Imposing a sales tax on the sales price of items containing traceable amounts of piper methysticum

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedJanuary 27, 2025
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 20, 2025
3. ✕
   Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
4. Next: Passes the House
5. Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill imposes a sales tax on the sales price of any item containing a traceable amount of piper methysticum. Piper methysticum is also known as kava among many other nicknames.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text

House subcommittee

Named February 20, 2025. On March 6, 2025 it recommended passage.

• Rep. Megan Jones REmail
• Rep. Jane Bloomingdale REmail
• Rep. Elizabeth Wilson DEmail

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§423.3

Read from the bill as introduced. Each links to every bill touching that chapter of the Iowa Code. How the Code works