Bill Text: IA HF141 | 2025-2026 | 91st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act imposing a sales tax on the sales price of items containing traceable amounts of piper methysticum.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-27 - Introduced, referred to Ways and Means. H.J. 130. [HF141 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2025-HF141-Introduced.html
House
File
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
141
BY
JONES
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
imposing
a
sales
tax
on
the
sales
price
of
items
1
containing
traceable
amounts
of
piper
methysticum.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
423.3,
subsection
57,
unnumbered
1
paragraph
1,
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
The
sales
price
from
all
sales
of
food
and
food
ingredients.
3
However,
as
used
in
this
subsection
,
a
sale
of
“food
and
food
4
ingredients”
does
not
include
a
sale
of
alcoholic
beverages,
5
candy,
or
dietary
supplements;
food
sold
through
vending
6
machines;
or
sales
of
prepared
food,
soft
drinks,
piper
7
methysticum,
or
tobacco.
For
the
purposes
of
this
subsection
:
8
Sec.
2.
Section
423.3,
subsection
57,
paragraph
c,
9
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
10
follows:
11
“Dietary
supplement”
means
any
product,
other
than
piper
12
methysticum
or
tobacco,
intended
to
supplement
the
diet
that
13
meets
all
of
the
following
criteria:
14
Sec.
3.
Section
423.3,
subsection
57,
Code
2025,
is
amended
15
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
16
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
0f.
“Piper
methysticum”
means
any
item
17
containing
traceable
amounts
of
piper
methysticum.
18
EXPLANATION
19
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
20
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
21
This
bill
imposes
a
sales
tax
on
the
sales
price
of
any
item
22
containing
a
traceable
amount
of
piper
methysticum.
Piper
23
methysticum
is
also
known
as
kava
among
many
other
nicknames.
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