HF2138 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to use of and reporting requirements related to forfeited weapons.(See HF 2495 .)

Firearms

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: JONES
Last action: 2026-02-16
Official status: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2495 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to use of and reporting requirements related to forfeited weapons.(See HF 2495 .)

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to use of and reporting requirements related to forfeited weapons.(See HF 2495 .)

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Bill History

2026-02-16 Iowa Legislature
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2495 .
2026-02-10 Iowa Legislature
Committee vote: Yeas, 23. Nays, 0. H.J. 254 .
2026-02-10 Iowa Legislature
Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 254 .
2026-02-05 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
2026-01-28 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/05/2026 12:30PM House Lounge.
2026-01-22 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Wills, J., Gosa and Holt. H.J. 146 .
2026-01-21 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Public Safety. H.J. 134 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to use of and reporting requirements related to forfeited weapons.(See HF 2495 .)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

House

File

2138

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

2138

BY

JONES

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

use

of

and

reporting

requirements

related

to

1

forfeited

weapons.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

Section

809A.17,

subsection

5,

paragraph

b,

Code

1

2026,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

b.

(1)

Forfeited

property

which

is

a

weapon

or

ammunition

3

shall

be

deposited

with

the

department

of

public

safety

4

to

be

disposed

of

in

accordance

with

the

rules

of

the

5

department.

All

weapons

or

ammunition

may

be

held

for

use

in

6

law

enforcement,

testing,

or

comparison

by

the

criminalistics

7

laboratory,

or

destroyed.

Ammunition

and

firearms

which

are

8

not

illegal

and

are

not

offensive

weapons

as

defined

by

section

9

724.1

may

be

sold

by

the

department

as

provided

in

section

10

809.21

,

or,

upon

application

and

in

accordance

with

department

11

rules,

be

released

to

a

law

enforcement

agency

.

12

(2)

The

department

of

public

safety

shall

conduct

an

audit

13

annually

of

all

forfeited

weapons

received

under

subparagraph

14

(1),

including

documentation

of

the

use

and

location

of

each

15

weapon.

16

EXPLANATION

17

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

18

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

19

This

bill

relates

to

the

use

of

and

reporting

requirements

20

related

to

forfeited

weapons.

21

Under

current

law,

weapons

possessed,

used,

or

available

for

22

use

during

a

public

offense

that

is

a

serious

or

aggravated

23

misdemeanor

or

felony

are

subject

to

forfeiture.

Weapons

and

24

ammunition

seized

by

a

law

enforcement

officer

for

forfeiture

25

are

deposited

with

the

department

of

public

safety.

The

bill

26

allows

forfeited

ammunition

and

weapons

to

be

relinquished

to

a

27

law

enforcement

agency

upon

application

in

accordance

with

the

28

rules

of

the

department

of

public

safety.

29

The

bill

requires

the

department

of

public

safety

to

conduct

30

an

annual

audit

of

all

forfeited

weapons

received

by

the

31

department.

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