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Relating to the sale and distribution of beer, including by providing for the direct shipment of beer, levying a barrel tax, providing fees, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions
Topics:Business & economy
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 15, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 18, 2025
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 20, 2025
- Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
- 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 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. 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.
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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. The bill includes beer sold pursuant to a beer direct shipper permit by a native brewery in the limit under current law placed on wholesale sales of beer to licensees authorized to sell beer at retail for off-premises consumption to no more than 30,000 barrels on an annual basis. The bill adds a similar limit for a brewpub by limiting the beer the brewpub sells at retail to individuals at the manufacturing premises for consumption off the premises and to individuals in accordance with a beer direct shipper permit to no more than 30,000 barrels on an annual basis.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
Senate subcommittee
Named February 18, 2025. On March 3, 2025 it recommended passage.
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Iowa Code it changes
Creates§123.147
Amends§123.130§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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Tried before
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- 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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