Bill Text: IA HF228 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the criminal offense of manufacturing, delivering, selling, or possessing drug paraphernalia by exempting hypodermic needles or syringes delivered, sold, or possessed through an approved needle exchange program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-06 - Introduced, referred to Public Safety. H.J. 227. [HF228 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-HF228-Introduced.html

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House File 228 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  ABDUL=SAMAD and
                                     MASCHER

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the criminal offense of manufacturing,
  2    delivering, selling, or possessing drug paraphernalia by
  3    exempting hypodermic needles or syringes delivered, sold, or
  4    possessed through an approved needle exchange program.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
    TLSB 1919YH (4) 87
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 124.414, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code
  1  2 2017, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    b.  "Drug paraphernalia" does not include hypodermic needles
  1  4 or syringes if manufactured, delivered, sold, or possessed for
  1  5 a lawful purpose.  "Lawful purpose" includes hypodermic needles
  1  6 or syringes delivered, sold, or possessed through an approved
  1  7 needle exchange program established pursuant to rules adopted
  1  8 by the department of public health.  
  1  9                           EXPLANATION
  1 10 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 11 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 12    This bill relates to the criminal offense of manufacturing,
  1 13 delivering, selling, or possessing drug paraphernalia by
  1 14 exempting hypodermic needles or syringes delivered, sold, or
  1 15 possessed through an approved needle exchange program.
  1 16    Currently, a person who illegally manufactures, delivers,
  1 17 sells, or possesses drug paraphernalia commits a simple
  1 18 misdemeanor under Code section 124.414.  Current law also
  1 19 provides that "drug paraphernalia" does not include hypodermic
  1 20 needles or syringes if manufactured, delivered, sold, or
  1 21 possessed for a lawful purpose. The bill specifies that
  1 22 "lawful purpose" includes hypodermic needles or syringes
  1 23 delivered, sold, or possessed through an approved needle
  1 24 exchange program established pursuant to rules adopted by the
  1 25 department of public health.
       LSB 1919YH (4) 87
       jm/rh/rj