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88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Tuesday, November 10, 2026

SF 178: Relating to the criminal offense of manufacturing, delivering, selling, or possessing drug paraphernalia by exempting hypodermic needles or syringes delivered, sold, or possessed through an approved needle exchange program

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.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named February 11, 2019

  • Sen. Brad Zaun (R)
  • Sen. Dan Dawson (R) · dan.dawson@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Kevin Kinney (D)

Lobbying · 7 for, 1 against

For: CHAIN; City of Iowa City; Iowa Behavioral Health Association (IBHA); Iowa Conference of United Methodist Church; One Iowa Action; Polk County - Board of Supervisors; The Hale Group

Against: Iowa Police Chief Association (FKA Iowa Police Executive Forum)

In plain words

  1. February 5, 2019Filed in the Senate and sent to the Judiciary committee
  2. February 11, 2019Senate subcommittee named: Zaun, Dawson and Kinney

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Tuesday, November 10, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/88/SF178