House File 2502 - Reprinted HOUSE FILE 2502 BY COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 615) (As Amended and Passed by the House February 27, 2020 ) A BILL FOR An Act relating to firearms and weapons, including the storage, 1 carrying, possession, or transportation of weapons and the 2 establishment, use, and maintenance of shooting ranges. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 HF 2502 (3) 88 js/rh/md

H.F. 2502 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 335.26 Shooting ranges. 1 In approving the improvement of property acquired to 2 establish, use, and maintain a new shooting range or in 3 approving a substantial change to an existing shooting range 4 pursuant to section 657.9, subsection 1, the county zoning 5 commission, or if there is not a county zoning commission, 6 the county board of supervisors, shall apply and enforce 7 regulations and restrictions established for each zoning 8 district adopted pursuant to this chapter but shall not 9 otherwise require a person seeking approval to comply with any 10 conditions relating to the establishment, use, or maintenance 11 of the shooting range that are more stringent than those 12 imposed by state law. 13 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION . 414.26 Shooting ranges. 14 In approving the improvement of property acquired to 15 establish, use, and maintain a new shooting range or in 16 approving a substantial change to an existing shooting range 17 pursuant to section 657.9, subsection 1, the city zoning 18 commission, or if there is not a city zoning commission, the 19 city council, shall apply and enforce zoning regulations and 20 restrictions established for each zoning district adopted 21 pursuant to this chapter but shall not otherwise require a 22 person seeking approval to comply with any conditions relating 23 to the establishment, use, or maintenance of the shooting range 24 that are more stringent than those imposed by state law. 25 Sec. 3. Section 724.28, subsections 2 and 3, Code 2020, are 26 amended to read as follows: 27 2. A political subdivision of the state shall not enact 28 an ordinance , motion, resolution, policy, or amendment 29 regulating the ownership, possession, legal transfer, lawful 30 transportation, modification, registration, or licensing 31 of firearms , firearms attachments, or other weapons when 32 the ownership, possession, transfer, or transportation , or 33 modification is otherwise lawful under the laws of this state. 34 An ordinance regulating firearms , firearms attachments, or 35 -1- HF 2502 (3) 88 js/rh/md 1/ 3

H.F. 2502 other weapons in violation of this section existing on or after 1 April 5, 1990, is void. 2 3. If a political subdivision of the state, prior to, 3 on, or after July 1, 2017 2020 , adopts, makes, enacts, or 4 amends any ordinance, measure, enactment, rule, resolution, 5 motion, or policy regulating the ownership, possession, legal 6 transfer, lawful transportation, modification, registration, or 7 licensing of firearms , firearms attachments, or other weapons 8 when the ownership, possession, transfer, transportation, 9 modification, registration, or license licensing of firearms, 10 firearms attachments, or other weapons is otherwise lawful 11 under the laws of this state, a person adversely affected by 12 the ordinance, measure, enactment, rule, resolution, motion, or 13 policy may file suit in the appropriate court for declaratory 14 and injunctive relief for damages and all damages attributable 15 to the violation. A court shall also award the prevailing 16 party in any such lawsuit reasonable attorney fees and court 17 costs . 18 Sec. 4. Section 724.28, Code 2020, is amended by adding the 19 following new subsections: 20 NEW SUBSECTION . 4. A political subdivision of the state 21 may restrict the carrying, possession, or transportation 22 of firearms or other dangerous weapons in the buildings or 23 physical structures located on property under the political 24 subdivision’s control if adequate arrangements are made by the 25 political subdivision to screen persons for firearms or other 26 dangerous weapons and the political subdivision provides armed 27 security personnel inside the building or physical structure 28 where the restriction is to be in effect. 29 NEW SUBSECTION . 5. A political subdivision of the state 30 shall not enact an ordinance, motion, resolution, policy, or 31 amendment regulating the storage of weapons or ammunition. An 32 ordinance, motion, resolution, policy, or amendment regulating 33 the storage of weapons or ammunition existing on or after July 34 1, 2020, is void. This subsection shall not be construed to 35 -2- HF 2502 (3) 88 js/rh/md 2/ 3

H.F. 2502 preclude a political subdivision from regulating the storage of 1 explosive materials consistent with chapter 101A. 2 Sec. 5. NEW SECTION . 724.32 County courthouse —— weapon 3 prohibitions. 4 A supreme court or judicial branch order that prohibits 5 a person from lawfully carrying, possessing, or transporting 6 a weapon in a county courthouse or other joint-use public 7 facility shall be unenforceable unless the judicial order 8 applies only to a courtroom or a court office, or to a 9 courthouse used only for judicial branch functions. 10 -3- HF 2502 (3) 88 js/rh/md 3/ 3