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89th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Tuesday, November 10, 2026

HF 885: Providing for an increase in the barrel tax on beer and making appropriations

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

The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. This bill provides for an increase in the barrel tax on beer and appropriates the amount of the revenue derived from the barrel tax increase for substance abuse prevention and treatment, and for alcohol and controlled substance enforcement.99 per barrel. There are gallons of beer in a barrel. The bill provides that the amount of revenue derived from the barrel tax increase is appropriated to the governor’s office of drug control policy for substance abuse prevention and treatment, and for alcohol and controlled substance enforcement.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

In plain words

  1. April 21, 2021Filed in the House and sent to the Ways and Means committee

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Tuesday, November 10, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/89/HF885