Bill Text: IA SF2299 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to prohibited conduct of a brewer with regard to wholesaler agreements.(Formerly SSB 3076.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-02-26 - Withdrawn. S.J. 383. [SF2299 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-SF2299-Introduced.html
Senate
File
2299
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2299
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
COMMERCE
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
3076)
(COMPANION
TO
HF
2277
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
COMMERCE)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
prohibited
conduct
of
a
brewer
with
regard
1
to
wholesaler
agreements.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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S.F.
2299
Section
1.
Section
123A.5,
subsection
1,
paragraph
b,
Code
1
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
b.
Require
a
wholesaler
to
assent
to
any
unreasonable
3
requirement,
condition,
understanding,
or
term
of
an
agreement
4
prohibiting
a
wholesaler
from
selling
the
product
of
another
5
brewer
,
or
prohibiting
a
wholesaler
from
utilizing,
or
6
requiring
a
wholesaler
to
utilize,
a
business-to-business
7
electronic
commerce
platform
offered
by
a
brewer
.
If
a
8
wholesaler
does
utilize
a
business-to-business
electronic
9
commerce
platform
offered
by
a
brewer,
the
brewer
shall
not
10
request
or
receive
any
information
related
to
a
class
“A”
or
11
special
class
“A”
beer
permittee’s
sale
of
competitive
products
12
on
the
business-to-business
electronic
commerce
platform.
13
EXPLANATION
14
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
15
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
16
This
bill
prohibits
a
brewer
from
requiring
a
wholesaler
17
to
assent
to
any
unreasonable
requirement,
condition,
18
understanding,
or
term
of
an
agreement
prohibiting
the
19
wholesaler
from
utilizing,
or
requiring
the
wholesaler
20
to
utilize,
a
business-to-business
electronic
commerce
21
platform
offered
by
a
brewer.
If
a
wholesaler
utilizes
a
22
business-to-business
electronic
commerce
platform
offered
by
23
a
brewer,
the
bill
prohibits
the
brewer
from
requesting
or
24
receiving
any
information
related
to
a
class
“A”
or
special
25
class
“A”
beer
permittee’s
sale
of
competitive
products
on
the
26
platform.
A
brewer
that
violates
the
provisions
of
the
bill
is
27
subject
to
civil
action
by
the
aggrieved
party
pursuant
to
Code
28
section
123A.9.
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