HF2281 • 2026

A bill for an act modifying the time periods alcoholic beverages may be sold, dispensed, or consumed at commercial service airports.(See HF 2509 .)

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: HORA
Last action: 2026-03-02
Official status: Withdrawn. H.J. 484 .
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A bill for an act modifying the time periods alcoholic beverages may be sold, dispensed, or consumed at commercial service airports.(See HF 2509 .)

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act modifying the time periods alcoholic beverages may be sold, dispensed, or consumed at commercial service airports.(See HF 2509 .)

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2026-03-02 Iowa Legislature
Withdrawn. H.J. 484 .
2026-02-16 Iowa Legislature
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2509 .
2026-02-11 Iowa Legislature
Committee vote: Yeas, 22. Nays, 0. Excused, 1. H.J. 269 .
2026-02-11 Iowa Legislature
Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 269 .
2026-02-09 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends passage.
2026-02-05 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/09/2026 11:30AM RM 304.
2026-02-04 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Hora, Wulf and Zabner. H.J. 205 .
2026-02-04 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to State Government. H.J. 202 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act modifying the time periods alcoholic beverages may be sold, dispensed, or consumed at commercial service airports.(See HF 2509 .)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

House

File

2281

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

2281

BY

HORA

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

modifying

the

time

periods

alcoholic

beverages

may

be

1

sold,

dispensed,

or

consumed

at

commercial

service

airports.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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H.F.

2281

Section

1.

Section

123.49,

subsection

2,

paragraph

b,

Code

1

2026,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

b.

(1)

Sell

or

dispense

any

alcoholic

beverage

on

the

3

premises

covered

by

the

license,

or

permit

its

consumption

4

thereon

between

the

hours

of

2:00

a.m.

and

6:00

a.m.

on

any

day

5

of

the

week.

This

subparagraph

does

not

apply

during

the

time

6

period

beginning

one

hour

before

a

scheduled

flight

through

the

7

end

of

boarding

for

the

flight

at

a

commercial

service

airport.

8

(2)

For

purposes

of

this

paragraph,

“commercial

service

9

airport”

means

the

same

as

defined

in

49

U.S.C.

§47102.

10

EXPLANATION

11

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

12

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

13

This

bill

modifies

the

time

periods

alcoholic

beverages

may

14

be

sold,

dispensed,

or

consumed

at

commercial

service

airports.

15

Currently,

alcoholic

beverages

are

prohibited

from

being

16

sold,

dispensed,

or

consumed

on

licensed

premises

between

17

2:00

a.m.

and

6:00

a.m.

in

this

state.

The

bill

creates

18

an

exception

to

the

prohibited

time

period

by

authorizing

19

alcoholic

beverages

to

be

sold,

dispensed,

or

consumed

on

20

licensed

premises

at

a

commercial

service

airport

beginning

21

one

hour

before

a

scheduled

flight

through

the

end

of

boarding

22

for

the

flight.

The

bill

defines

“commercial

service

airport”

23

as

a

public

airport

in

the

state

that

the

U.S.

secretary

24

of

transportation

determines

has

at

least

2,500

passenger

25

boardings

each

year

and

is

receiving

scheduled

passenger

26

aircraft

service.

27

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