Bill > SSB3195

Introduced Session

This bill relates to civil liability and associated insurance requirements of alcoholic beverage licensees or permittees who also sell or serve consumable hemp products. S.F. _____ Current law provides for civil liability and insurance requirements for alcoholic beverage licensees and permittees who sell and serve alcoholic beverages to a visibly intoxicated person (dramshop Act). The bill expands the applicability of the dramshop Act to include a licensee or permittee who sells or serves any consumable hemp product (CHP), if the licensee or permittee is also registered to sell CHPs in Iowa (Code section 204.7) or by another jurisdiction. The total amount recoverable by each plaintiff in any civil action for noneconomic damages for personal injury against a licensee or permittee who sold and served any CHP giving rise to such civil action is limited to $500,000 for any injury or death of a person, unless the jury determines that there is a substantial or permanent loss or impairment of a bodily function, substantial disfigurement, or death, which warrants a finding that imposition of such a limitation would deprive the plaintiff of just compensation for the injuries sustained. Under current law, the limitation applicable to selling and serving alcoholic beverages is $250,000, with a similar exception. Current law prohibits a person from selling, dispensing, or giving to an intoxicated person, or one simulating intoxication, any alcoholic beverage (Code section 123.49(1)). A person who violates this provision is guilty of a simple misdemeanor and the violation is also grounds for the suspension or revocation of an alcohol license (Code section 123.50). The bill does not apply these provisions to CHPs.

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Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2425. (on 04/03/2024)

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