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2024 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 90th General Assembly

  • January 8, 2024 - First day of session.
  • January 19, 2024 - Final day for individual Senator and Representative requests for bill and joint resolution drafts to the Legislative Services Agency. 
  • February 16, 2024 - 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. 
  • February 19-23, 2024 - Senate considers only Senate bills, joint resolutions, and unfinished business. House considers only House bills, joint resolutions, and unfinished business.
  • February 26 - March 8, 2024 - Debate not limited by rule.
  • March 15, 2024 - 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.
  • March 18-22, 2024 - Senate considers only House bills, joint resolutions, and unfinished business. House considers only Senate bills, joint resolutions, and unfinished business.
  • March 25, 2024 - 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 1, 2024 - House amendments need not be filed on the day preceding floor debate.
  • April 16, 2024 - 100th calendar day of session.
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2024 Bills of Interest

HSB 524 A bill for an act relating to qualifications to receive a medical cannabidiol registration card.

HF 550 A bill for an act relating to medical personnel authorized to withdraw a specimen of blood from a person suspected of operating while intoxicated. (Formerly HSB 149; See HF 2136.)

HSB 689 A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations from the opioid settlement fund.

HSB 733 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.

HF 2052 A bill for an act relating to persons under the influence of controlled substances in public places and providing penalties.

HF 2087 A bill for an act relating to ignition interlock device requirements following a violation detected by a device.

HF 2147 A bill for an act relating to student access to broad-spectrum cannabidiol products from school nurses during the school day.

HF 2220 A bill for an act relating to the expungement of an operating-while-intoxicated offense that is a serious misdemeanor under certain circumstances.

HF 2227 A bill for an act relating to the venue for prosecution of a controlled substance violation resulting in the death or serious bodily injury of another.

HF 2296 A bill for an act relating to the provision of harm reduction vending machines.

HF 2342 A bill for an act providing for rehabilitation services for public school students relating to use of tobacco, alcohol, and controlled substances.

HF 2448 A bill for an act relating to exceptions to the penalty for supplying an alcoholic beverage to certain persons under legal age. (Formerly HSB 631.)

HF 2423 A bill for an act relating to operating-while-intoxicated offenses, including temporary restricted licenses and ignition interlock devices, providing penalties, making penalties applicable, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 618.) 

HF 2573 A bill for an act relating to the use of telemedicine in the issuance of a certification to receive a medical cannabidiol registration card. (Formerly HSB 701.)

HF 2576 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. (Formerly HSB 693.)

HF 2605 A bill for an act providing for the regulation of hemp and hemp products, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly HSB 665.)

HF 2648 A bill for an act relating to the issuance of five-day retail alcohol and native wine licenses, and providing fees. (Formerly HF 2445, HSB 594.)

HF 2659 A bill for an act relating to the licensure of medical cannabidiol dispensaries. (Formerly HSB 684.)

HF 2650 A bill for an act relating to medical cannabidiol by providing deductions from the individual and corporate income taxes for expenses incurred by medical cannabidiol manufacturers and dispensaries and including retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 683.)

SF 2352 A bill for an act providing for the regulation of hemp and hemp products, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly SSB 3159.)

SF 2395 A bill for an act relating to the opioid settlement fund, including appropriations of the moneys in the fund, and providing an effective date. (Formerly SSB 3178.)

SF 2417 A bill for an act establishing an excise tax on the sales price of consumable hemp products sold or purchased at bars or restaurants. (Formerly SSB 3186.)

SF 319 A bill for an act concerning private sector employee drug testing.

SSB 3195 A bill for an act relating to civil liability and associated insurance requirements of alcoholic beverage licensees or permittees who also sell or serve consumable hemp products.

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Information, Telephone Numbers, & Websites

  • Iowa Legislature

  • Live Chamber Audio and Video

  • 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 

  • Senate Membership

  • House Membership

If you would like to be removed from this list, know someone who would like added,
have any questions, comments or would like a bill added to the list, please contact Susie Sher.

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