Bill Text: IA HF83 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the sale or transfer of firearms, providing penalties, and including applicability provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-05 - Subcommittee: Holt, Abdul-Samad and Klein. H.J. 197. [HF83 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF83-Introduced.html
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
ABDUL-SAMAD
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
sale
or
transfer
of
firearms,
providing
1
penalties,
and
including
applicability
provisions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
724.32
Sale
or
transfer
of
firearms
1
——
criminal
history
background
check.
2
1.
A
person
shall
not
sell
or
transfer
a
firearm
to
another
3
person
without
receiving
verification
from
a
federally
licensed
4
firearms
dealer
that
information
on
the
prospective
purchaser
5
or
transferee
has
been
submitted
to
the
department
of
public
6
safety
for
a
criminal
history
background
check
and
that
a
7
determination
has
been
received
by
the
department
of
public
8
safety
that
the
prospective
purchaser
or
transferee
is
not
9
prohibited
under
either
state
or
federal
law
from
possessing
a
10
firearm.
A
criminal
history
background
check
conducted
under
11
this
section
shall
include
an
inquiry
of
the
national
instant
12
criminal
background
check
system
maintained
by
the
federal
13
bureau
of
investigation.
14
2.
A
person
who
sells
or
transfers
a
firearm
in
violation
of
15
this
section
is
guilty
of
an
aggravated
misdemeanor.
16
3.
A
federally
licensed
firearms
dealer
may
charge
and
17
collect
fees
for
obtaining
criminal
history
record
information
18
checks
on
behalf
of
sellers
or
transferors.
19
4.
The
department
of
public
safety
shall
adopt
rules
20
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
to
administer
this
section.
21
Sec.
2.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
the
sale
or
22
transfer
of
firearms
on
or
after
July
1,
2019.
23
EXPLANATION
24
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
25
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
26
This
bill
relates
to
the
sale
or
transfer
of
firearms,
27
provides
penalties,
and
includes
applicability
provisions.
28
The
bill
prohibits
a
person
from
selling
or
transferring
a
29
firearm
to
another
person
without
receiving
verification
from
30
a
federally
licensed
firearms
dealer
that
information
on
the
31
prospective
purchaser
or
transferee
has
been
submitted
to
the
32
department
of
public
safety
for
a
criminal
history
background
33
check
and
that
a
determination
has
been
received
by
the
34
department
of
public
safety
that
the
prospective
purchaser
or
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transferee
is
not
prohibited
under
either
state
or
federal
law
1
from
possessing
a
firearm.
A
criminal
history
background
check
2
under
the
bill
includes
an
inquiry
of
the
national
instant
3
criminal
background
check
system
maintained
by
the
federal
4
bureau
of
investigation.
5
The
bill
provides
that
a
person
who
sells
or
transfers
a
6
firearm
in
violation
of
the
bill
is
guilty
of
an
aggravated
7
misdemeanor,
punishable
by
confinement
for
no
more
than
two
8
years
and
a
fine
of
at
least
$625
but
not
more
than
$6,250.
9
The
bill
provides
that
a
federally
licensed
firearms
dealer
10
may
charge
and
collect
fees
for
obtaining
criminal
history
11
record
information
checks
on
behalf
of
sellers
and
transferors
12
and
the
department
of
public
safety
shall
adopt
administrative
13
rules
to
administer
the
bill.
14
The
bill
applies
to
the
sale
or
transfer
of
firearms
on
or
15
after
July
1,
2019.
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