House File 178 



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON HUMAN
                                           RESOURCES

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2)


    Passed House, Date               Passed Senate,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act adding hallucinogenic substances to the list of schedule I
  2    controlled substances, and providing penalties.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1458HV 83
  5 jm/nh/5

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 124.204, subsection 4, Code 2009, is
  1  2 amended by adding the following new paragraphs:
  1  3    NEW PARAGRAPH.  ai.  Salvia divinorum.
  1  4    NEW PARAGRAPH.  aj.  Salvinorin A.
  1  5                           EXPLANATION
  1  6    This bill adds hallucinogenic substances to the list of
  1  7 schedule I controlled substances.
  1  8    The bill adds "salvia divinorum" and "salvinorin A", also
  1  9 known as "divinorin A", to the list of schedule I controlled
  1 10 substances.
  1 11    A schedule I controlled substance is considered to have a
  1 12 high potential for abuse and no medical purpose in treatment
  1 13 in the United States.
  1 14    The bill makes it a class "C" felony pursuant to Code
  1 15 section 124.401, subsection 1, paragraph c, subparagraph (8),
  1 16 for any unauthorized person to manufacture, deliver, or
  1 17 possess with the intent to manufacture or deliver, salvia
  1 18 divinorum or salvinorin A, including its counterfeit or a
  1 19 simulated form, or to act with, enter into a common scheme or
  1 20 design with, or conspire with one or more other persons to
  1 21 manufacture, deliver, or possess with the intent to
  1 22 manufacture or deliver salvia divinorum or salvinorin A.
  1 23    The bill also makes it a serious misdemeanor pursuant to
  1 24 Code section 124.401, subsection 5, for any unauthorized
  1 25 person to possess salvia divinorum or salvinorin A.
  1 26    A class "C" felony is punishable by confinement for no more
  1 27 than 10 years and a fine of at least $1,000 but not more than
  1 28 $10,000.  A serious misdemeanor is punishable by confinement
  1 29 for no more than one year and a fine of at least $315 but not
  1 30 more than $1,875.
  1 31 LSB 1458HV 83
  1 32 jm/nh/5