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89th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2122: Relating to the redemption of and payment of refund value on beverage containers, including oversight by the department of revenue, making appropriations, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions

Died when the session ended · The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

Under current law, a consumer may return an empty beverage container upon which a 5-cent refund value has been paid to a dealer or a redemption center. When a distributor collects empty beverage containers from a dealer, dealer agent, or redemption center, the distributor reimburses the dealer, dealer agent, or redemption center the refund value plus a 1-cent handling fee for each empty beverage container. Current law also allows any person to establish a redemption center that serves a dealer if it is approved by the department of natural resources.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 2 for, 6 against

For: Iowa Grocery Industry Association; KWIK Trip, Inc.

Against: Anheuser Busch; Doll Distributing; Iowa Beverage Association; Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowa Wholesale Beer Distributors Association; Wine Institute

In plain words

  1. January 26, 2022Filed in the House and sent to the Commerce committee
  2. April 12, 2022Withdrawn

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/89/HF2122