IA SF584

Eliminates the dramshop liability insurance requirement for retail alcohol licensees selling beverages for on-premises consumption and repeals the associated statutory liability for licensees who serve visibly intoxicated persons

Requires retail alcohol license applicants (except class "B", special class "B", and class "E" licenses) to submit proof of a commercial general liability insurance policy as determined by the Department of Revenue

Expands the ability for customers to carry open containers of any alcoholic beverage (not just wine) from one licensed premises to an immediately adjacent licensed premises, temporarily closed public right-of-way, or private place

Increases the number of class "C" or special class "C" retail alcohol licenses that native distilleries, breweries, and wineries may be granted from two to three

Increases the wholesale beer sales limit for native breweries from 30,000 to 38,000 barrels annually and establishes a 150,000-gallon annual manufacturing limit for wine manufacturers holding both a class "A" wine permit and federal basic permit

Eliminates the $10,000 bond requirement for class "A" beer permit holders and the $5,000 bond requirement for class "A" wine permit holders

Expands the definition of "premises" for class "A" native distilled spirits licenses to include noncontiguous locations separated by public waterways, roads, or carrier rights-of-way, if approved by the federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau