Bills › 91st General Assembly
Providing for the direct shipment of beer, levying a barrel tax, providing fees, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions
Sponsored by the House State Government Committee, Rep. Megan Jones (R)
Topics:Taxes
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 15, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 23, 2025
- Done: House committeeFebruary 19, 2025
- Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- 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 allows for the direct shipment of beer.147 provides for the direct shipment of beer to any person within this state, or from this state to any person outside the state if also authorized pursuant to the laws of that jurisdiction, and provides for a beer direct shipper permit. A class “A” beer permittee who holds a federal brewer’s notice may apply for a beer direct shipper permit. Provisions governing the direct shipment of wine and the wine direct shipper permit are generally made applicable to the direct shipment of beer.
Read the full explanation
187 does not authorize the permittee to ship wine to persons out of state. The bill provides for application requirements and establishes a $25 annual fee for the permit. The bill also provides that a permittee under the bill shall pay the barrel tax on beer subject to direct shipment at the rate specified for beer sold in the state.136, concerning reporting of barrel sales, are made applicable to beer subject to direct shipment.188, providing for a wine carrier permit, is amended to provide for the direct shipment of beer as provided by the bill. The bill takes effect January 1, 2026.
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 26, 2025. On March 11, 2025 it recommended passage.
- Rep. Megan Jones REmail
- Rep. Scheetz
- Rep. Michael V. Sexton R
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Iowa Code it changes
Creates§123.147
Amends§123.136§123.137§123.173C§123.187§123.188§123.32§123.35§123.39§123.46A
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Lobbying
4 for · 6 against · 10 undecided · Who →
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Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.
- SF 2167 Providing for the direct shipment of beer, and including effective date provisions90th General Assembly · In committee · similarCleared committee
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- HSB 649 Providing for the direct shipment of beer, levying a barrel tax, providing fees, making pe…91st General Assembly · Subcommittee recommends passageNearly identical
- HF 128 Providing for the direct shipment of beer, levying a barrel tax and a surcharge, providing…91st General Assembly · In committeeVery similar
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