SSB 3076 (LSB 5739XC (1) 90)

SENATE FILE _____ 

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE BILL BY CHAIRPERSON BROWN)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to prohibited conduct of a brewer with regard to wholesaler agreements.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 123A.5, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  Require a wholesaler to assent to any unreasonable requirement, condition, understanding, or term of an agreement prohibiting a wholesaler from selling the product of another brewer, or prohibiting a wholesaler from utilizing, or requiring a wholesaler to utilize, a business-to-business electronic commerce platform offered by a brewer.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill prohibits a brewer from requiring a wholesaler to assent to any unreasonable requirement, condition, understanding, or term of an agreement prohibiting the wholesaler from utilizing, or requiring the wholesaler to utilize, a business-to-business electronic commerce platform offered by a brewer. A brewer that violates the provisions of the bill is subject to civil action by the aggrieved party pursuant to Code section 123A.9.