Bills › 89th General Assembly
SSB 1160
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 3, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 3, 2021
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
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’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Beverage distributors would pay a 2-cent handling fee for every empty container they collect instead of the current 1-cent fee. Stores could choose to stop accepting empty beverage containers if they notify the department of natural resources. People can also start new redemption centers just by notifying the department, and all containers must have a specific type of barcode.1
Read the official explanation
Under current law, a consumer may return an empty beverage container upon which a 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. Any person can also establish an unapproved redemption center. Under this bill, a dealer may choose to not accept beverage containers by providing notice to the department beginning July 1, 2022. The bill raises the handling fee paid by a distributor to cents for each empty beverage container. The bill allows a person to establish a redemption center by providing notice to the department. The bill also requires each beverage container to have a registered universal product code in a format required by the department. The bill creates civil enforcement procedures and penalties for a violation of the provisions of the bill. _____ remove obsolete language, and stylistically and grammatically update the Code chapter. Except as otherwise provided, the bill takes effect upon enactment.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 8, 2021. On February 10, 2021 it recommended amendment and passage.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
Iowa Code it changes
Creates§455C.12A§455C.12B§455C.12C
Amends§455C.1§455C.12§455C.13§455C.14§455C.16§455C.2§455C.3§455C.4§455C.5§455C.6
Lobbying
5 for · 5 against · 16 undecided · Who →
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.
- SF 520 Relating to the redemption and handling of beverage containers, providing civil penalties,…88th General Assembly · Approved by committee · very similarCleared committee
Similar bills this General Assembly
- HF 814 Relating to the redemption of beverage containers, providing civil penalties, and includin…89th General Assembly · Renumbered as HF 872Similar
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