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HOUSE
FILE
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BY
DIEKEN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
drug
paraphernalia,
and
providing
penalties.
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BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
124.414,
subsection
3,
Code
2025,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
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3.
A
person
who
violates
this
section
commits
a
simple
3
misdemeanor
punishable
as
a
scheduled
violation
under
section
4
805.8C
.
5
Sec.
2.
Section
124.414,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
the
6
following
new
subsection:
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NEW
SUBSECTION
.
4.
Notwithstanding
any
other
provision
of
8
law,
a
violation
of
this
section
shall
not
be
used
to
enhance
9
any
other
controlled
substance
violation
under
this
chapter.
10
Sec.
3.
Section
805.8C,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
the
11
following
new
subsection:
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NEW
SUBSECTION
.
3A.
Drug
paraphernalia
violations.
For
13
violations
of
section
124.414,
the
scheduled
fine
is
two
14
hundred
sixty
dollars.
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EXPLANATION
16
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
17
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
18
This
bill
relates
to
drug
paraphernalia.
19
Under
current
law,
a
person
who
knowingly
or
intentionally
20
manufactures,
delivers,
sells,
or
possesses
drug
paraphernalia
21
commits
a
simple
misdemeanor.
A
simple
misdemeanor
is
22
punishable
by
confinement
for
no
more
than
30
days
and
a
23
fine
of
at
least
$105
but
not
more
than
$855.
The
bill
makes
24
the
violation
a
simple
misdemeanor
punishable
as
a
scheduled
25
violation
resulting
in
a
fine
of
$260.
26
The
bill
provides
that
notwithstanding
any
other
provision
27
of
law,
the
manufacture,
delivery,
sale,
or
possession
of
drug
28
paraphernalia
shall
not
be
used
to
enhance
any
other
controlled
29
substance
violation
under
Code
chapter
124.
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