House File 168 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 168 BY STAED , STECKMAN , KURTH , CROKEN , JACOBY , GJERDE , KRESSIG , LEVIN , BAETH , CAHILL , MADISON , AMOS , EHLERT , BROWN-POWERS , WESSEL-KROESCHELL , JAMES , and WILSON A BILL FOR An Act relating to a lost or stolen firearm, and providing 1 penalties. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1731YH (3) 90 js/rh

H.F. 168 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 724.33 Lost or stolen firearms —— 1 reporting —— penalty. 2 1. The owner of a firearm shall report a lost or stolen 3 firearm to the local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction 4 over the place where the firearm is believed to have been lost 5 or stolen within forty-eight hours of discovering that the 6 firearm has been lost or stolen. 7 2. A person who violates this section commits a simple 8 misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation pursuant to 9 section 805.8C, subsection 15. 10 Sec. 2. Section 805.8C, Code 2023, is amended by adding the 11 following new subsection: 12 NEW SUBSECTION . 15. Lost or stolen firearms. For 13 violations of section 724.33, the scheduled fine is fifty 14 dollars. 15 EXPLANATION 16 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 17 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 18 This bill relates to a lost or stolen firearm. The bill 19 requires the owner of a firearm to report a lost or stolen 20 firearm to the local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction 21 over the place where the firearm is believed to have been lost 22 or stolen within 48 hours of discovering that the firearm has 23 been lost or stolen. 24 A person who violates the bill commits a simple misdemeanor 25 punishable with a scheduled fine in the amount of $50. 26 -1- LSB 1731YH (3) 90 js/rh 1/ 1