House File 530 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 530 BY COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 166) A BILL FOR An Act authorizing a judicial officer to be issued a 1 professional permit to carry weapons. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2612HV (4) 91 sb/js
H.F. 530 Section 1. Section 724.6, subsection 1, paragraph a, 1 subparagraph (1), Code 2025, is amended to read as follows: 2 (1) A person may be issued a permit to carry weapons when 3 the persons employment in a private investigation business 4 or private security business licensed under chapter 80A , or a 5 persons employment as a peace officer, correctional officer, 6 judicial officer, county attorney, assistant county attorney, 7 attorney general, deputy attorney general, assistant attorney 8 general, security guard, bank messenger or other person 9 transporting property of a value requiring security, or in 10 police work, reasonably justifies that person going armed. 11 Sec. 2. Section 724.6, subsection 1, paragraph a, 12 subparagraph (4), Code 2025, is amended to read as follows: 13 (4) A person may be issued a permit to carry weapons if the 14 person is a judicial officer, county attorney , or an assistant 15 county attorney. An application for a permit by an assistant 16 county attorney must be approved by the county attorney of each 17 county in which the applicant serves prior to a permit to carry 18 weapons being issued. The sheriff of the issuing county may 19 require the applicant to complete a proficiency examination 20 prior to issuing the permit to carry weapons. The standards 21 for a proficiency examination for a judicial officer, county 22 attorney , or assistant county attorney shall not exceed the 23 standards required of a peace officer. The applicant shall pay 24 the reasonable costs associated with completing a proficiency 25 examination. 26 Sec. 3. Section 724.6, subsection 1, paragraphs b, c, and d, 27 Code 2025, are amended to read as follows: 28 b. The permit shall be on a form prescribed and published 29 by the commissioner of public safety, shall identify the 30 holder, and shall state the nature of the employment requiring 31 the holder to go armed. A permit so issued, other than to a 32 peace officer, judicial officer, county attorney, or assistant 33 county attorney, attorney general, deputy attorney general, 34 or assistant attorney general, shall authorize the person to 35 -1- LSB 2612HV (4) 91 sb/js 1/ 3
H.F. 530 whom it is issued to go armed anywhere in the state, only while 1 engaged in the employment, and while going to and from the 2 place of the employment. 3 c. A permit issued to a certified peace officer, judicial 4 officer, county attorney, or assistant county attorney , 5 attorney general, deputy attorney general, or assistant 6 attorney general shall authorize that peace officer, judicial 7 officer, county attorney, or assistant county attorney , 8 attorney general, deputy attorney general, or assistant 9 attorney general to go armed anywhere in the state at all 10 times, including on the grounds of a school. 11 d. Permits shall expire twelve months after the date when 12 issued except that permits issued to peace officers, judicial 13 officers, county attorneys, assistant county attorneys, the 14 attorney general, deputy attorneys general, assistant attorneys 15 general, and correctional officers are valid through the 16 holder of the permits period of employment unless otherwise 17 canceled. When the employment is terminated, the holder of the 18 permit shall surrender it the permit to the issuing officer for 19 cancellation. 20 Sec. 4. Section 724.6, subsection 3, Code 2025, is amended 21 to read as follows: 22 3. For purposes of this section , emergency medical care 23 provider : 24 a. Emergency medical care provider means the same as 25 defined in section 147A.1 . 26 b. Judicial officer means the same as defined in section 27 602.1101. 28 Sec. 5. Section 724.6, Code 2025, is amended by adding the 29 following new subsection: 30 NEW SUBSECTION . 4. The supreme court may by rule impose 31 additional training or other requirements on judicial officers 32 who hold a permit issued under this section. 33 EXPLANATION 34 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 35 -2- LSB 2612HV (4) 91 sb/js 2/ 3
H.F. 530 the explanations substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 This bill authorizes a judicial officer, attorney general, 2 deputy attorney general, or assistant attorney general to 3 be issued a professional permit to carry weapons under the 4 provisions of Code section 724.6. For judicial officers, the 5 sheriff of the issuing county may require the applicant, at 6 the applicants expense, to complete a proficiency examination 7 prior to the permit to carry weapons being issued. 8 The bill provides that a permit issued to a judicial officer, 9 attorney general, deputy attorney general, or assistant 10 attorney general grants authorization to go armed anywhere in 11 the state at all times, including on the grounds of a school. 12 The bill provides that a permit issued to a judicial 13 officer, attorney general, deputy attorney general, or 14 assistant attorney general is valid through the holder of the 15 permits period of employment unless otherwise canceled. When 16 the employment is terminated, the holder of the permit is 17 required to surrender the permit to the issuing officer for 18 cancellation. 19 The bill defines a judicial officer as a supreme court 20 justice, a judge of the court of appeals, a district judge, 21 a district associate judge, an associate juvenile judge, an 22 associate probate judge, or a magistrate. The term also 23 includes a person who is temporarily serving as a justice, 24 judge, or magistrate as permitted by law. 25 The bill allows the supreme court to impose additional 26 training or other requirements on judicial officers who hold a 27 permit issued under the bill. 28 -3- LSB 2612HV (4) 91 sb/js 3/ 3