Cannabis laws and bills in Iowa

Every bill in the Iowa Legislature that falls inside the Cannabis Legislation Tracker's scope, with where each one currently stands.

Bills in Scope

Past Committee

2 June 2026

Most Recent Action

Cannabis laws enacted in Iowa in 2026

1 Cannabis bill was enacted in Iowa this year, the latest with a last action on 2 June 2026. Each links to the Iowa Legislature's own page.

HF 990A bill for an act relating to the issuance of medical cannabidiol registration cards and licensure of medical cannabidiol dispensaries.2 June 2026

Cannabis bills in Iowa

2Enacted

10Past committee

6Introduced or inactive

18 bills in scope

Enacted

HF 990A bill for an act relating to the issuance of medical cannabidiol registration cards and licensure of medical cannabidiol dispensaries.2 June 2026Enacted HF 181A bill for an act prohibiting open containers of beverages containing tetrahydrocannabinol in the passenger area of motor vehicles on highways, and making penalties applicable.28 March 2025Enacted

Past committee

HSB 687A bill for an act relating to medical cannabidiol by providing deductions from the individual and corporate income taxes for expenses incurred by medical cannabidiol manufacturers and dispensaries, and including retroactive applicability provisions.10 March 2026Passed committee HSB 753A bill for an act regulating hemp and associated products, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions.19 February 2026Passed committee SSB 3145A bill for an act relating to the taxation of cigarettes, tobacco products, vapor products, and consumable hemp products, and making appropriations to the department of health and human services and the department of justice.19 February 2026Passed committee HF 995A bill for an act relating to the issuance of a medical cannabidiol registration card to a person who is not a resident of Iowa.21 January 2026Passed chamber SF 399A bill for an act relating to the licensure of medical cannabidiol dispensaries.14 January 2026Passed committee HSB 224A bill for an act relating to the licensure of medical cannabidiol dispensaries.7 April 2025Passed committee HSB 240A bill for an act relating to the issuance of a medical cannabidiol registration card to a person who is not a resident of Iowa.7 April 2025Passed committee HF 105A bill for an act relating to the definition of medical cannabidiol.12 March 2025Passed committee HSB 279A bill for an act providing for the regulation of hemp products, and making penalties applicable.4 March 2025Passed committee SSB 1098A bill for an act prohibiting open containers of beverages containing tetrahydrocannabinol in the passenger area of motor vehicles on highways, and making penalties applicable.19 February 2025Passed committee

Introduced or inactive

SSB 3130A bill for an act relating to health-related matters, including health-related professions, nutrition, medication, and taxes on certain products, and including effective date and applicability provisions.10 February 2026In committee HF 2300A bill for an act limiting the authority of counties and cities to regulate hemp production on land zoned for specific purposes.6 February 2026In committee HF 2206A bill for an act relating to the manufacture, delivery, and possession of marijuana, the licensure of retail marijuana, providing fees, including excise taxes, establishing funds, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions.29 January 2026In committee HF 950A bill for an act relating to hemp products and the definition, possession, and allowable forms of medical cannabidiol.3 April 2025In committee HF 72A bill for an act relating to the possession of small quantities of marijuana, and providing penalties.16 January 2025In committee HF 8A bill for an act relating to student access to broad-spectrum cannabidiol products from school nurses during the school day.14 January 2025In committee

Bill titles link to the Iowa Legislature's own page.

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What's In Scope

How Cannabis Legislation bills are selected

In scope is any bill regulating the cultivation, manufacture, testing, distribution, sale, possession or taxation of cannabis and cannabis products: adult-use and medical programmes, licence classes and the agency that issues them, excise rates and revenue allocation, social equity licensing and automatic expungement, intoxicating hemp and cannabinoid products, potency limits, packaging and labelling, impaired driving, workplace and tenancy protections for lawful use, and banking and insurance access for licensees.

Scope is defined by a written topic profile that every bill is measured against. The profiles are drafted by a model and validated by retrieval measurement against a judged set of bills, not reviewed by an attorney. LawSignals is a research tool and does not provide legal advice.

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Cannabis legislation in other jurisdictions

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