The Legislative News is updated regularly by the Iowa Association of Business and Industry’s (ABI) public policy team with information about the latest activity in the Iowa Legislature, administratively and at the federal level.
Jul 30, 2021
On Tuesday, July 27, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revised its guidelines to recommend fully vaccinated individuals wear a mask indoors in public to maximize protection from the Delta variant and to prevent possibly spreading it to others.
Jul 16, 2021
On Tuesday, ABI public policy staff testified before the Administrative Rules Review Committee (ARRC) and objected to ARC 5720C, which is related to a marketable foods for human consumption sales tax exemption that was promulgated by the Iowa Department of Revenue (IDR).
May 21, 2021
The Iowa Department of Revenue is proposing to adopt a limited definition where “marketable food products for human consumption” only applies to final food products and not food ingredients for purposes of sales tax exemptions.
