The bill amends various sections of Iowa's alcoholic beverage control laws, primarily focusing on the requirements for retail alcohol licenses and the handling of alcoholic beverages. It eliminates the requirement for dramshop liability insurance for licensees, replacing it with a requirement to submit proof of a commercial general liability insurance policy as part of the retail alcohol license application. Additionally, the bill expands the ability of licensees to allow customers to carry open containers of alcoholic beverages from their premises to adjacent licensed locations, temporarily closed public right-of-ways, or private places. It also modifies the definition of "premises" to include noncontiguous locations approved by the federal alcohol and tobacco tax and trade bureau.

Furthermore, the bill increases the number of retail alcohol licenses that native manufacturers can hold from two to three and raises the annual wholesale limit for native breweries from 30,000 to 38,000 barrels of beer. It also imposes a manufacturing cap of 150,000 gallons of wine annually for wine manufacturers holding specific permits. The bill repeals certain sections of the current law and removes bond requirements for class A beer and wine permit holders, streamlining the licensing process for these entities.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 123.3, 123.92, 123.30, 321.284, 123.31, 123.43, 123.95, 123.127, 123.130, 123.45, 123.175, 123.176