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

SSB 1018: SSB 1018

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

Senate subcommittee · named January 10, 2023

  • Sen. David D. Rowley (R) · david.rowley@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Nate Boulton (D)
  • Sen. Brad Zaun (R)

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 10, 2023Filed in the Senate and sent to the Judiciary committee
  2. January 10, 2023Senate subcommittee named: Rowley, Boulton and Zaun
  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/SSB1018