Bills › 91st General Assembly
Concerning native distilleries, including distilling classes offered to individuals
Sponsored by Sen. Janet Petersen (D)
Topics:Alcohol, cannabis & gaming
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedMarch 3, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeMarch 10, 2025
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
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’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Iowa distilleries that do not have a retail liquor license can now host supervised classes where people learn how to make alcohol. Participants must be at least 21 years old and can only make up to 750 milliliters of liquid each, with a total limit of 300 gallons produced by all students in a year. While people can taste the drinks, they are not allowed to consume any alcohol on the distillery premises.1
Read the official explanation
This bill allows a native distillery that does not hold a class “C” retail alcohol license for the premises of the native distillery to provide supervised distilling classes to individuals on the premises of the native distillery if the individuals conducting the class and participating in the class are at least years old; the amount of alcoholic liquor each individual in the class produces is limited to 750 milliliters; alcoholic beverages, including those produced in the class, are not consumed on the premises, except for tastings; the native distillery remits percent of the wholesale price for the alcoholic liquor being manufactured by the individuals in the distilling class to the department of revenue; and the native distillery allows not more than 300 gallons of alcoholic liquor to be produced on an annual basis by individuals participating in distilling classes.
Senate subcommittee
Named March 10, 2025. It hasn’t reported yet.
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