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90th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Wednesday, November 11, 2026

HSB 44: HSB 44

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

What it does

This bill relates to the manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance resulting in death, and provides penalties.5A if such delivery involved the sharing of the controlled substance without profit.401(1) (manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance). The bill provides that a person’s act of manufacturing or delivering a controlled substance resulting in the death of another person shall be deemed to have caused the other person’s death when the controlled substance contributes to the other person’s death.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named January 17, 2023

  • Rep. Phil Thompson (R)
  • Rep. Brian K. Lohse (R) · brian.lohse@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Ross Wilburn (D) · ross.wilburn@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 4 for, 1 against

For: Iowa Attorney General Dept. of Justice; Iowa County Attorneys Association; Iowa Police Chief Association (FKA Iowa Police Executive Forum); Iowa State Sheriffs' & Deputies' Association

Against: Iowa Association for Justice

In plain words

  1. January 17, 2023Filed in the House and sent to the Judiciary committee
  2. January 17, 2023House subcommittee named: Thompson, P., Lohse and Wilburn
  3. January 25, 2023Subcommittee recommended passing it

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/90/HSB44