who violates this section commits a simple
  1  9 misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation pursuant to
  1 10 section 805.8C, subsection 12.
  1 11    Sec. 2.  Section 805.8C, Code 2018, is amended by adding the
  1 12 following new subsection:
  1 13    NEW SUBSECTION.  12.  Lost or stolen firearms.  For
  1 14 violations of section 724.32, the scheduled fine is fifty
  1 15 dollars.
  1 16                           EXPLANATION
  1 17 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 18 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 19    This bill relates to a lost or stolen firearm.  The bill
  1 20 requires the owner of a firearm to report a lost or stolen
  1 21 firearm to the local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction
  1 22 over the place where the firearm is believed to have been lost
  1 23 or stolen within 48 hours of discovering that the firearm has
  1 24 been lost or stolen.
  1 25    A person who violates the bill commits a simple misdemeanor
  1 26 punishable with a scheduled fine in the amount of $50.
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