Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa HF2444: A BILL FOR An Act providing for the sale and distribution of certain food, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions
Status: In committee, April 13, 2026
An Act providing for the sale and distribution of certain food, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act providing for the sale and distribution of certain food, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions.
From the introduced text, February 16, 2026:
A BILL FOR An Act providing for the sale and distribution of certain food, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 6675YH (5) da/js H.F. 2444 DIVISION I FARM-TO-TABLE EVENT Section 1. Section 137F.1, Code 2026, is amended by adding the following new subsection: NEW SUBSECTION. 6A. "Farm-to-table event" means an event where food is stored, prepared, and served on a farm as defined in section 673A.3, if all of the following apply: a. The person operating the event holds a legal interest in the farm. b. The principal source of income annually generated from the farm does not, during the previous licensing period if applicable, derive from the operation of all events conducted on the farm during that period. c. Any meal served by the person or on behalf of the person at the event complies with all of the following: (1) Is prepared on the farm for on-premises consumption. (2) Is served outside a building, unless otherwise provided by rules adopted by the department pursuant to section 137F.22. (3) Includes a food entree that has as a principal ingredient, but not necessarily the main ingredient, a farm commodity as defined in section 673A.3 that was produced on the farm. Sec. 2. Section 137F.1, subsection …
Sponsors
- Chad Ingels (R, 68) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Withdrawn. H.J. 1043 .
- : Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2767 .
- : Committee vote: Yeas, 20. Nays, 5. H.J. 866 .
- : Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 866 .
- : Subcommittee recommends passage.
- : Subcommittee Meeting: 04/07/2026 12:00PM House Lounge.
- : Subcommittee: Wulf, Jacoby and Wills, J. H.J. 570 .
- : Rereferred to Ways and Means. H.J. 570 .
- : Placed on calendar. H.J. 02/19 .
- : Committee vote: Yeas, 17. Nays, 6. H.J. 355 .
Votes
- Committee vote: Yeas, 20. Nays, 5. H.J. 866 . (April 8, 2026): 20 yea, 5 nay, passed
- Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 866 . (April 8, 2026): 20 yea, 5 nay, passed
- Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 355 . (February 19, 2026): 17 yea, 6 nay, passed
Subjects: sales, home food processing establishments, food
Common questions
- What is HF2444?
- HF2444 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act providing for the sale and distribution of certain food, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions.
- What does HF2444 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act providing for the sale and distribution of certain food, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions.
- What is the status of HF2444?
- In committee as of April 13, 2026. Latest action: Withdrawn. H.J. 1043 . (April 29, 2026).
- Who sponsored HF2444?
- Chad Ingels (R, 68).
- Where is the official record for HF2444?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=HF+2444&ga=91
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