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90th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 536: Concerning penalties relating to drug paraphernalia and certain traffic offenses, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on April 19, 2024. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill concerns penalties for certain violations of Code chapters 124 (controlled substances) and 321 (motor vehicles and law of the road). Under current law, a person who knowingly or intentionally manufactures, delivers, sells, or possesses drug paraphernalia commits a simple misdemeanor. A simple misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than days and a fine of at least $105 but not more than $855. The bill instead makes the violation a simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation resulting in a fine of $260.

Sponsors

Public Safety committee

Cost

Can’t be estimated

House File 536 may have a fiscal impact to the correctional system; however, it cannot be determined at this time. The Bill changes drug paraphernalia violations from a simple misdemeanor to a scheduled violation and specific speeding and passing violations fr…

Senate subcommittee · named March 15, 2023

  • Sen. Dan Dawson (R) · dan.dawson@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Tony Bisignano (D) · tony.bisignano@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Brad Zaun (R)

Lobbying · 1 for, 0 against

For: Associated General Contractors of Iowa

In plain words

  1. March 1, 2023Filed in the House
  2. March 8, 2023Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  3. March 9, 2023Passed the House, 96–0
  4. March 14, 2023Sent to the Senate Judiciary committee
  5. March 15, 2023Senate subcommittee named: Dawson, Bisignano and Zaun
  6. March 20, 2023Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/HF536