For areas that are not a problem, Iowa Department of Public Safety Commissioner Roxann Ryan said it would allow the state to use resources more efficiently.

"It's a small percentage of people responsible for a pretty substantial part of the problem so a lot of the hotspots policing is trying to figure out where those are and where problems are occurring," Ryan said.

From the municipal level, Eric Goers, assistant city attorney for Iowa City, spoke to granting more local control for the ruling and granting of liquor license applications.

Goers said part of the issue has centered around the vague language when it comes to denying applications for a lack of "good moral character," which he said needed greater teeth.

Other local municipal officials echoed those comments and the sentiment that denying a license may not bear any fruits over a growing belief that the decision would be overturned.