---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act concerning alcoholic beverage control, establishing a charity beer, spirits, and wine event permit, providing for alcoholic beverages sales, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 683.) Effective date: 06/29/2020, 07/01/2020."
description: "A bill for an act concerning alcoholic beverage control, establishing a charity beer, spirits, and wine event permit, providing for alcoholic beverages sales, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 683.) Effective date: 06/29/2020, 07/01/2020."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HF 2540"
citation: "Iowa HF 2540 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["alcoholic beverages", "donations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-02-25"
last_action: "2020-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf858bf7-7eeb-434e-9841-3f1799e72658"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 2540&ga=88"
source_hash: "f11f4757507988790ebc68b4250e0ef911b3f556cdf7350e2e18da3fccde3cf9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ia"]
---

# Iowa HF 2540 (2019-2020) — A bill for an act concerning alcoholic beverage control, establishing a charity beer, spirits, and wine event permit, providing for alcoholic beverages sales, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 683.) Effective date: 06/29/2020, 07/01/2020.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/88/attachments/HF2540.html)
2. **Amendment H-8044** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/88/H8044.pdf)
3. **Amendment H-8305** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/88/H8305.pdf)
4. **Amendment S-5113** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/88/S5113.pdf)
5. **Amendment S-5145** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/88/S5145.pdf)
6. **Reprinted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGR/88/attachments/HF2540.html)
7. **Reprinted Marked Up** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGRM/88/attachments/HF2540.html)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/88/attachments/HF2540.html)

## Votes

- Shall division S-5113A be adopted? — **27–21** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Shall the bill pass? — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Shall the bill pass? — **44–4** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-02-25** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2020-02-27** Amendment H-8044 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-03-04** Amendment H-8044 adopted. `amendment-passage`
- **2020-03-04** Passed House, yeas 97, nays none. `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Explanation of vote.
- **2020-03-10** Explanation of vote.
- **2020-03-04** Immediate message.
- **2020-03-05** Message from House.
- **2020-03-05** Read first time, referred to State Government. `reading-1`
- **2020-03-10** Subcommittee: Johnson, Celsi, and Whiting.
- **2020-03-11** Subcommittee Meeting: 03/12/2020 12:00PM RM 315.
- **2020-03-12** Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
- **2020-06-09** Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-09** Amendment S-5113 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-06-12** Amendment S-5145 to S-5113 filed, adopted.
- **2020-06-12** Amendment S-5113A adopted.
- **2020-06-12** Amendment S-5113B adopted.
- **2020-06-12** Passed Senate, yeas 44, nays 4. `passage`
- **2020-06-12** Immediate message.
- **2020-06-12** Message from Senate.
- **2020-06-12** Senate amendment H-8305 filed.
- **2020-06-13** House concurred in Senate amendment H-8305.
- **2020-06-13** Passed House, yeas 96, nays none. `passage`
- **2020-06-13** Immediate message.
- **2020-06-13** Message from House.
- **2020-06-24** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
- **2020-06-29** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf858bf7-7eeb-434e-9841-3f1799e72658`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).