Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa HF519: A BILL FOR An Act relating to the disposition of firearms and ammunition deposited with the department of public safety through seizure or forfeiture proceedings
Status: In committee, March 7, 2025
An Act relating to the disposition of firearms and ammunition deposited with the department of public safety through seizure or forfeiture proceedings.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act relating to the disposition of firearms and ammunition deposited with the department of public safety through seizure or forfeiture proceedings.
From the introduced text, February 20, 2025:
A BILL FOR An Act relating to the disposition of firearms and ammunition deposited with the department of public safety through seizure or forfeiture proceedings. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 1990YH (3) sb/js H.F. Section 1. Section 809.5, subsection 1, paragraph f, subparagraph (3), Code 2025, is amended to read as follows: (3) (a) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (1) and (2), firearms or ammunition shall be deposited with the department of public safety. The Subject to the provisions of this subparagraph, the firearms or ammunition may be held by the department of public safety and be used for law enforcement, testing, or comparisons by the criminalistics laboratory, or may. Firearms and ammunition not retained by the department for such uses that are not illegal and are not offensive weapons as defined by section 724.1 shall be destroyed or disposed of by the department of public safety in accordance with section 809.21. (b) The department shall give priority to making the firearms and ammunition available at public auction, unless a firearm or ammunition has such distinctive or unique characteristics so as to make it an important addition to the department's weapons archive. (c) The department shall not dispose of firearms or ammunition to an agency of any other state or the federal government, except in …
Sponsors
- Matt Windschitl (R, 15) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Withdrawn. H.J. 871 .
- : Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 871 .
- : Committee vote: Yeas, 21. Nays, 0. Excused, 2. H.J. 531 .
- : Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 531 .
- : Subcommittee recommends passage.
- : Subcommittee Meeting: 03/04/2025 8:00AM RM 304.1.
- : Subcommittee: Dieken, Gearhart and Gosa. H.J. 427 .
- : Introduced, referred to Public Safety. H.J. 378 .
Votes
- Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 531 . (March 5, 2025): 21 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: forfeiture, firearms, disposition, public safety department
Common questions
- What is HF519?
- HF519 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act relating to the disposition of firearms and ammunition deposited with the department of public safety through seizure or forfeiture proceedings.
- What does HF519 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act relating to the disposition of firearms and ammunition deposited with the department of public safety through seizure or forfeiture proceedings.
- What is the status of HF519?
- In committee as of March 7, 2025. Latest action: Withdrawn. H.J. 871 . (March 31, 2025).
- Who sponsored HF519?
- Matt Windschitl (R, 15).
- Where is the official record for HF519?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=HF+0519&ga=91
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