Relating to controlled substances, including amending certain controlled substances schedules and precursor substances reporting requirements, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions

This bill relates to controlled substances, including amending certain controlled substances schedules and precursor substances reporting requirements. The bill makes changes to controlled substance schedules I, IV, and V in Iowa’s uniform controlled substances Act (Code chapter 124) and to the precursor substances reporting requirement in Code chapter 124B to conform to the specific chemical designations of the substances contained in Title of the Code of Federal Regulations, parts 1300, 1308, and 1310. A violation involving a controlled substance included in the bill imposes penalties ranging from a class “B” felony, and in addition to the 25-year mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for class “B” felons, is also punishable by a fine of not less than $5,000 nor more than $100,000; a class “C” felony punishable by imprisonment up to years and a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $50,000; to an aggravated misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment up to years and a fine of at least $855 but not more than $8,540. The bill takes effect upon enactment.