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

SF 602: Providing for a one-time waiver or refund of certain license or permit fees collected by the alcoholic beverages division of the department of commerce, providing for related procedures, and including effective date provisions

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

What it does

This bill provides that a holder of a class “A”, class “B”, class “C”, or special class “C” liquor control license, a class “B” beer permit, or a class “C” native wine permit with an expiration date between May 6, 2020, and May 5, 2021, shall not be required to pay the annual fee or any additional applicable fee or surcharge provided in Code chapter 123 upon renewal of the license or permit. The bill requires the alcoholic beverages division of the department of commerce to remit to an appropriate local authority a sum equal to certain amounts prescribed under current law which the local authority would have otherwise collected but for the waiver of fees provided in the bill.

Cost

See the fiscal note

9 million for FY 2021. This amount includes the total amount the ABD would remit to local authorities for their uncollected portion of license and permit revenue (Table 3).

Senate subcommittee · named January 19, 2022

Sen. Tim Goodwin (R)
Sen. Amy Sinclair (R) · amy.sinclair@legis.iowa.gov
Sen. T. Taylor

Lobbying · 9 for, 0 against

For: Ames Chamber of Commerce; Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce; Dubuque Area Chamber of Commerce; Iowa Brewers Guild; Iowa Chamber Alliance; Iowa Restaurant Association; Marshalltown Area Chamber of Commerce; Okoboji Tourism; Travel Federation of Iowa

In plain words

April 21, 2021Filed in the Senate
April 21, 2021Approved by the Senate committee
April 26, 2021Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
June 22, 2021Sent to the Senate Ways and Means committee
January 19, 2022Senate subcommittee named: Goodwin, Sinclair and T. Taylor