Senate File 150 - Introduced SENATE FILE 150 BY COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE (SUCCESSOR TO SF 1) A BILL FOR An Act modifying the definition of high alcoholic content beer 1 to exclude added caffeine and other added stimulants, and 2 including effective date provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1181SV (2) 84 rn/nh

S.F. 150 Section 1. Section 123.3, subsection 14A, Code 2011, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 14A. “High alcoholic content beer” means beer which contains 3 more than five percent of alcohol by weight, but not more 4 than twelve percent of alcohol by weight, that is made by the 5 fermentation of an infusion in potable water of barley, malt, 6 and hops, with or without unmalted grains or decorticated and 7 degerminated grains. “High alcoholic content beer” does not 8 include beer which contains added caffeine or other added 9 stimulants including but not limited to guarana, ginseng, and 10 taurine. 11 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of 12 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 13 EXPLANATION 14 This bill excludes from the definition of “high alcoholic 15 content beer” beer containing added caffeine or other added 16 stimulants including but not limited to guarana, ginseng, 17 and taurine. This is consistent with a determination by the 18 federal food and drug administration that alcoholic beverages 19 to which caffeine and other stimulants are added are unsafe. 20 The bill takes effect upon enactment. 21 -1- LSB 1181SV (2) 84 rn/nh 1/ 1