House
File
924
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Enrolled
House
File
924
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
MINIMUM
AGE
FOR
ACQUIRING
OR
CARRYING
WEAPONS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
724.8,
subsection
1,
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
1.
Is
less
than
eighteen
years
of
age
for
a
professional
permit
or
less
than
twenty-one
years
of
age
for
a
nonprofessional
permit
.
Sec.
2.
Section
724.15,
subsection
1,
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
1.
It
is
the
intent
of
this
section
to
satisfy
federal
requirements
of
18
U.S.C.
§922(t)(3)
in
order
to
acquire
pistols
or
revolvers.
In
order
to
acquire
a
pistol
or
revolver
from
a
federally
licensed
firearms
dealer,
an
unlicensed
person
is
required
to
have
a
valid
permit
to
acquire
or
a
valid
permit
to
carry
weapons
issued
in
accordance
with
this
chapter
or
the
person
must
complete
a
satisfactory
national
instant
criminal
background
check
pursuant
to
18
U.S.C.
§922(t).
A
person
under
the
age
of
twenty-one
shall
not
be
issued
a
permit
to
acquire
a
pistol
or
revolver,
nor
shall
a
nonprofessional
permit
to
carry
weapons
held
by
a
person
who
has
not
reached
the
age
of
House
File
924,
p.
2
twenty-one
be
valid
for
the
transfer
of
a
pistol
or
revolver
from
a
federally
licensed
firearms
dealer.
Sec.
3.
Section
724.15,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
a.
Under
twenty-one
eighteen
years
of
age
except
for
those
persons
included
in
section
724.22,
subsection
4
,
who
acquire
a
pistol
or
revolver
when
the
person’s
duty
so
requires
.
Sec.
4.
Section
724.22,
subsections
2,
5,
and
8,
Code
2025,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2.
Except
as
provided
in
subsections
4
and
5
,
a
person
who
sells,
loans,
gives,
or
makes
available
a
pistol
or
revolver
or
ammunition
for
a
pistol
or
revolver
to
a
person
below
the
age
of
twenty-one
eighteen
commits
a
serious
misdemeanor
for
a
first
offense
and
a
class
“D”
felony
for
second
and
subsequent
offenses.
5.
a.
A
parent
,
or
guardian
,
or
spouse
who
is
twenty-one
eighteen
years
of
age
or
older,
of
a
person
under
the
age
of
twenty-one
eighteen
may
allow
the
person,
while
under
direct
supervision,
to
possess
a
pistol
or
revolver
or
the
ammunition
therefor
for
any
lawful
purpose,
or
while
the
person
receives
instruction
in
the
proper
use
thereof
from
an
instructor
twenty-one
eighteen
years
of
age
or
older,
with
the
consent
of
such
parent,
guardian
,
or
spouse.
b.
As
used
in
this
section
,
“direct
supervision”
means
supervision
provided
by
the
parent,
guardian,
spouse,
or
instructor
who
is
twenty-one
eighteen
years
of
age
or
older,
who
maintains
a
physical
presence
near
the
supervised
person
conducive
to
hands-on
instruction,
who
maintains
visual
and
verbal
contact
at
all
times
with
the
supervised
person,
and
who
is
not
intoxicated
as
provided
under
the
conditions
set
out
in
section
321J.2,
subsection
1
,
or
under
the
influence
of
an
illegal
drug.
8.
A
parent,
guardian,
or
spouse
,
who
is
twenty-one
eighteen
years
of
age
or
older,
of
a
minor
under
the
age
of
fourteen
years
and
who
allows
that
minor
to
possess
a
pistol
or
revolver
or
the
ammunition
pursuant
hereto
,
shall
be
strictly
liable
to
an
injured
party
for
all
damages
resulting
from
the
possession
of
the
pistol
or
revolver
or
ammunition
therefor
by
that
minor.
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924,
p.
3
Sec.
5.
Section
724.22,
subsection
4,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
striking
the
subsection.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
AMY
SINCLAIR
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
924,
Ninety-first
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2025
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor