Bill Text: IA HF2421 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to firearms by limiting civil liability of federal firearms licensees who enter into voluntary firearm hold agreements with individuals. (Formerly HF 2080.) Effective date: 07/01/2024
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Enrolled) 2024-04-23 - Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor. H.J. 04/23. [HF2421 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF2421-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
FIREARMS
BY
LIMITING
CIVIL
LIABILITY
OF
FEDERAL
FIREARMS
LICENSEES
WHO
ENTER
INTO
VOLUNTARY
FIREARM
HOLD
AGREEMENTS
WITH
INDIVIDUALS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
683.1,
Code
2024,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsections:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
1A.
“Federal
firearms
licensee”
means
any
person
engaged
in
the
business
of
importing,
manufacturing,
or
dealing
in
firearms
as
defined
by
the
federal
National
Firearms
Act,
26
U.S.C.
§5841,
and
who
currently
holds
a
valid
license
according
to
provisions
of
the
federal
Gun
Control
Act
of
1968,
18
U.S.C.
§921.
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
1B.
“Firearm
hold
agreement”
means
a
private
transaction
between
a
federal
firearms
licensee
and
an
individual
owner
where
the
licensee
takes
possession
of
the
owner’s
lawfully
possessed
firearm
at
the
owner’s
request,
holds
the
firearm
for
an
agreed
period
of
time,
and
returns
the
firearm
according
to
the
terms
of
the
transaction.
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
683.4
Firearm
hold
agreements
——
liability.
1.
A
person
shall
not
have
a
cause
of
action
against
a
federal
firearms
licensee
operating
lawfully
in
the
state
for
any
act
or
omission
arising
from
or
subsequent
to
a
firearm
hold
agreement
and
resulting
in
personal
injury
or
death
of
any
natural
person,
including
the
return
of
a
firearm
to
the
House
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p.
2
individual
firearm
owner
by
a
federal
firearms
licensee
at
the
termination
of
a
firearm
hold
agreement.
2.
Subsection
1
shall
not
apply
to
any
action
arising
from
a
firearm
hold
agreement
if
such
action
was
the
result
of
otherwise
unlawful
conduct
on
the
part
of
the
federal
firearms
licensee.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
AMY
SINCLAIR
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2421,
Ninetieth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2024
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
