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Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad said he will sign a bill legalizing the use of oil derived from marijuana to treat chronic epilepsy but hasn't made a decision on legislation that could change the scope of greyhound racing in the state.Speaking on the public television program "Iowa Press" on Friday, Branstad promised to sign the marijuana bill next week.Steve Gaer of West Des Moines said his family was seriously considering moving out of state to get his daughter treatment. He said he couldn’t be more excited that his daughter will be able to get treatment in the comfort of home.“It’s been a big project to get through the legislature and I think we’re all optimistic that it’ll be a huge help to (my daughter) Margaret,” Gaer said.Gaer’s 24-year-old daughter has been struggling with seizures from chronic epilepsy her entire life. She has tried 16 different anti-seizure medications, starting when she was 4 months old.“It’s fair for us as a family to say this is our last, best hope,” Gaer said. “We’ve tried everything else.”Stories like Margaret’s and those of dozens of other epileptic Iowans moved the state Senate and state House of Representatives to pass the bill in the spring.The bill is expected to go into effect July 1. Before families like the Gaers can buy the oil in a producing state, they need approval through an Iowa doctor to get a medical card from the Iowa Department of Health.“It’s our expectation that it’s going to be September or October before the state’s prepared to issue the card that then would allow us to have it here legally,” Gaer said.Although the oil will be legal in Iowa, families will have to break federal law by crossing other state lines to bring the cannabis oil back home. Gaer said his family is willing to take the risk.“You hate to say, ‘I’m going to blatantly violate the law,’ but from my standpoint if it’s legal from the state you buy it in and it’s legal in Iowa, we’re willing to take the risk as we drive through Nebraska or some other state that we’ll just deal with the issue if we get stopped,” he said.The Gaer family is working with specialists to research what states sell the cannabis oil to nonresidents in the form that's going to help Margaret.Branstad said he also intends to sign bills to regulate the use of drones and ban the sale and use of e-cigarettes for minors.He said he's still considering legislation to end greyhound racing at a track in Council Bluffs but allow it to continue in Dubuque.Branstad plans to sign his Home Base Iowa initiative, which offers tax and job incentives to veterans, on Memorial Day.