The bill amends various sections of Iowa's alcoholic beverage control laws, primarily focusing on the permissions granted to retail alcohol license holders and native manufacturers. It allows customers to carry any alcoholic beverage in an open container from a licensed premises to adjacent locations, including other licensed premises, temporarily closed public right-of-ways, or private places. This replaces the previous provision that only permitted the carrying of unsealed wine bottles. Additionally, the bill stipulates that the licensee of the adjacent premises can refuse entry to customers with open containers.

Furthermore, the bill increases the number of retail alcohol licenses that can be issued to native manufacturers, allowing up to three class C retail alcohol licenses for native distilleries, breweries, and wineries, as opposed to the previous limit of two. It also raises the annual wholesale limit for class A beer permit holders from 30,000 to 38,000 barrels and establishes a new limit of 150,000 gallons for class A wine permit holders selling wholesale. The bill also eliminates the $5,000 bond requirement for class A wine permit holders, streamlining the regulatory process for these businesses.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 123.30, 321.284, 123.43A, 123.130, 123.45, 123.175, 123.176