House File 2448 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2448 BY COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 631) 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: 3 TLSB 5937HV (2) 90 nls/ns
H.F. 2448 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 shall 4 not be assessed a penalty under subsection 3 , and the violation 5 shall be deemed not to be a violation of section 123.49, 6 subsection 2 , paragraph “h” , for the purpose of determining 7 the number of violations for which a penalty may be assessed 8 pursuant to subsection 3 , if , at the time of the violation, 9 the employee holds a valid certificate of completion of either 10 the alcohol compliance employee training program pursuant to 11 section 123.50A at the time of the violation or a third-party 12 responsible alcohol service program approved by the director , 13 and if the violation involves selling, giving, or otherwise 14 supplying any alcoholic beverage to a person between the ages 15 of eighteen and twenty years of age. A violation involving 16 a person under the age of eighteen years of age shall not 17 qualify for the bar against assessment of a penalty pursuant to 18 subsection 3 , for a violation of section 123.49, subsection 2 , 19 paragraph “h” . A licensee may assert only once in a four-year 20 period the bar under this subsection against assessment of a 21 penalty pursuant to subsection 3 , for a violation of section 22 123.49, subsection 2 , paragraph “h” , that takes place at the 23 same place of business location. 24 EXPLANATION 25 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 26 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 27 This bill relates to an exception to the penalty for 28 supplying an alcoholic beverage to a person between 18 and 29 20 years of age. Under current law, if an employee of a 30 retail alcohol licensee violates Code section 123.49(2)(h), 31 the licensee may avoid being assessed a penalty and have 32 the violation deemed not to be a violation for purposes of 33 determining the number of violations for which a penalty may 34 be assessed if the employee holds a valid certificate of 35 -1- LSB 5937HV (2) 90 nls/ns 1/ 2
H.F. 2448 completion of the alcohol compliance employee training program 1 pursuant to Code section 123.50A at the time of the violation, 2 and if the violation involves selling, giving, or otherwise 3 supplying any alcoholic beverage to a person between 18 and 20 4 years of age. A certificate issued under Code section 123.50A 5 is valid for two years or until the holder commits a violation. 6 The bill expands this exception to include an employee 7 who holds a valid certificate of completion of a third-party 8 responsible alcohol service program approved by the director 9 of revenue. Current law limits a licensee to asserting the 10 exception only once in a four-year period for violations that 11 take place at the same place of business location. 12 -2- LSB 5937HV (2) 90 nls/ns 2/ 2