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Providing for the direct shipment of beer, levying a barrel tax, providing fees, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions

Sponsored by Rep. Megan Jones (R)

Topics:Alcohol, cannabis & gamingTaxes

Same legislation: SSB 1147, HF 526

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Also covers SSB 1147 and HF 526.

Official bill pageLobbyist declarationsOne-pager to print

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedJanuary 15, 2025
  2. Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 23, 2025
  3. Done: House committeeFebruary 19, 2025
  4. Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 526
  5. Next: Senate committee
  6. Next: Passes the Senate
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

Became HF 526 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 526 What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary People in Iowa would be allowed to have beer shipped directly to them, and businesses could ship beer to people in other states. To do this, companies must get a special permit and pay a $25 yearly fee. These same rules for shipping wine would now also apply to beer.1

Read the official explanation

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. Provisions governing the direct shipment of wine and the wine direct shipper permit are generally made applicable to the direct shipment of beer. 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 report 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.

Full bill text2

House subcommittee

Named January 23, 2025. On January 28, 2025 it recommended passage.

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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

How the Code works3

Lobbying

4 for · 6 against · 10 undecided · Who →

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Study bill

SSB 1147Cleared committee

91st General Assembly

HF 57RenumberedHF 526Cleared committeefrom HF 57

Tried before

This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.

  • HF 260 Providing for the direct shipment of beer and including effective date provisions
    90th General Assembly · Subcommittee recommends passage · similar
    Cleared committee
  • SF 2167 Providing for the direct shipment of beer, and including effective date provisions
    90th General Assembly · In committee · similar
    Cleared committee
  • SSB 3154 SSB 3154
    90th General Assembly · In committee · similar
    Cleared committee

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