House File 319 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 319 BY SHIPLEY A BILL FOR An Act providing that the plant Cannabis sativa L., 1 with a certain maximum concentration of delta-9 2 tetrahydrocannabinol, is no longer defined as marijuana. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1609HH (2) 88 da/rn

H.F. 319 Section 1. Section 4.1, Code 2019, is amended by adding the 1 following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 15. “Marijuana” does not mean any part 3 of the plant Cannabis sativa L., whether growing or not, if 4 such plant, including the seeds thereof and all derivatives, 5 extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of 6 isomers, whether growing or not, has a maximum concentration of 7 delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration that does not exceed 8 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis. 9 Sec. 2. Section 124.101, subsection 20, Code 2019, is 10 amended to read as follows: 11 20. a. “Marijuana” means all parts of the plants of the 12 genus Cannabis, whether growing or not; the seeds thereof; the 13 resin extracted from any part of the plant; and every compound, 14 manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture or preparation of the 15 plant, its seeds or resin, including tetrahydrocannabinols. It 16 does not include the mature stalks of the plant, fiber produced 17 from the stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of the plant, 18 any other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or 19 preparation of the mature stalks (except the resin extracted 20 therefrom), fiber, oil or cake or the sterilized seed of the 21 plant which is incapable of germination. 22 b. Notwithstanding paragraph “a” , “marijuana” does not 23 include any part of the plant Cannabis sativa L., whether 24 growing or not, if such plant, including the seeds thereof and 25 all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, 26 and salts of isomers, whether growing or not, has a maximum 27 concentration of delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration 28 that does not exceed 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis. 29 Sec. 3. Section 124.204, subsection 4, paragraph u, Code 30 2019, is amended to read as follows: 31 u. (1) Tetrahydrocannabinols, except as otherwise 32 provided by rules of the board for medicinal purposes, 33 meaning tetrahydrocannabinols naturally contained in a plant 34 of the genus Cannabis (Cannabis plant) as well as synthetic 35 -1- LSB 1609HH (2) 88 da/rn 1/ 2

H.F. 319 equivalents of the substances contained in the Cannabis plant, 1 or in the resinous extractives of such plant, and synthetic 2 substances, derivatives, and their isomers with similar 3 chemical structure and pharmacological activity to those 4 substances contained in the plant, such as the following: 5 (1) (a) 1 cis or trans tetrahydrocannabinol, and their 6 optical isomers. 7 (2) (b) 6 cis or trans tetrahydrocannabinol, and their 8 optical isomers. 9 (3) (c) 3,4 cis or trans tetrahydrocannabinol, and their 10 optical isomers. (Since nomenclature of these substances 11 is not internationally standardized, compounds of these 12 structures, regardless of numerical designation of atomic 13 positions covered.) 14 (2) Subparagraph (1) does not apply to the plant of the 15 genus Cannabis sativa L., whether growing or not, if such 16 plant, including the seeds thereof and all derivatives, 17 extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of 18 isomers, whether growing or not, has a maximum concentration of 19 delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration that does not exceed 20 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis. 21 EXPLANATION 22 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 23 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 24 This bill provides that the plant Cannabis sativa L., with 25 a maximum concentration of delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol that 26 does not exceed 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis is no longer 27 defined as marijuana and therefore is no longer subject to 28 classification as a controlled substance or criminal penalty. 29 -2- LSB 1609HH (2) 88 da/rn 2/ 2