SF2578 Summary

• Expands Schedule I and IV controlled substance listings with numerous synthetic cannabinoids, fentanyl analogs, and other drugs; effective August 1, 2018.

• Criminalizes sale of kratom to minors as gross misdemeanor and possession by minors as misdemeanor.

• Replaces "hazardous substance" with "intoxicating substance" throughout DWI and related laws, defining it as drugs/chemicals that impair the central nervous system or audio/visual/mental processes when introduced into the body.

• Modifies DWI statutes for motor vehicles, motorboats, snowmobiles, aircraft, and off-road vehicles to include new intoxicating substance standard alongside existing alcohol and controlled substance provisions.

• Updates criminal vehicular homicide/injury statutes (609.2112-609.2114), implied consent laws (169A.51), and weapons possession restrictions (624.7142) to reference intoxicating substances instead of hazardous substances; effective August 1, 2018.