HSB 712 Iowa House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

A bill for an act relating to transferring alcoholic beverages between the premises of certain retail alcohol licensees with identical ownership.

This bill allows retail alcohol stores owned by the same company to move unsold alcohol between their own locations without it counting as a delivery. It clarifies that alcohol remains the property of the sending store until placed at the receiving location, where ownership shifts for regulatory purposes. Stores must maintain detailed records of these transfers (date, quantity, type) for three years and make them available for inspection. The bill specifically modifies Iowa's alcohol licensing rules to create this transfer process, replacing the previous delivery allowance for same-ownership locations.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 10, 2026 Last action Feb 19, 2026
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Total actions
7
Key actions
6
Committee
6
Feb 19, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2647.
legislature
Feb 18, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee vote: Yeas, 13. Nays, 8. Excused, 2.
lower
Feb 18, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee report, recommending passage.
lower
Feb 17, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee recommends passage.
legislature
Feb 11, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/17/2026 12:30PM House Lounge 2.
legislature
Feb 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee: Wilz, H., Baeth and Jones.
lower
Feb 10, 2026
Introduced
Introduced, referred to State Government.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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