Agricultural Law Section Legislative Report
Wednesday, April 15, 2026 12:38 PM
| BILL | TITLE | SUMMARY | STATUS | ISBA Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF 2490 | A bill for an act relating to oil and gas production, including filing requirements, the authority of the department of natural resources, confidential information, pooling orders, negotiation of surface damage, imposition and distribution of a tax, and jurisdiction.(Formerly SF 2449, SF 546, SF 268.) | Referred to Appropriations. (4/15/26) | ||
| SF 2491 - Dead | A bill for an act providing for the rural veterinarian loan repayment program, including by allowing a loan repayment recipient to exclude net income attributable to loan payments received under the program.(Formerly SF 2460.) | Introduced, placed on Ways and Means calendar. (4/15/26) | Monitor | |
| HF 2745 | A bill for an act relating to state and local government taxes, budgets, and authority, by modifying provisions relating to the assessment and taxation of property, funding from the secure an advanced vision for education fund, urban renewal areas, establishing a program for certain first-time homebuyers, establishing a local government efficiency grant fund, making appropriations, and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions.(Formerly HSB 596.) | Fiscal Note. (4/14/26) | ||
| SF 2188 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to the excise tax on certain ethanol blended gasoline purchased exclusively for use in an implement of husbandry used in agricultural production.(Formerly SSB 3025.) | Under current law, the excise tax on each gallon of ethanol blended gasoline classified as E-15 or higher is based on the distribution percentage of those fuels compared to the distribution of all nonaviation gasoline motor fuel, and ranges from 24 cents to 30 cents.... Full Bill Text |
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2493 (4/14/26) | Monitor |
| SF 2431 | A bill for an act relating to the appointment and duties of township officers and township budgets, and including effective date and applicability provisions.(Formerly SSB 3009.) | This bill relates to township boards of trustees, including the appointment and duties of township officers and township budgets. Under current law, the county board of supervisors is responsible for dividing each county into townships. Townships in Iowa have a board of township trustees that is... Full Bill Text |
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as []. (4/14/26) | Monitor |
| SF 2449 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to oil and gas production, including filing requirements, the authority of the department of natural resources, confidential information, and pooling orders.(Formerly SF 546, SF 268; See SF 2490.) | This bill relates to oil and gas production, including filing requirements, the authority of the department of natural resources (department), confidential information, and pooling orders. The bill provides the director of the department the authority to require yearly filings from every person acting as a principal... Full Bill Text |
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2490 . (4/14/26) | Monitor |
| SF 2460 - Dead | A bill for an act providing for the rural veterinarian loan repayment program, including by allowing a loan repayment recipient to exclude net income attributable to loan payments received under the program. | BACKGROUND. Code section 256.226 establishes a rural veterinarian loan repayment program (program) administered by the college student aid commission (commission). The purpose of the program is to provide for the repayment of a student loan (eligible loan) to an individual who is either enrolled in... Full Bill Text |
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2491 (4/14/26) | Monitor |
| SF 2472 | A bill for an act relating to state and local government taxes, fees, financial authority, and budgets, modifying divisions of revenue, establishing a program for first-time homebuyers, modifying appropriations, and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 3001.) | Fiscal Note. (4/14/26) | ||
| HF 1050 | A bill for an act relating to the assessment of property containing certain aboveground storage tanks and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.(Formerly HSB 238.) | Code section 427A.1 specifies that for the purposes of property taxation only, certain property shall be assessed and taxed, unless otherwise qualified for exemption, as real property, including buildings, structures, or improvements, any of which are constructed on or in the land, attached to the... Full Bill Text |
Referred to Ways and Means. (4/13/26) | Monitor |
| HF 2595 - Dead | A bill for an act providing for the regulation of mining.(Formerly HSB 731; See HF 2765.) | This bill states that it is the intention of the general assembly to enact legislation regulating mining in this state. | Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2765 (4/13/26) | Monitor |
| HF 2709 - Dead | A bill for an act providing for services relating to agricultural equipment.(Formerly HSB 751; See HF 2763.) | This bill regulates practices by an original farm equipment manufacturer (manufacturer). For the purpose of providing services for agricultural equipment in the state, a manufacturer must, with fair and reasonable terms and costs, make available to an independent repair provider or owner of the manufacturer's... Full Bill Text |
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2763 (4/13/26) | Monitor |
| HF 2748 | A bill for an act relating to agriculture, including by providing for the powers and duties of the department of agriculture and land stewardship, including the promotion and regulation of commodities and products; the regulation of the transportation of agricultural commodities; the use of agricultural land; and taxation, including property taxes, excise and sales taxes, and income taxes; making penalties applicable; and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly HF 2340, HSB 588.) | Referred to Ways and Means. (4/13/26) | ||
| HF 2763 | A bill for an act providing for services relating to agricultural equipment.(Formerly HF 2709, HSB 751.) | Introduced, placed on Ways and Means calendar. (4/13/26) | Monitor | |
| HF 2765 | A bill for an act providing for the regulation of mining, and making penalties applicable.(Formerly HF 2595, HSB 731.) | Introduced, placed on Ways and Means calendar. (4/13/26) | ||
