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STATE OF IOWA
KIM REYNOLDS
GOVERNOR
April 18, 2025
The Honorable Paul Pate
Secretary of State of Iowa
State Capitol
Des Moines, Iowa 50319
Dear Mr. Secretary,
I hereby transmit:
House File 924, an Act relating to the minimum age for acquiring or carrying weapons.
The above House File is hereby approved on this date.
Sinçerely,
Ki67,eyno
Governor of Iowa
cc: Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House
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House File 924
AN ACT
RELATING TO THE MINIMUM AGE FOR ACQUIRING OR CARRYING WEAPONS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. Section 724.8, subsection 1, Code 2025, is
amended to read as follows:
1. Is less than eighteen years of age for a profcssional
permit er less than twenty-enc ycars o€ age for a
nonprofc33ional permit.
Sec. 2. Section 724.15, subsection 1, Code 2025, is amended
to read as follows:
1. It is the intent of this section to satisfy federal
requirements of 18 U.S.C. § 922(t)(3) in order to acquire
pistols or revolvers. In order to acquire a pistol or revolver
from a federally licensed firearms dealer, an unlicensed person
is required to have a valid permit to acquire or a valid permit
to carry weapons issued in accordance with this chapter or the
person must complete a satisfactory national instant criminal
background check pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 922(t). A person under
the age of twenty-one shall not be issued a permit to acquire
a pistol or revolver, nor shall a nonprofessional permit to
carry weapons held by a person who has not reached the age of
House File 924, p. 2
twenty-one be valid for the transfer of a pistol or revolver
from a federally licensed firearms dealer.
Sec. 3. Section 724.15, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code
2025, is amended to read as follows:
a. Under twenty one eighteen years of age except for thooc
pistol or revolver when the per3on "3 duty 3o require3.
Sec. 4. Section 724.22, subsections 2, 5, and 8, Code 2025,
are amended to read as follows:
2. Except as provided in subsections 4 and 5, a person who
sells, loans, gives, or makes available a pistol or revolver
or ammunition for a pistol or revolver to a person below the
age of twenty one eighteen commits a serious misdemeanor for a
first offense and a class " D" felony for second and subsequent
offenses.
5. a. A parent, e-rm guardian, or spouse who is twenty-one
eighteen years of age or older, of a person under the age of
twenty one eighteen may allow the person, while under direct
supervision, to possess a pistol or revolver or the ammunition
therefor for any lawful purpose, or while the person receives
instruction in the proper use thereof from an instructor
twenty one eighteen years of age or older, with the consent of
such parent, guardian, or spouse.
b. As used in this section, - direct supervision" means
supervision provided by the parent, guardian, spouse, or
instructor who is twenty one eighteen years of age or older,
who maintains a physical presence near the supervised person
conducive to hands-on instruction, who maintains visual and
verbal contact at all times with the supervised person, and who
is not intoxicated as provided under the conditions set out
in section 321J.2, subsection 1, or under the influence of an
illegal drug.
8. A parent, guardian, or spouse, who is twenty one eighteen
years of age or older, of a minor under the age of fourteen
years and who allows that minor to possess a pistol or revolver
or the ammunition pursuant hereto-, shall be strictly liable to
an injured party for all damages resulting from the possession
of the pistol or revolver or ammunition therefor by that minor.
House File 924, p. 3
Sec. 5. Section 724.22, subsection 4, Code 2025, is amended
by striking the subsection.
PAT GRASSLEY
Speaker of the House
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AMY SINUAIR
President of the Senate
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
is known as House File 924, Ninety-first General Assembly.
M II HAN NELSON
Zk j the House
Approved ill l 2025
KIM R Y!2) DS
Governor