IowaIowa may license up to ten medical cannabidiol dispensaries
Iowa's health department accepts applications and may license up to ten medical cannabidiol dispensaries, with licenses issued or renewed by December 1 each year.
What it does
The department accepts applications and may license up to ten medical cannabidiol dispensaries to serve Iowa patients under the state program.
Patients' registration card information includes their name, Iowa home address, birth date, and phone number.
Argument forPatients could share less personal information when applying for or renewing a registration card.
Argument againstApplicants could face stronger competition for licenses if the department chooses to license as many as ten dispensaries.
More detail
The department accepts applications and may license up to ten medical cannabidiol dispensaries. This applies to medical cannabidiol dispensaries in Iowa. Dispensaries must dispense medical cannabidiol in line with the chapter. The department must license new dispensaries or renew existing licenses by December 1 each year.
Registration card applications include the patient's name, Iowa home address, date of birth, and telephone number. This information is for medical cannabidiol patient registration cards.
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- Introduced
- Passed 1st Chamber
- Passed 2nd Chamber
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jun 2Signed by Governor Kim Reynolds.Became Law
- May 6Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.To Governor
- May 1Explanation of vote.
- Apr 22Message from House.
- Apr 21Immediate message.
- Vote recorded Shall the bill pass? Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 21Passed House, yeas 88, nays 5.Major
- Apr 21House concurred in Senate amendment H-8378.
- Apr 16Senate amendment H-8378 filed.Minor
- Vote recorded Shall the bill pass? Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 16Message from Senate.
- Apr 16Immediate message.
- Apr 16Passed Senate, yeas 42, nays 5.Passed 2nd Chamber
- Apr 16Amendment S-5028 adopted.Major
- Mar 26Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
- Feb 25Amendment S-5028 filed.Minor
- Feb 5Placed on calendar.
- Feb 5Committee report, recommending passage.Minor
- Jan 21Subcommittee recommends passage.Minor
- Jan 15Subcommittee Meeting: 01/21/2026 10:30AM Room 217 Conference Room.
- Jan 15Subcommittee: Webster, Gruenhagen, and Knox.
- 2025
- Jun 16Referred to Commerce.Minor
- Apr 24Explanation of vote.
- Apr 21Read first time, attached to SF 399.Minor
- Apr 21Message from House.
- Apr 17Immediate message.
- Vote recorded Shall the bill pass? Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 17Passed House, yeas 90, nays 2.Passed 1st Chamber
- Apr 17Amendment H-1247 filed, adopted.Major
- Apr 7Introduced, placed on Ways and Means calendar.Introduced
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