2025 ODCP Legislative Update
The Office of Drug Control Policy Legislative Update is a recap of action in the Iowa Legislature relating to drug control and criminal justice issues. This update is to keep you informed of proposed legislation and any progress it makes toward becoming law.
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The 91st General Assembly
- January 13, 2025 - First day of session.
- February 14, 2025 - Final day for individual Senator and Representative requests for bill and joint resolution drafts to the Legislative Services Agency.
- March 7, 2025 - Final date for Senate bills and joint resolutions to be reported out of Senate committees and House bills and joint resolutions to be reported out of House committees.
- March 17-21, 2025 - Senate considers only Senate bills, joint resolutions, and unfinished business. House considers only House bills, joint resolutions, and unfinished business.
- March 24 - April 4, 2025 - Debate not limited by rule.
- April 4, 2025 - Final date for Senate bills and joint resolutions to be reported out of House committees and House bills and joint resolutions to be reported out of Senate committees.
- April 7-11, 2025 - Senate considers only House bills, joint resolutions, and unfinished business. House considers only Senate bills, joint resolutions, and unfinished business.
- April 14, 2025 - Only the following bills and resolutions are eligible for consideration: Bills passed by both Houses, Appropriation Bills, Ways and Means Bills, Government Oversight Bills, Legalizing Acts, Administrative Rules Review Committee Bills, Committee Bills related to delayed or suspended Administrative Rules, bills co-sponsored by Majority and Minority Leaders of one House, Conference Committee Reports, Companion Bills sponsored by Senate and House Majority Leaders, Concurrent or Simple Resolutions, Joint Resolutions nullifying Administrative Rules, Bills on the Veto Calendar, and Unfinished Business.
- April 14, 2025 - House amendments need not be filed on the day preceding floor debate.
- May 2, 2025 - 110th calendar day of session.
2025 Bills of Interest
HF 8 A bill for an act relating to student access to broad-spectrum cannabidiol products from school nurses during the school day.
HF 57 A bill for an act providing for the direct shipment of beer, levying a barrel tax, providing fees, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions.
HF 69 A bill for an act relating to the sale, possession, and consumption of alcoholic liquor, wine, or beer on public school property under certain circumstances, and including effective date provisions.
HF 72 A bill for an act relating to the possession of small quantities of marijuana, and providing penalties
HF 84 A bill for an act relating to drug paraphernalia, and providing penalties.
HF 93 A bill for an act relating to noncontiguous locations of the premises of a native distillery.
HF 351 A bill for an act removing psilocybin and psilocyn from the list of substances classified as schedule I controlled substances under Iowa's uniform controlled substances Act.
HF 365 A bill for an act establishing a cause of action for murder in the first degree by causing the death of another by delivering, dispensing, or providing fentanyl or a fentanyl-related substance, and making penalties applicable.
HF 590 A bill for an act relating to manufacturers and distributors of 340B drugs.
HF 612 A bill for an act relating to the regulation of kratom, and making penalties applicable.
HF 609 A bill for an act relating to the use of certain psychoactive substances under the religious freedom restoration Act.
HF 620 An act relating to the production of psilocybin and the administration of psilocybin to persons with post-traumatic stress disorder, and providing penalties.
SF 163 A bill for an act relating to the definition of medical cannabidiol.
SF 313 A bill for an act relating to the prescribing, ordering, dispensing, and administering authority of pharmacists and practitioners.
SF 305 A bill for an act relating to controlled substances, including certain controlled substances schedules and precursor substances reporting requirements, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions.
SF 399 A bill for an act relating to the licensure of medical cannabidiol dispensaries.
SF 400 A bill for an act relating to schedule III controlled substances, and making penalties applicable.
SF 387 A bill for an act relating to alcoholic beverages, including license authorizations and fee determinations, and including effective date and applicability provisions.
SF 392 A bill for an act prohibiting open containers of beverages containing tetrahydrocannabinol in the passenger area of motor vehicles on highways, and making penalties applicable.
HSB 224 A bill for an act relating to the licensure of medical cannabidiol dispensaries.
HSB 240 A bill for an act relating to the issuance of a medical cannabidiol registration card to a person who is not a resident of Iowa.
SSB 1177 A bill for an act relating to the controlled substance crystalline polymorph psilocybin.
SSB 1193 A bill for an act concerning alcoholic beverage control.
Information, Telephone Numbers, & Websites
Daily Legislative Schedules: 515.281.5869
House Switchboard: 515.281.3221 (to contact legislators)
Senate Switchboard: 515.281.3371 (to contact legislators)
Office of Drug Control Policy: 515.805.4115
If you would like to be removed from this list, know someone who would like to be added, have questions or comments, or would like a bill added to the list, please contact Medina Rahmanovic.