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Relating to marijuana, by eliminating penalties for the possession, manufacture, and delivery of marijuana and providing for the expungement of convictions related to marijuana
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedMarch 5, 2021
- 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 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill eliminates criminal penalties relating to marijuana by eliminating certain criminal provisions in Code chapter 124 (uniform controlled substances Act). The bill eliminates penalties relating to the possession, manufacture, and delivery of marijuana, the hosting of events where marijuana is present, the marijuana accommodation offense, and second or subsequent offenses involving marijuana, including in Code chapter 29B (military justice). The bill also removes marijuana from schedule I of the uniform controlled substances Act.
Read the full explanation
The bill makes conforming changes in Code chapter 124E (medical cannabidiol Act). The bill also removes marijuana from Code chapter 453B (excise tax on unlawful dealing in certain substances). EXPUNGEMENT. The bill provides that upon application by a defendant convicted of an offense under Code chapter 124 (controlled substances) related to the possession or transfer of marijuana, the court shall enter an order expunging the record of such a criminal case.3 (misdemeanor expungement).
Iowa Code it changes
Creates§901C.4
Amends§124.101§124.201A§124.204§124.401§124.401G§124.407§124.411§124.413§124.506A§124E.12§29B.107A§453B.1§453B.4§453B.7§901C.3
Repeals§124.410
Lobbying
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