Iowa Legislation
SF-2379, with amendments S-5370 and S-5387 passed the Iowa Senate on March 27, 2010. SF-2379 passed on a 44-4 vote, with Senators Bolkcom, Dvorsky, Hatch, and Jochum. S-5370 passed with a 46-2 vote, with Senators Bartz and Hartsuch voting against passage. S-5387 passed on a unanimous voice vote.
On March 29, 2010, SF-2379 passed in the House of Representatives with an 81-15 vote. Voting against the bill were Representatives Bukta, Frevert, Heddens, Hunter, Isenhart, Jacoby, Lensing, Mascher, Oldson, Olson D., Petersen, Schueller, Wessel-Kroeschell, Willems, and Winckler.
SF-2379 now goes to Governor Culver's desk for signing. Download a copy of the important points of the new legislation here provided by the Iowa DPS. We are one signature away from getting these important improvements in Iowa's firearms laws:
- Shall Issue
- Standardized Training
- A 30-day time limit on issuing a permit
- A tight appeals process
- Universal recognition of all out of state permits
- No ability for the Sheriff to record make, model, SN, or ammunition type of any weapon during the permit process
- Removal of all individual Federal disqualifiers, replaced with one sentence
- Permits good for five years
This is how Chapter 724 would look with SF-2379 applied to it.
The best way to keep track of this legislation and to let our legislators know your feelings is by using the Iowa Carry Legislative Action Center. You can also find your elected officials and contact the media through the IC-LAC. This is a full featured, comprehensive action center designed to help YOU get the word out about Iowa Carry and the ideals that we value.