SF 2280: A bill for an act relating to the safety of persons in certain professions involved with the judicial system, including authorizing a member of the general assembly, judicial officer, attorney general, deputy attorney general, or assistant attorney general to be issued a professional permit to carry weapons, establishing the criminal offenses of threatening and the malicious sharing of personal information of a general assembly member or a judicial officer or a general assembly member’s or a judicial officer’s immediate family, and considering true threats to public officials as harassment, and providing penalties. - Iowa

Reprinted Marked Up → Reprinted · 1 edit

MINOR

The bill text was reformatted from a Governor's signed message into the standard statutory format used for printing laws. The substantive policy content regarding permits, threats, and penalties remains identical to the previous version.

Scope change

No change in scope or applicability; the text represents the same legislation in a different layout.

TECHNICAL

Removed the Governor's signature page and letter, replacing them with the official bill title, committee information, and page numbers.

Enrolled with Governor's Action → Reprinted Marked Up · 3 edits

MINOR

The document transitioned from a legislative draft to the final enrolled bill signed by the Governor. The substantive policy content, including the new permit-to-carry provisions for judges and legislators, the criminalization of threats against them, and the ban on malicious sharing of their personal information, remains unchanged. The primary differences are the addition of the Governor's signature, the Secretary of State's transmittal letter, and the formal certification of the bill's origin and title.

Scope change

The scope of the law itself did not change; the document format changed from a draft to an enacted statute.

TECHNICAL

Added the Governor's signature, the date of approval, and the Secretary of State's transmittal letter, which are required for a bill to become law.

Added the formal certification block signed by the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House, confirming the bill originated in the Senate.

Changed the document title from 'Enrolled with Governor's Action' to 'Reprinted Marked Up' to reflect the final version ready for publication.

Enrolled → Enrolled with Governor's Action · 1 edit · May 6, 2026

MINOR

The bill was formatted from a line-by-line legislative markup into a standard, readable document. The substantive policy content regarding permits for judges and legislators to carry weapons, new criminal offenses for threatening them, and penalties for sharing their personal information remains exactly the same.

Scope change

The scope and applicability of the bill's policies did not change; only the presentation format was updated.

TECHNICAL

The document structure was converted from a raw diff format (showing removed and added lines) into a clean, continuous text layout with proper paragraph breaks and page numbering.

Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF) → Enrolled · 3 edits · May 6, 2026

MINOR

The bill text was converted from a signed governor's message format into a clean legislative text format. The substantive policy content, including eligibility for weapon permits and criminal penalties, remains unchanged.

Scope change

The scope of the bill's applicability is unchanged; only the document formatting was modified.

TECHNICAL

Removed the Governor's signature block, date, and cover letter, replacing them with a standard enrolled bill header.

Converted the text from a single-column layout with manual line breaks to a structured multi-column layout with line numbers.

Corrected minor typographical errors and inconsistent spacing found in the original signed version.

Introduced → Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF) · 5 edits · May 6, 2026

MODERATE

This bill authorizes specific public officials, including members of the General Assembly and judicial officers, to obtain professional permits to carry weapons. It establishes new criminal offenses for threatening these officials or maliciously sharing their personal information and expands harassment laws to include true threats against public officials.

Scope change

The bill expands the scope of who can legally carry a concealed weapon by adding judges, legislators, and top state attorneys to the list of eligible professionals, while simultaneously creating new crimes to protect them.

ELIGIBILITY

Added members of the General Assembly, judicial officers, and top state attorneys to the list of people eligible for a professional permit to carry weapons.

ENFORCEMENT

Created a new felony offense for threatening a judicial officer or their immediate family.

Created a new misdemeanor offense for maliciously sharing personal information (like home addresses) of a judicial officer or their family.

Expanded the definition of harassment to include communicating a true threat against any public official.

REQUIREMENT

Required applicants for permits to carry weapons (if not peace officers) to complete a proficiency examination.

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