Bills › 91st General Assembly

HF 8Died when the session ended · January 14, 2025

Relating to student access to broad-spectrum cannabidiol products from school nurses during the school day

Sponsored by Rep. Brian K. Lohse (R)

Topics:Alcohol, cannabis & gamingK–12 education

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedJanuary 14, 2025
  2. Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
  3. Next: House committeeFunnel: by February 20, 2026
  4. Next: Passes the House
  5. Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
  6. Next: Passes the Senate
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary School boards and private school leaders must create rules for school nurses to give certain CBD products to students. Parents must provide the product, follow specific written instructions, and sign a permission form. This form must also include proof from the manufacturer that the product does not contain THC.1

Read the official explanation

This bill requires school boards and authorities in charge of accredited nonpublic schools to establish procedures for a school nurse to provide a broad-spectrum cannabidiol product to a student. The procedures shall provide that a school nurse shall only provide a broad-spectrum cannabidiol product to a student if the product was provided to the school district or accredited nonpublic school by the parent or guardian of the student and if the product is provided in accordance with written instructions provided by the parent or guardian. or Cannabis indica or any other preparation thereof that contains no tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). The bill defines “broad-spectrum cannabidiol product” as a product that contains broad-spectrum cannabidiol and contains no THC. The bill requires that the procedures provide for a form for a parent or guardian that shall be filled out to the satisfaction of the school district or accredited nonpublic school and signed before the broad-spectrum cannabidiol product is provided to the student. The bill includes required content for the form, including instructions on use of the broad-spectrum cannabidiol product, authorization for such use, certification that the product provided by the parent or guardian is a broad-spectrum cannabidiol product as defined in the bill, and contact information for the parent or guardian and a licensed health care professional who provides medical care for the student. The bill requires a parent or guardian to include with the form written documentation that the product provided by the parent or guardian is a broad-spectrum cannabidiol product, which shall include documentation from the manufacturer of the product specifically indicating that the product contains no THC.

Why it matters. School boards and authorities in charge of accredited nonpublic schools would be required to create procedures for school nurses to administer broad-spectrum cannabidiol products to students. Parents or guardians would need to provide the product, written instructions, and signed authorization forms along with documentation from the manufacturer proving the product contains no THC.2

Full bill text3

Iowa Code it changes

Creates§280.16B

How the Code works4

Lobbying

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Tried before

This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.

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    90th General Assembly · In committee · nearly identical
    Cleared committee

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