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HF2648 • 2026

A bill for an act modifying the number of class “C” retail alcohol licenses or special class “C” retail native wine licenses allowed for a native winery.(Formerly HSB 710 .)

A bill for an act modifying the number of class “C” retail alcohol licenses or special class “C” retail native wine licenses allowed for a native winery.(Formerly HSB 710 .)

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT
Last action
2026-02-19
Official status
Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 352 .
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A bill for an act modifying the number of class “C” retail alcohol licenses or special class “C” retail native wine licenses allowed for a native winery.(Formerly HSB 710 .)

A bill for an act modifying the number of class “C” retail alcohol licenses or special class “C” retail native wine licenses allowed for a native winery.(Formerly HSB 710 .)

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act modifying the number of class “C” retail alcohol licenses or special class “C” retail native wine licenses allowed for a native winery.(Formerly HSB 710 .)

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-19 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 352 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act modifying the number of class “C” retail alcohol licenses or special class “C” retail native wine licenses allowed for a native winery.(Formerly HSB 710 .)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text
House

File

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

2648

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

STATE

GOVERNMENT

(SUCCESSOR

TO

HSB

710)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

modifying

the

number

of

class

“C”

retail

alcohol

1

licenses

or

special

class

“C”

retail

native

wine

licenses

2

allowed

for

a

native

winery.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

4

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Section

1.

Section

123.176,

subsection

5,

paragraph

a,

Code

1

2026,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

a.

Notwithstanding

any

other

provision

of

this

chapter

3

or

the

fact

that

a

person

is

the

holder

of

a

class

“A”

wine

4

permit,

a

person

engaged

in

the

business

of

manufacturing

5

native

wine

may

be

granted

a

class

“C”

retail

alcohol

license

6

or

special

class

“C”

retail

native

wine

license

as

defined

in

7

section

123.30

for

the

same

premises

licensed

under

a

class

“A”

8

wine

permit

where

the

manufacturing

of

native

wine

occurs.

A

9

manufacturer

of

native

wine

may

be

granted

not

more

than

two

10

three

class

“C”

retail

alcohol

licenses

or

special

class

“C”

11

retail

native

wine

licenses.

A

manufacturer

of

native

wine

12

may

be

issued

a

class

“C”

retail

alcohol

license

or

special

13

class

“C”

retail

native

wine

license

regardless

of

whether

the

14

manufacturer

is

also

a

manufacturer

of

beer

pursuant

to

a

class

15

“A”

beer

permit

or

a

manufacturer

of

native

distilled

spirits

16

pursuant

to

a

class

“A”

native

distilled

spirits

license.

17

EXPLANATION

18

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

19

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

20

This

bill

increases

the

number

of

class

“C”

retail

alcohol

21

licenses

or

special

class

“C”

retail

native

wine

licenses

22

allowed

for

a

native

winery.

23

Under

current

law,

a

native

winery

may

be

granted

not

24

more

than

two

class

“C”

retail

alcohol

licenses

or

special

25

class

“C”

retail

native

wine

licenses.

A

class

“C”

retail

26

alcohol

license

allows

for

the

purchase,

sale,

and

on-premises

27

consumption

of

alcoholic

liquor,

wine,

and

beer

and

the

sale

28

of

alcoholic

liquor,

wine,

and

beer

in

original

unopened

29

containers

for

consumption

off

the

premises.

A

special

class

30

“C”

retail

native

wine

license

allows

beer

and

native

wine

to

31

be

sold

for

on-premises

or

off-premises

consumption.

The

bill

32

allows

native

wine

manufacturers

to

be

issued

not

more

than

33

three

of

the

currently

authorized

retail

alcohol

licenses.

34

The

bill

does

not

amend

nearly

identical

licensing

35

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provisions

for

native

distillers

and

native

brewers.

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