Bills › 91st General Assembly
Relating to drug paraphernalia
Sponsored by Sen. Liz Bennett (D), Sen. Tony Bisignano (D), Sen. Janet Petersen (D), Sen. Herman C. Quirmbach (D), Sen. Art Staed (D), Sen. Thomas Townsend (D), Sen. Cindy Winckler (D)
Topics:Courts & civil law
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 27, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeMarch 4, 2025
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to drug paraphernalia. Under current law, a person who knowingly or intentionally manufactures, delivers, sells, or possesses drug paraphernalia commits a simple misdemeanor. Hypodermic needles or syringes manufactured, delivered, sold, or possessed for a lawful purpose are exempt from the definition of “drug paraphernalia”. The bill also exempts equipment, products, or materials used to analyze or test for the presence of fentanyl, a fentanyl analog, or a drug adulterant within a controlled substance from the definition of “drug paraphernalia”.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text
Senate subcommittee
Named March 4, 2025. It hasn’t reported yet.
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Iowa Code it changes
Amends§124.414
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Lobbying
1 for · 0 against · 2 undecided · Who →
Family tree
Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.
Tried before
91st General Assembly
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.
- HF 545 Relating to drug paraphernalia90th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
Similar bills this General Assembly
- HF 2650 Relating to drug paraphernalia91st General Assembly · In committeeNearly identical
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