Bill Text: IA HSB631 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to exceptions to the penalty for supplying an alcoholic beverage to certain persons under legal age.(See HF 2448.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-02-12 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2448. [HSB631 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HSB631-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
631
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
BLOOMINGDALE)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
exceptions
to
the
penalty
for
supplying
an
1
alcoholic
beverage
to
certain
persons
under
legal
age.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
123.50,
subsection
5,
Code
2024,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
5.
If
an
employee
of
a
retail
alcohol
licensee
violates
3
section
123.49,
subsection
2
,
paragraph
“h”
,
the
licensee
4
shall
not
be
assessed
a
penalty
under
subsection
3
,
and
the
5
violation
shall
be
deemed
not
to
be
a
violation
of
section
6
123.49,
subsection
2
,
paragraph
“h”
,
for
the
purpose
of
7
determining
the
number
of
violations
for
which
a
penalty
may
8
be
assessed
pursuant
to
subsection
3
,
if
,
at
the
time
of
the
9
violation,
the
employee
holds
a
valid
certificate
of
completion
10
of
either
the
alcohol
compliance
employee
training
program
11
pursuant
to
section
123.50A
at
the
time
of
the
violation
or
12
a
nationally
recognized
responsible
alcohol
service
program
13
completed
through
in-person
or
online
training
within
the
prior
14
two
years
,
and
if
the
violation
involves
selling,
giving,
15
or
otherwise
supplying
any
alcoholic
beverage
to
a
person
16
between
the
ages
of
eighteen
and
twenty
years
of
age.
A
17
violation
involving
a
person
under
the
age
of
eighteen
years
18
of
age
shall
not
qualify
for
the
bar
against
assessment
of
a
19
penalty
pursuant
to
subsection
3
,
for
a
violation
of
section
20
123.49,
subsection
2
,
paragraph
“h”
.
A
licensee
may
assert
21
only
once
in
a
four-year
period
the
bar
under
this
subsection
22
against
assessment
of
a
penalty
pursuant
to
subsection
3
,
for
a
23
violation
of
section
123.49,
subsection
2
,
paragraph
“h”
,
that
24
takes
place
at
the
same
place
of
business
location.
25
EXPLANATION
26
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
27
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
28
This
bill
relates
to
an
exception
to
the
penalty
for
29
supplying
an
alcoholic
beverage
to
a
person
between
18
and
30
20
years
of
age.
Under
current
law,
if
an
employee
of
a
31
retail
alcohol
licensee
violates
Code
section
123.49(2)(h),
32
the
licensee
may
avoid
being
assessed
a
penalty
and
have
33
the
violation
deemed
not
to
be
a
violation
for
purposes
of
34
determining
the
number
of
violations
for
which
a
penalty
may
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be
assessed
if
the
employee
holds
a
valid
certificate
of
1
completion
of
the
alcohol
compliance
employee
training
program
2
pursuant
to
Code
section
123.50A
at
the
time
of
the
violation,
3
and
if
the
violation
involves
selling,
giving,
or
otherwise
4
supplying
any
alcoholic
beverage
to
a
person
between
18
and
20
5
years
of
age.
A
certificate
issued
under
Code
section
123.50A
6
is
valid
for
two
years
or
until
the
holder
commits
a
violation.
7
The
bill
expands
this
exception
to
include
an
employee
8
who
holds
a
valid
certificate
of
completion
of
a
nationally
9
recognized
responsible
alcohol
service
program
completed
10
through
in-person
or
online
training
in
the
two
years
prior
to
11
the
violation.
Current
law
limits
a
licensee
to
asserting
the
12
exception
only
once
in
a
four-year
period
for
violations
that
13
take
place
at
the
same
place
of
business
location.
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