House File 2509 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2509 BY COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2281) A BILL FOR An Act modifying the time periods alcoholic beverages may be 1 sold, dispensed, or consumed at commercial service airports. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 6684HV (3) 91 jm/ns

H.F. 2509 Section 1. Section 123.49, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code 1 2026, is amended to read as follows: 2 b. (1) Sell or dispense any alcoholic beverage on the 3 premises covered by the license, or permit its consumption 4 thereon between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on any day 5 of the week. This subparagraph does not apply at a commercial 6 service airport beginning one hour prior to the first scheduled 7 commercial passenger flight. 8 (2) For purposes of this paragraph, “commercial service 9 airport” means the same as defined in 49 U.S.C. §47102. 10 EXPLANATION 11 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 12 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 13 This bill modifies the time periods alcoholic beverages may 14 be sold, dispensed, or consumed at commercial service airports. 15 Currently, alcoholic beverages are prohibited from being 16 sold, dispensed, or consumed on licensed premises between 17 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. in this state. The bill creates 18 an exception to the prohibited time period by authorizing 19 alcoholic beverages to be sold, dispensed, or consumed on 20 licensed premises at a commercial service airport beginning one 21 hour before the first scheduled commercial passenger flight. 22 The bill defines “commercial service airport” as a public 23 airport in the state that the U.S. secretary of transportation 24 determines has at least 2,500 passenger boardings each year and 25 is receiving scheduled passenger aircraft service. 26 -1- LSB 6684HV (3) 91 jm/ns 1/ 1