Bill Text: IA SF2231 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to carrying weapons and operating or riding a snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle while carrying a loaded firearm. (Formerly SF 227 and SF 296.) Effective 7-1-18.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2018-04-02 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 859. [SF2231 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF2231-Enrolled.html

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Senate File 2231 - Enrolled




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                              (SUCCESSOR TO SF 296)
                              (SUCCESSOR TO SF 227)
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                                       Senate File 2231

                             AN ACT
 RELATING TO CARRYING WEAPONS AND OPERATING OR RIDING A
    SNOWMOBILE OR ALL=TERRAIN VEHICLE WHILE CARRYING A LOADED
    FIREARM.

 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
    Section 1.  Section 321G.13, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code
 2018, is amended to read as follows:
    b.  (1)  A person may operate or ride a snowmobile with a
 loaded firearm, whether concealed or not, without a permit to
 carry weapons, if the person operates or rides on land owned,
  or possessed, or rented by the person, and the person's conduct
 is otherwise lawful.
    (2)  If A person may operate or ride on a snowmobile with
 a loaded pistol or revolver, whether concealed or not, if a
 person is operating or riding a the snowmobile on land that is
 not owned, or possessed, or rented by the person, the person
 may operate or ride the snowmobile with a loaded pistol or
 revolver, whether concealed or not, and the person's conduct is
 otherwise lawful.
    Sec. 2.  Section 321G.13, Code 2018, is amended by adding the
 following new subsection:
    NEW SUBSECTION.  4.  As used in this section, "rented by the
 person" includes a person who does not necessarily rent the
 land but who principally provides labor for the production of
 crops located on agricultural land or for the production of
 livestock principally located on agricultural land. The person
 must personally provide such labor on a regular, continuous,
 and substantial basis.
    Sec. 3.  Section 321I.14, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code
 2018, is amended to read as follows:
    b.  (1)  A person may operate or ride an all=terrain vehicle
 with a loaded firearm, whether concealed or not, without a
 permit to carry weapons, if the person operates or rides on
 land owned, or possessed, or rented by the person, and the
 person's conduct is otherwise lawful.
    (2)  If A person may operate or ride on all all=terrain
 vehicle with a loaded pistol or revolver, whether concealed
 or not, if a person is operating or riding an the all=terrain
 vehicle on land that is not owned, or possessed, or rented by
 the person, the person may operate or ride the all=terrain
 vehicle with a loaded pistol or revolver, whether concealed or
 not, and the person's conduct is otherwise lawful.
    Sec. 4.  Section 321I.14, Code 2018, is amended by adding the
 following new subsection:
    NEW SUBSECTION.  6.  As used in this section "rented by the
 person" includes a person who does not necessarily rent the
 land but who principally provides labor for the production of
 crops located on agricultural land or for the production of
 livestock principally located on agricultural land. The person
 must personally provide such labor on a regular, continuous,
 and substantial basis.
    Sec. 5.  Section 724.4, subsection 4, paragraph a, Code 2018,
 is amended to read as follows:
    a.  A person who goes armed with a dangerous weapon in the
 person's own dwelling or place of business, or on land owned,
  or possessed, or rented by the person.


                                                                                            CHARLES SCHNEIDE


                                                                                            LINDA UPMEYER


                                                                                            W. CHARLES SMITH


                                                                                            KIM REYNOLDS

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