89th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Wednesday, November 11, 2026
SSB 1170: SSB 1170
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 it does
GENERAL.) plant that meets the legal threshold of having a maximum delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) concentration of not more than three-tenths of one percent. Specifically, the bill provides an affirmative defense may be pled and proven by a person accused of committing the criminal offense, based on the defendant’s compliance with certain requirements associated with the legal production of hemp as provided in the Iowa hemp Act (IHA) codified in Code chapter 204.7(5)).7(6)).15). The licensee cannot participate in the program if the results of a test of the licensee’s crop exceeds percent THC.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
Senate subcommittee · named February 9, 2021
- Sen. Tom Shipley (R) · tom.shipley@legis.iowa.gov
- Sen. Kevin Kinney (D)
- Sen. Dan Zumbach (R) · dan.zumbach@legis.iowa.gov
Lobbying · 3 for, 2 against
For: Governors Office of Drug Control Policy; Iowa County Attorneys Association; Iowa Dept. of Public Safety
Against: Iowa Association for Justice; Iowa Hemp Association
In plain words
- February 9, 2021Filed in the Senate and sent to the Agriculture committee
- February 9, 2021Senate subcommittee named: Shipley, Kinney and Zumbach
From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Wednesday, November 11, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/89/SSB1170