Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes hemp regulations and penalties in the state of Iowa.

Highlights:

• Authorizes a hemp product to be deemed consumable if the following apply (Sec. 2): 

• Designed by the processor, including the manufacturer to be introduced to the human body; 

• Advertises an item to be introduced into the human body; 

• Distributed, exported, imported, and offered for sale to be introduced to the human body.  

• Specifies the maximum total tetrahydrocannabinol concentrations of the hemp (Sec. 2). 

• Requires the consumable hemp product to comply with packaging and labeling requirements (Sec. 1). 

• Establishes each container storing consumable hemp to be affixed with a notice advising consumers regarding the risks associated with its use (Sec. 4). 

• Requires the consumable hemp product to comply with restrictions upon the sale or other distribution of consumable hemp products by rules adopted by the Department of Health and Human Services (Sec. 5). 

• Prohibits a person from engaging in the retail sale of consumable hemp products without being registered with the Department of Health and Human Services (Sec. 6). 

• Establishes a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for the sale of consumable hemp products without registration (Sec. 10). 

• Prohibits the selling, giving, or distributing of a consumable hemp product to a person under 21 years of age (Sec. 12).

• Requires that any person under the age of twenty-one who consumes, possesses, purchases, or attempts to purchase to be in violation of this act and deserving of a civil penalty (Sec. 1) 

• Specifies the court sentencing hours passed on the violation (Sec. 13). 

• Prohibits the sale of alcoholic beverages containing tetrahydrocannabinol (without holding a license, permit, or certification of compliance (Sec. 18). 

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes hemp regulations and penalties in the state of Iowa.

Highlights:

• Authorizes a hemp product to be deemed consumable if the following apply (Sec. 2): 

• Designed by the processor, including the manufacturer to be introduced to the human body; 

• Advertises an item to be introduced into the human body; 

• Distributed, exported, imported, and offered for sale to be introduced to the human body.  

• Specifies the maximum total tetrahydrocannabinol concentrations of the hemp (Sec. 2). 

• Requires the consumable hemp product to comply with packaging and labeling requirements (Sec. 1). 

• Establishes each container storing consumable hemp to be affixed with a notice advising consumers regarding the risks associated with its use (Sec. 4). 

• Requires the consumable hemp product to comply with restrictions upon the sale or other distribution of consumable hemp products by rules adopted by the Department of Health and Human Services (Sec. 5). 

• Prohibits a person from engaging in the retail sale of consumable hemp products without being registered with the Department of Health and Human Services (Sec. 6). 

• Establishes a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for the sale of consumable hemp products without registration (Sec. 10). 

• Prohibits the selling, giving, or distributing of a consumable hemp product to a person under 21 years of age (Sec. 12).

• Requires that any person under the age of twenty-one who consumes, possesses, purchases, or attempts to purchase to be in violation of this act and deserving of a civil penalty (Sec. 1) 

• Specifies the court sentencing hours passed on the violation (Sec. 13). 

• Prohibits the sale of alcoholic beverages containing tetrahydrocannabinol (without holding a license, permit, or certification of compliance (Sec. 18). 

Full Bill Text