SF 590: Limiting liability for food distributors who donate food to charitable or nonprofit organizations or certain government entities

What it does

1 providing that a person is exempt from criminal or civil liability for donating food to a charitable or nonprofit organization or to the department of natural resources or a county conservation board so long as the person is acting in good faith. The charitable or nonprofit organization must distribute the food free to needy individuals. The department of natural resources or a county conservation board must use the food as part of a free interpretive educational program. The Code section includes a list of persons who are expressly granted the exemption, including a gleaner, restaurant, food establishment, food service establishment, school, manufacturer of foodstuffs, or meat or poultry processing establishment.

House subcommittee · named March 27, 2025

• Rep. John H. Wills (R) · john.wills@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Sean Bagniewski (D) · sean.bagniewski@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Shannon Lundgren (R) · shannon.lundgren@legis.iowa.gov

In plain words

1. March 10, 2025Filed in the Senate
2. March 10, 2025Approved by the Senate committee
3. March 24, 2025Passed the Senate, 49–0
4. March 24, 2025Arrived in the House
5. March 27, 2025House subcommittee named: Wills, J., Bagniewski and Lundgren