HF 530 — A bill for an act authorizing a member of the general assembly, judicial officer, attorney general, deputy attorney general, or an assistant attorney general to be issued a professional permit to carry weapons.

House File 530 - IntroducedReprinted HOUSE FILE 530 BY COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 166) (As Amended and Passed by the House March 12, 2025) A BILL FOR An Act authorizing a member of the general assembly, judicial officerofficer, attorney general, deputy attorney general, or an assistant attorney general to be issued a professional permit to carry weapons.

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(1) A person may be issued a permit to carry weapons when the person’s employment in a private investigation business or private security business licensed under chapter 80A, or a person’s employment as a member of the general assembly, peace officer, correctional officer, judicial officer, county attorney, assistant county attorney, attorney general, deputy attorney general, assistant attorney general, security guard, bank messenger or other person transporting property of a value requiring security, or in police work, reasonably justifies that person going armed.

(4) A person may be issued a permit to carry weapons if the person is a member of the general assembly, judicial officer, county attorney, or an assistant county attorney.attorney, attorney general, deputy attorney general, or an assistant attorney general .

An application for a permit by a member of the general assembly, attorney general, deputy attorney general, or an assistant attorney general shall be delivered to the sheriff for the county in which the applicant resides.

The standards for a proficiency examination for a member of the general assembly, judicial officer, county attorney, or assistant county attorney, attorney general, deputy attorney general, or an assistant attorney general shall not exceed the standards required of a peace officer.

Section 724.6, subsection 1, paragraphs b, c, and d, CodeHF 2025,530 are(5) amended91 to-1- readsb/js/md as1/3 follows:H.F.

530 Code 2025, are amended to read as follows:

A permit so issued, other than to a member of the general assembly, peace officer, judicial officer, county attorney, or assistant county attorney, attorney general, deputy attorney general, or assistant attorney general, shall authorize the person to LSBwhom 2612HVit (4)is 91issued -1-to sb/jsgo 1/3armed H.F.anywhere in the state, only while engaged in the employment, and while going to and from the place of the employment.

530 whom it is issued to go armed anywhere in the state, only while engaged in the employment, and while going to and from the place of the employment.

A permit issued to a member of the general assembly, certified peace officer, judicial officer, county attorney, or assistant county attorney, attorney general, deputy attorney general, or assistant attorney general shall authorize that member of the general assembly, peace officer, judicial officer, county attorney, or assistant county attorney, attorney general, deputy attorney general, or assistant attorney general to go armed anywhere in the state at all times, including on the grounds of a school.

Permits shall expire twelve months after the date when issued except that permits issued to members of the general assembly, peace officers, judicial officers, county attorneys, assistant county attorneys, the attorney general, deputy attorneys general, assistant attorneys general, and correctional officers are valid through the holder of the permit’s period of employment unless otherwise canceled.

Section 724.6, subsection 1, Code 2025, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:

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530 this section may carry weapons only in a concealed manner when inside a courtroom.

This paragraph does not apply to peace officers or correctional officers when fulfilling their duties of employment.

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530 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.

This bill authorizes a judicial officer, attorney general, deputy attorney general, or assistant attorney general to be issued a professional permit to carry weapons under the provisions of Code section 724.6.

For judicial officers, the sheriff of the issuing county may require the applicant, at the applicant’s expense, to complete a proficiency examination prior to the permit to carry weapons being issued.

The bill provides that a permit issued to a judicial officer, attorney general, deputy attorney general, or assistant attorney general grants authorization to go armed anywhere in the state at all times, including on the grounds of a school.

The bill provides that a permit issued to a judicial officer, attorney general, deputy attorney general, or assistant attorney general is valid through the holder of the permit’s period of employment unless otherwise canceled.

When the employment is terminated, the holder of the permit is required to surrender the permit to the issuing officer for cancellation.

The bill defines a judicial officer as a supreme court justice, a judge of the court of appeals, a district judge, a district associate judge, an associate juvenile judge, an associate probate judge, or a magistrate.

The term also includes a person who is temporarily serving as a justice, judge, or magistrate as permitted by law.

The bill allows the supreme court to impose additional training or other requirements on judicial officers who hold a permit issued under the bill.

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