House Study Bill 684 - Introduced
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BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
WAYS AND MEANS BILL BY
CHAIRPERSON KAUFMANN)
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to the licensure of medical cannabidiol
2 dispensaries.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 Section 1. Section 124E.8, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
2 2024, is amended to read as follows:
3 a. The department shall issue a request for proposals
4 accept applications to select and license by April 1, 2018,
5 up to five ten medical cannabidiol dispensaries to dispense
6 medical cannabidiol within this state consistent with the
7 provisions of this chapter. The department shall license new
8 medical cannabidiol dispensaries or relicense the existing
9 medical cannabidiol dispensaries by December 1 of each year.
10 A licensee may hold a maximum of three medical cannabidiol
11 dispensary licenses.
12 Sec. 2. Section 124E.8, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended
13 by striking the subsection.
14 EXPLANATION
15 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
16 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
17 This bill relates to the licensure of medical cannabidiol
18 dispensaries. The bill increases the maximum number of medical
19 cannabidiol dispensary licenses in the state from 5 to 10.
20 The bill allows a licensee to hold no more than three medical
21 cannabidiol dispensary licenses.
22 The bill strikes a provision in current law requiring a
23 medical cannabidiol dispensary to agree to begin supplying
24 medical cannabidiol by December 1, 2018.
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Statutes affected:
Introduced: 124E.8