Bill Text: IA SSB3008 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
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: Committee Bill
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2018-02-07 - Subcommittee recommends passage. [SSB3008 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-SSB3008-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
3008
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
ZAUN)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
criminal
offense
of
manufacturing,
1
delivering,
selling,
or
possessing
drug
paraphernalia
by
2
exempting
hypodermic
needles
or
syringes
delivered,
sold,
or
3
possessed
through
an
approved
needle
exchange
program.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
124.414,
subsection
1,
paragraph
b,
Code
1
2018,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
b.
“Drug
paraphernalia”
does
not
include
hypodermic
needles
3
or
syringes
if
manufactured,
delivered,
sold,
or
possessed
for
4
a
lawful
purpose.
“Lawful
purpose”
includes
hypodermic
needles
5
or
syringes
delivered,
sold,
or
possessed
through
an
approved
6
needle
exchange
program
established
pursuant
to
rules
adopted
7
by
the
department
of
public
health.
8
EXPLANATION
9
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
10
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
11
This
bill
relates
to
the
criminal
offense
of
manufacturing,
12
delivering,
selling,
or
possessing
drug
paraphernalia
by
13
exempting
hypodermic
needles
or
syringes
delivered,
sold,
or
14
possessed
through
an
approved
needle
exchange
program.
15
Currently,
a
person
who
illegally
manufactures,
delivers,
16
sells,
or
possesses
drug
paraphernalia
commits
a
simple
17
misdemeanor
under
Code
section
124.414.
Current
law
also
18
provides
that
“drug
paraphernalia”
does
not
include
hypodermic
19
needles
or
syringes
if
manufactured,
delivered,
sold,
or
20
possessed
for
a
lawful
purpose.
The
bill
specifies
that
21
“lawful
purpose”
includes
hypodermic
needles
or
syringes
22
delivered,
sold,
or
possessed
through
an
approved
needle
23
exchange
program
established
pursuant
to
rules
adopted
by
the
24
department
of
public
health.
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