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90th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

SF 2299: Relating to prohibited conduct of a brewer with regard to wholesaler agreements

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on April 19, 2024. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill prohibits a brewer from requiring a wholesaler to assent to any unreasonable requirement, condition, understanding, or term of an agreement prohibiting the wholesaler from utilizing, or requiring the wholesaler to utilize, a business-to-business electronic commerce platform offered by a brewer. If a wholesaler utilizes a business-to-business electronic commerce platform offered by a brewer, the bill prohibits the brewer from requesting or receiving any information related to a class “A” or special class “A” beer permittee’s sale of competitive products on the platform. A brewer that violates the provisions of the bill is subject to civil action by the aggrieved party pursuant to Code section 123A.9.

Sponsors

Commerce (companion To Hf 2277 By Committee on Commerce) committee

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 3 for, 1 against

For: Anheuser Busch; Doll Distributing; Iowa Wholesale Beer Distributors Association

Against: Molson Coors Beverage Company USA LLC

In plain words

  1. February 12, 2024Filed in the Senate
  2. February 12, 2024Approved by the Senate committee
  3. February 26, 2024Withdrawn

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/90/SF2299