Senate File 2036 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY WILHELM A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to licensure of home food establishments by 2 raising the ceiling on gross annual sales for a home food 3 establishment. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5155XS (1) 86 tr/sc PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 137D.1, subsection 3, Code 2016, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 3. "Home food establishment" means a business on the 1 4 premises of a residence in which prepared food is created 1 5 for sale or resale, for consumption off the premises, if the 1 6 business has gross annual sales of prepared food of less than 1 7twentythirty=five thousand dollars. However, a home food 1 8 establishment does not include a residence in which food is 1 9 prepared to be used or sold by churches, fraternal societies, 1 10 charitable organizations, or civic organizations. 1 11 EXPLANATION 1 12 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 13 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 14 This bill raises the ceiling on gross annual sales from 1 15 $20,000 to $35,000 for a food establishment to be considered a 1 16 home food establishment subject to licensure under Code chapter 1 17 137D. LSB 5155XS (1) 86 tr/sc