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

SF 2378: Relating to beverage containers control provisions, including handling fees, refund value, applicability to certain beverages, and acceptance of beverage containers, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions

Signed into law

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

Ways and Means committee

Cost

See the fiscal note

0 FTE Environmental Specialist positions required to maintain the databases required in the Bill as amended and to address violations of Iowa Code chapter 455C. 5 FTE position for an Attorney 2 position for the legal enforcement of administrative orders and a …

Lobbying · 16 for, 16 against

For: Casey's General Stores; Doll Distributing; Exceptional Persons, Inc.; FUELIowa (PMCI); Fareway Stores, Inc.; Hope Haven Area Development Center; Hy-Vee, Inc.; Imagine the Possibilities; Iowa Association of Community Providers; Iowa Beverage Association; Iowa Grocery Industry Association; Iowa Retail Federation; and 4 more

Against: Anheuser Busch; Arconic (Formerly Alcoa); Cleaner Iowa, Inc.; Doll Distributing; FUELIowa (PMCI); Fareway Stores, Inc.; Iowa Annual Conference of United Methodist Church; Iowa Behavioral Health Association (IBHA); Iowa Beverage Association; Iowa Brewers Guild; Iowa Environmental Health Association; Iowa Grocery Industry Association; and 4 more

In plain words

  1. March 21, 2022Filed in the Senate
  2. March 21, 2022Approved by the Senate committee
  3. March 29, 2022Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  4. March 29, 2022Passed the Senate, 31–18
  5. March 30, 2022Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  6. April 12, 2022Took the place of HF 2571 on the House floor (the same legislation)
  7. April 12, 2022Passed the House, 73–17
  8. April 13, 2022Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  9. May 23, 2022Passed the Senate, 30–15
  10. June 2, 2022Sent to the Governor
  11. June 17, 2022Signed into law
  12. June 27, 2022Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/89/SF2378