91st General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026
HF 809: Providing for the repeal of the beverage containers control program, and including effective date provisions
Died when the session ended · The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.
What it does
This bill provides for the repeal of the beverage containers control program, commonly referred to as the “bottle bill”. Under current law, when a distributor sells beverages in eligible containers to a dealer, the distributor adds cents per eligible container to the sale price. When a dealer sells beverages in eligible containers to a consumer, the dealer adds the 5-cent deposit to the sale price of each beverage container. A consumer can take eligible beverage containers to a participating dealer or redemption center and receive a 5-cent refund for every eligible beverage container that the consumer returns.
Sponsors
Rep. Matthew Rinker (R)
Cost
No fiscal note
Lobbying · 0 for, 2 against
Against: Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowa Wholesale Beer Distributors Association
In plain words
- March 6, 2025Filed in the House and sent to the Commerce committee
From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/91/HF809