Iowa-2017-SF23-Introduced
Senate File 23 - Introduced
SENATE FILE
BY ZAUN
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to the confidentiality of personally
2 identifiable information of holders of nonprofessional
3 permits to carry weapons and of holders of permits to
4 acquire pistols or revolvers.
5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 724.23, Code 2017, is amended to read as
1 2 follows:
1 3 724.23 Records kept by commissioner and issuing officers.
1 4 1. The commissioner of public safety shall maintain a
1 5 permanent record of all valid permits to carry weapons and of
1 6 current permit revocations.
1 7 2. a. The commissioner of public safety and any issuing
1 8 officer shall keep confidential any information that would
1 9 personally identify holders of nonprofessional permits to
1 10 carry weapons or of permits to acquire pistols or revolvers,
1 11 including but not limited to the name, social security number,
1 12 date of birth, driver's license or other identification number,
1 13 and residential or business address of the permit holder.
1 14 b. This subsection shall not prohibit the release of
1 15 statistical information relating to the issuance, denial,
1 16 revocation, or administration of nonprofessional permits to
1 17 carry weapons or of permits to acquire pistols or revolvers,
1 18 provided that the release of such information does not reveal
1 19 the identity of any individual permit holder.
1 20 c. This subsection shall not prohibit the release of
1 21 information to any law enforcement agency, or an employee
1 22 or agent thereof, when necessary for an investigation of
1 23 a possible violation of law or for conducting a lawfully
1 24 authorized background investigation.
1 25 EXPLANATION
1 26 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
1 27 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
1 28 Current law requires the commissioner of public safety
1 29 to maintain a permanent record of all valid permits to carry
1 30 weapons and of current permit revocations. This bill provides
1 31 that the commissioner of public safety and any issuing officer
1 32 (county sheriff) shall keep confidential any information that
1 33 would personally identify holders of nonprofessional permits to
1 34 carry weapons or of permits to acquire pistols or revolvers,
1 35 including but not limited to the name, social security number,
2 1 date of birth, driver's license or other identification number,
2 2 and residential or business address of the permit holder. The
2 3 bill does not prohibit the release of statistical information
2 4 relating to the issuance, denial, revocation, or administration
2 5 of nonprofessional permits to carry weapons or of permits to
2 6 acquire pistols or revolvers if such information does not
2 7 reveal the identity of any individual permit holder, or the
2 8 release of information to any law enforcement agency, or an
2 9 employee or agent thereof, when necessary for an investigation
2 10 of a possible violation of law or for conducting a lawfully
2 11 authorized background investigation.
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