House File 126 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 126 BY HUNTER , OLSON , ANDERSON , WESSEL-KROESCHELL , STECKMAN , CAHILL , WILBURN , STAED , and MASCHER A BILL FOR An Act prohibiting the carrying, transportation, or possession 1 of firearms in the capitol building and on capitol grounds, 2 and making penalties applicable. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1630YH (4) 89 js/rh

H.F. 126 Section 1. Section 8A.322, subsection 3, Code 2021, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 3. The director shall establish, publish, and enforce 3 rules regulating and restricting the use by the public of the 4 capitol buildings and grounds and of the state laboratories 5 facility in Ankeny. The rules when established shall be posted 6 in conspicuous places about the capitol buildings and grounds 7 and the state laboratories facility, as applicable. Any 8 person violating any rule, except a parking regulation, shall 9 be guilty of a simple misdemeanor. The rules shall prohibit 10 a person, other than a peace officer, from openly carrying , 11 transporting, or possessing a pistol or revolver firearm of any 12 kind, whether concealed or not, in the capitol building and on 13 the grounds surrounding the capitol building including state 14 parking lots and parking garages. However, this subsection 15 shall not be construed to allow the director to prohibit the 16 lawful carrying, transportation, or possession of any pistol or 17 revolver in the capitol building and on the grounds surrounding 18 the capitol building including state parking lots and parking 19 garages by a person who displays to capitol security personnel 20 a valid permit to carry weapons upon request. 21 EXPLANATION 22 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 23 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 24 Under current law, Code section 8A.322(3) provides that the 25 director of administrative services shall establish, publish, 26 and enforce rules regulating and restricting the use by the 27 public of the capitol buildings and capitol grounds, and shall 28 prohibit a person, other than a peace officer, from openly 29 carrying a pistol or revolver in the capitol building and on 30 the grounds surrounding the capitol building including state 31 parking lots and parking garages. However, the director shall 32 not prohibit the lawful carrying, transportation, or possession 33 of any pistol or revolver in the capitol building and on 34 capitol grounds by a person who possess a valid permit to carry 35 -1- LSB 1630YH (4) 89 js/rh 1/ 2

H.F. 126 weapons. 1 This bill amends Code section 8A.322(3) to provide that the 2 director shall establish rules prohibiting a person, other than 3 a peace officer, from carrying, transporting, or possessing a 4 firearm of any kind, whether concealed or not, in the capitol 5 building and on capitol grounds. 6 A person who violates a rule created by the director pursuant 7 to Code section 8A.322(3) is guilty of a simple misdemeanor. 8 A simple misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more 9 than 30 days or a fine of at least $105 but not more than $855 10 or by both. 11 -2- LSB 1630YH (4) 89 js/rh 2/ 2