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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  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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