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Relating to marijuana, including the elimination of criminal penalties relating to the use, possession, manufacture, and delivery of marijuana
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 31, 2020
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Iowa would stop having criminal penalties for using, possessing, making, or delivering marijuana. These changes remove marijuana from the list of illegal hallucinogenic substances and eliminate specific punishments for people caught with it. The law would also stop using past marijuana convictions to increase penalties for other drug offenses.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to the elimination of criminal penalties relating to the use, possession, manufacture, and delivery of marijuana contained in Code chapter 124 (Iowa’s uniform controlled substances Act). Under current law, the manufacture, delivery, or possession with intent to sell more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana is a class “B” felony punishable by confinement of no more than years. The manufacture, delivery, or possession with intent to sell of between 100 kilograms and 1,000 kilograms of marijuana is a class “B” felony punishable by confinement of no more than years. The manufacture, delivery, or possession with intent to sell of between kilograms and 100 kilograms of marijuana is a class “C” felony. The manufacture, delivery, or possession with intent to sell of less than kilograms of marijuana is a class “D” felony. The manufacture, delivery, or possession with intent to sell of between and ounces of marijuana is a class “D” felony. The manufacture, delivery, or possession with intent to sell of fewer than ounces of marijuana is a class “D” felony. The bill removes marijuana from the definition of “hallucinogenic substances”. Under current law, a person who unlawfully possesses marijuana shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months or by a fine of not more $1,000, or by both, for a first offense. For a second offense, the person commits a serious misdemeanor. For a third or subsequent offense, a person commits an aggravated misdemeanor. The bill strikes a provision making it a serious misdemeanor for a person to sponsor, promote, or aid in the sponsoring or promoting of a meeting or gathering with the knowledge or intent that marijuana be distributed, used, or possessed at the meeting or gathering in violation of Code chapter 124.401(5). Currently, a person convicted of a second or subsequent offense under Code chapter 124 may be punished by imprisonment for a period not to exceed three times the term otherwise authorized, or fined not more than three times the amount otherwise authorized. The bill strikes the provision that allows for the use of a previous marijuana conviction in determining if a person has been convicted of a second or subsequent offense under Code chapter 124. The bill alters provisions in Code chapter 453B (excise taxes on unlawful dealing in certain substances) by removing references to marijuana. The bill also removes references to marijuana in Code sections relating to parole eligibility and large seizures of controlled substances.45 (juvenile court waiver, marijuana offenses by juvenile).