SSB 3100 (LSB 5831XC (1) 90)

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BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY BILL BY CHAIRPERSON ZAUN)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the licensure of medical cannabidiol dispensaries.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 124E.8, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  The department shall issue a request for proposals accept applications to select and license by April 1, 2018, up to five ten medical cannabidiol dispensaries to dispense medical cannabidiol within this state consistent with the provisions of this chapter. The department shall license new medical cannabidiol dispensaries or relicense the existing medical cannabidiol dispensaries by December 1 of each year. A licensee may hold a maximum of three medical cannabidiol dispensary licenses.
    Sec. 2.  Section 124E.8, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended by striking the subsection.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to the licensure of medical cannabidiol dispensaries. The bill increases the maximum number of medical cannabidiol dispensary licenses in the state from 5 to 10. The bill allows a licensee to hold no more than three medical cannabidiol dispensary licenses.
   The bill strikes a provision in current law requiring a medical cannabidiol dispensary to agree to begin supplying medical cannabidiol by December 1, 2018.