It prohibits any financial institution operation in the state from requiring or permitting “the assignment of a firearms code in a way that distinguishes a firearms retailer from other retailers.” “Firearms code” is defined in the bill as “a merchant category code approved by the International Organization for Standardization or an equivalent successor organization that is specifically assigned to a firearms retailer.”
Titled the Firearm Purchaser’s Privacy Act, the proposed law would prohibit a payment card network from requiring a New Hampshire merchant to use a “firearms code” defined as “merchant category code 5723, approved in September 2022 by the International Organization for Standardization, for firearms retailers.”
The bill would prohibit a financial institution operating in Iowa from requiring or assigning a firearms code that distinguishes a firearms dealer from any other retailer. "Firearms code" is defined as “a merchant category code approved by the international organization for standardization specifically for firearm dealers.” It would also be illegal to based solely on the acquirer’s assignment of a firearms code to the firearms retailer.
Titled the Firearm Purchaser’s Privacy Act, the proposed law would prohibit a payment card network from requiring a New Hampshire merchant from using a "firearms code" defined as "merchant category code 5723, approved in September 2022 by the International Organization for Standardization, for firearms retailers."
The bill would prohibit financial institutions from requiring merchant category codes for a purchase that identifies a merchant as a firearms retailer. It would also prohibit the Indiana Department of Justice from maintaining a list of firearm purchases based on information from its background checks. No other government entity would be allowed to keep a firearm owner registry.