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Iowa lawmakers have once again crushed a proposal to expand the state’s 1978 bottle bill.

A panel of lawmakers on February 22 heard testimony on House Study Bill 652, which would expand Iowa’s beverage-container-control law – the anti-litter law more commonly known as the “bottle bill,” – to include water bottles and sports drinks.

But the bill’s floor manager made clear that the legislation isn’t going anywhere this year.