Creating a grocer reinvestment program, a local produce processing grant program, and a grocer reinvestment and local food processing fund under the purview of the economic development authority, and modifying the local food and farm program

What it does: Creates state grants of up to $100,000, matched dollar for dollar, for grocery stores whose owners have 10 or fewer stores, favoring the smallest communities, plus grants to expand processing of Iowa-grown fruits and vegetables, paid from a new fund. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: Shall amendment H–1283 be adopted?

Amends the bill to bar price discrimination between grocery stores in and out of the grocer reinvestment program when it may substantially lessen competition or create a monopoly, while allowing price differences that reflect cost differences. (AI-written)

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