Bill Text: IA SF46 | 2025-2026 | 91st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the licensure of medical cannabidiol dispensaries.(See SF 399.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-20 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 399. S.J. 330. [SF46 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2025-SF46-Introduced.html
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BY
WEBSTER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
licensure
of
medical
cannabidiol
1
dispensaries.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
124E.8,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
The
department
shall
issue
a
request
for
proposals
3
accept
applications
to
select
and
license
by
April
1,
2018,
4
up
to
five
ten
medical
cannabidiol
dispensaries
to
dispense
5
medical
cannabidiol
within
this
state
consistent
with
the
6
provisions
of
this
chapter
.
The
department
shall
license
new
7
medical
cannabidiol
dispensaries
or
relicense
the
existing
8
medical
cannabidiol
dispensaries
by
December
1
of
each
year.
9
A
licensee
may
hold
a
maximum
of
three
medical
cannabidiol
10
dispensary
licenses.
11
Sec.
2.
Section
124E.8,
subsection
2,
Code
2025,
is
amended
12
by
striking
the
subsection.
13
EXPLANATION
14
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
15
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
16
This
bill
relates
to
the
licensure
of
medical
cannabidiol
17
dispensaries.
The
bill
increases
the
maximum
number
of
medical
18
cannabidiol
dispensary
licenses
in
the
state
from
5
to
10.
19
The
bill
allows
a
licensee
to
hold
no
more
than
three
medical
20
cannabidiol
dispensary
licenses.
21
The
bill
strikes
a
provision
in
current
law
requiring
a
22
medical
cannabidiol
dispensary
to
agree
to
begin
supplying
23
medical
cannabidiol
by
December
1,
2018.
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