HF141 • 2026

A bill for an act imposing a sales tax on the sales price of items containing traceable amounts of piper methysticum.

Taxes

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: JONES
Last action: 2025-03-06
Official status: Subcommittee recommends passage.
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act imposing a sales tax on the sales price of items containing traceable amounts of piper methysticum.

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act imposing a sales tax on the sales price of items containing traceable amounts of piper methysticum.

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Bill History

2025-03-06 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends passage.
2025-02-27 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 03/06/2025 8:15AM House Lounge.
2025-02-20 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Jones, Bloomingdale and Wilson. H.J. 406 .
2025-01-27 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Ways and Means. H.J. 130 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act imposing a sales tax on the sales price of items containing traceable amounts of piper methysticum.

Current Bill Text

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House

File

141

-

Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

141

BY

JONES

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

imposing

a

sales

tax

on

the

sales

price

of

items

1

containing

traceable

amounts

of

piper

methysticum.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

3

TLSB

1592YH

(3)

91

jm/jh

H.F.

141

Section

1.

Section

423.3,

subsection

57,

unnumbered

1

paragraph

1,

Code

2025,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

The

sales

price

from

all

sales

of

food

and

food

ingredients.

3

However,

as

used

in

this

subsection

,

a

sale

of

“food

and

food

4

ingredients”

does

not

include

a

sale

of

alcoholic

beverages,

5

candy,

or

dietary

supplements;

food

sold

through

vending

6

machines;

or

sales

of

prepared

food,

soft

drinks,

piper

7

methysticum,

or

tobacco.

For

the

purposes

of

this

subsection

:

8

Sec.

2.

Section

423.3,

subsection

57,

paragraph

c,

9

unnumbered

paragraph

1,

Code

2025,

is

amended

to

read

as

10

follows:

11

“Dietary

supplement”

means

any

product,

other

than

piper

12

methysticum

or

tobacco,

intended

to

supplement

the

diet

that

13

meets

all

of

the

following

criteria:

14

Sec.

3.

Section

423.3,

subsection

57,

Code

2025,

is

amended

15

by

adding

the

following

new

paragraph:

16

NEW

PARAGRAPH

.

0f.

“Piper

methysticum”

means

any

item

17

containing

traceable

amounts

of

piper

methysticum.

18

EXPLANATION

19

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

20

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

21

This

bill

imposes

a

sales

tax

on

the

sales

price

of

any

item

22

containing

a

traceable

amount

of

piper

methysticum.

Piper

23

methysticum

is

also

known

as

kava

among

many

other

nicknames.

24

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LSB

1592YH

(3)

91

jm/jh

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