House
File
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
PUBLIC
SAFETY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
2080)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
firearms
by
limiting
civil
liability
of
1
federal
firearms
licensees
who
enter
into
voluntary
firearm
2
hold
agreements
with
individuals.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
683.1,
Code
2024,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsections:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
1A.
“Federal
firearms
licensee”
means
any
3
person
engaged
in
the
business
of
importing,
manufacturing,
or
4
dealing
in
firearms
as
defined
by
the
federal
National
Firearms
5
Act,
26
U.S.C.
§5841,
and
who
currently
holds
a
valid
license
6
according
to
provisions
of
the
federal
Gun
Control
Act
of
1968,
7
18
U.S.C.
§921.
8
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
1B.
“Firearm
hold
agreement”
means
a
9
private
transaction
between
a
federal
firearms
licensee
and
an
10
individual
owner
where
the
licensee
takes
possession
of
the
11
owner’s
lawfully
possessed
firearm
at
the
owner’s
request,
12
holds
the
firearm
for
an
agreed
period
of
time,
and
returns
the
13
firearm
according
to
the
terms
of
the
transaction.
14
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
683.4
Firearm
hold
agreements
——
15
liability.
16
1.
A
person
shall
not
have
a
cause
of
action
against
a
17
federal
firearms
licensee
operating
lawfully
in
the
state
for
18
any
act
or
omission
arising
from
or
subsequent
to
a
firearm
19
hold
agreement
and
resulting
in
personal
injury
or
death
of
20
any
natural
person,
including
the
return
of
a
firearm
to
the
21
individual
firearm
owner
by
a
federal
firearms
licensee
at
the
22
termination
of
a
firearm
hold
agreement.
23
2.
Subsection
1
shall
not
apply
to
any
action
arising
from
24
a
firearm
hold
agreement
if
such
action
was
the
result
of
25
otherwise
unlawful
conduct
on
the
part
of
the
federal
firearms
26
licensee.
27
EXPLANATION
28
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
29
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
30
This
bill
establishes
firearm
hold
agreements,
and
provides
31
a
limitation
of
liability
for
federal
firearms
licensees
who
32
enter
into
such
agreements.
33
The
bill
defines
a
firearm
hold
agreement
to
mean
a
34
private
transaction
between
a
federal
firearms
licensee
and
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an
individual
owner
where
the
licensee
takes
possession
of
1
the
owner’s
lawful
firearm
at
the
owner’s
request,
holds
the
2
firearm
for
an
agreed
period
of
time,
and
returns
the
firearm
3
according
to
the
terms
of
the
transaction.
4
The
bill
provides
that
no
person
shall
have
a
cause
of
action
5
against
a
federal
firearms
licensee
operating
lawfully
in
this
6
state
for
any
act
or
omission
arising
from
or
subsequent
to
7
a
firearm
hold
agreement
and
resulting
in
personal
injury
or
8
death
of
a
person.
9
The
bill
provides
that
the
limitation
of
liability
shall
not
10
apply
to
any
action
arising
from
a
firearm
hold
agreement
if
11
such
action
was
the
result
of
otherwise
unlawful
conduct
on
the
12
part
of
the
licensee.
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