Bills › 89th General Assembly
Relating to the Iowa drug policy coordinator and the Iowa drug policy advisory council
Sponsored by the Senate Judiciary (companion To Hf 2367 By Committee on Public Safety) Committee
Topics:Crime & correctionsState governmentHealth care
Same legislation: HSB 98, HF 427, SSB 3024, HSB 563, HF 2367
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 8, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeMarch 9, 2021
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 15, 2022
- Done: Passes the SenateMarch 23, 202250–0
- Skipped: House committeeSkipped
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 8, 202196–0
- Done: To the GovernorApril 21, 2022
- Done: Signed into lawApril 21, 2022
HF 2367 became law → The same legislation passed as HF 2367, so this version was set aside. Go to HF 2367 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary This bill updates the words used to describe the duties of the Iowa drug policy coordinator, such as changing "narcotics enforcement" to "drug enforcement." It also grows the drug policy advisory council from 15 to 17 members by adding a police chief and the state public defender. Additionally, some member titles on the council will be renamed to better describe who they represent.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to the Iowa drug policy coordinator and the Iowa drug policy advisory council. The bill makes changes to the terminology used in describing the duties of the Iowa drug policy coordinator. “Narcotics enforcement” is changed to “drug enforcement”, and “substance abuse” is changed to “substance use disorder” when referring to treatment programs and professionals. The bill increases the number of members of the Iowa drug policy advisory council from to 17. The additional members, to be appointed by the governor, are the state public defender or the state public defender’s designee, and a police chief. The names of certain current members on the advisory council are changed to more accurately describe the stakeholders.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 12, 2022 (as SSB 3024). On January 26, 2022 it recommended passage.
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Iowa Code it changes
Lobbying
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