Bills › 89th General Assembly

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedJanuary 19, 2021
  2. Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 19, 2021
  3. Done: House committeeFebruary 2, 2021
  4. Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 391
  5. Next: Senate committee
  6. Next: Passes the Senate
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

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What’s in it

AI summary Iowa is updating its list of illegal drugs to match the exact names and categories used by the federal government. This change moves certain substances to new categories and adds fourteen new opiates, such as acetyl fentanyl, to the list of Schedule I drugs. It also adds marijuana extract and synthetic cathinones to the list of illegal hallucinogens.1

Read the official explanation

This bill relates to controlled substances and precursor substances, including amending the controlled substance and precursor substances schedules and including effective date provisions.), parts 1300, 1308, and 1310. The changes include changing some parentheses to brackets, adding or removing hyphens, and adding or removing spaces. Additionally, some substances have been moved from the current location in the Code to a location which corresponds to those under federal law. Fourteen new substances were added to the schedule I opiates category, including acetyl fentanyl which was moved from the “other substances” category. Marijuana extract, synthetic cathinone, and other substances were added to the schedule I, hallucinogenic substances category. The bill takes effect upon enactment.

Changed since by amendment S-3159; see Amendments.

Full bill text · What changed before it passed2

House subcommittee

Named January 19, 2021. On January 27, 2021 it recommended passage.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§124.204§124.206§124.208§124.210§124.212§124B.2

How the Code works3

Lobbying

1 for · 1 against · 18 undecided · Who →

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