A bill for an act concerning alcoholic beverage control.
This bill modifies Iowa's alcoholic beverage laws to allow customers at licensed establishments to take one unopened bottle of wine home after partially consuming it on-site, provided the bottle is resealed visibly and a receipt is given. It also expands permitted open-container transport to adjacent licensed premises, temporarily closed public rights-of-way, or private properties. Additionally, the bill permits native producers (distilleries, breweries, wineries) to hold up to two retail licenses for their own premises, regardless of other manufacturing licenses they hold. These changes primarily affect licensed alcohol sellers and their customers in Iowa.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 4, 2025
Last action Mar 5, 2025
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Mar 5, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee recommends passage.
legislature
Mar 4, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee Meeting: 03/05/2025 12:00PM RM 103.
legislature
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee: Jones, Scheetz and Siegrist.
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, referred to State Government.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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