| HF 2215 | A bill for an act relating to natural resources, including office locations of the director of natural resources, state park user fee pilot programs, the delegation of powers and duties concerning state preserves, and age requirements for hunting deer with pistols or revolvers. (Formerly HSB 553.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. | This bill relates to natural resources, including office locations for the director of the department of natural resources, state park user fee pilot programs, the delegation of powers and duties concerning state preserves, and age requirements for hunting deer with pistols or revolvers. The bill removes... Full Bill Text |
Signed by Governor . (4/9/26) | Monitor |
| HF 2340 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to agriculture, including by providing for the powers and duties of the department of agriculture and land stewardship, including the promotion and regulation of commodities and products; the regulation of the transportation of agricultural commodities; the use of agricultural land; and taxation, including property taxes, excise and sales taxes, and income taxes; making penalties applicable; and including effective date and applicability provisions.(Formerly HSB 588; See HF 2748.) | GENERAL. This bill amends a number of Code chapters relating to agriculture, including providing for the powers and duties of the department of agriculture and land stewardship (DALS). The bill provides for the promotion and regulation of commodities and regulation by DALS, including fees, and... Full Bill Text |
Withdrawn. (4/9/26) | |
| SF 2214 | A bill for an act relating to the installation of transmission lines on highway rights-of-way. (Formerly SSB 3063.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. | This bill relates to the installation of transmission lines on highway rights-of-way. Under current law, the general assembly encourages proactive coordination between the department of transportation (DOT), local governments, utility companies, and other affected parties to minimize costs and avoid relocating utilities during highway construction. Affected... Full Bill Text |
Signed by Governor . (4/9/26) | Monitor |
| SF 2418 | A bill for an act relating to drainage districts and levees, including district parcel records, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SF 2349.) Effective date: 04/09/2026. | Under Code chapter 468 (levee and drainage districts and improvement), the board of supervisors has the authority to establish a drainage district or to locate and establish a levee. Upon establishment of a district, the drainage district is deemed to acquire a permanent easement for... Full Bill Text |
Signed by Governor . (4/9/26) | Monitor |
| SF 2484 | A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund and technology reinvestment fund, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly SSB 3187.) | Committee report, approving bill. (4/9/26) | ||
| SF 2487 | A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations involving state government entities associated with agriculture, natural resources, and environmental protection.(Formerly SSB 3190.) | Committee report, approving bill. (4/9/26) | ||
| SF 633 | A bill for an act relating to forest and fruit-tree reservations by establishing a program fee and including contingent effective date provisions. (Formerly SF 219.) | Currently, a person who establishes a forest or fruit-tree reservation (reservation) is entitled to a property tax exemption on the tract of land selected to be a reservation, subject to certain conditions. Beginning January 1, 2026, this bill establishes a fee structure for reservations dependent upon... Full Bill Text |
Subcommittee recommends passage. (4/8/26) | Monitor |
| SSB 3187 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund and technology reinvestment fund, and including effective date provisions.(See SF 2484.) | Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2484 (4/8/26) | Monitor | |
| SSB 3190 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations involving state government entities associated with agriculture, natural resources, and environmental protection.(See SF 2487.) | Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2487 (4/8/26) | Monitor | |
| HF 2596 | A bill for an act regulating the marketing of grain, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 745.) | BACKGROUND. The department of agriculture and land stewardship (DALS) regulates grain marketing transactions under three interrelated Code chapters. The first two Code chapters regulate grain marketers, including Code chapter 203 providing for the regulation of a grain dealer purchasing grain from a seller and Code... Full Bill Text |
Senate amendment H-8322 filed. (4/7/26) | Monitor |
| HF 2531 | A bill for an act relating to interests in minerals owned by counties and cities. (Formerly HF 2213.) | This bill requires a county or city to divest any interest in minerals that the county or city owns or controls. The county or city shall convey any interest in minerals it owns or controls to the surface owner of the land to which the... Full Bill Text |
Amendment S-5158 filed. (4/6/26) | Monitor |
| HF 531 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to the combined gross weight limit for vehicles operating under a fluid milk products annual permit, and including applicability provisions.(Formerly HSB 170; See HF 2651.) | Under current law, the department of transportation (DOT) is authorized to issue annual permits for the operation of vehicles or combinations of vehicles transporting fluid milk products to or from a milk plant, receiving station, or transfer station while exceeding the weight limitation of Code... Full Bill Text |
Withdrawn. (4/2/26) | Monitor |
| HF 2209 - Dead | A bill for an act providing for the admission of students to the Iowa state university of science and technology college of veterinary medicine. | GENERAL. This bill provides for the admission of students to the Iowa state university of science and technology (ISU) college of veterinary medicine (college). The bill is based on provisions enacted in 2025 Iowa Acts, chapter 164, requiring similar policies for the admission of students... Full Bill Text |
Sponsor withdrawn, Jones. (4/1/26) | Monitor |
| HF 2071 | A bill for an act modifying the sales or use tax refund for biodiesel production. | This bill increases the sales or use tax refund available to the producers of biodiesel from 4 cents per gallon to 5 cents per gallon. The amount of the refund is calculated by multiplying the designated rate (currently 4 cents) by the total number of... Full Bill Text |
Subcommittee recommends passage. (3/31/26) | Monitor |
| HF 2534 | A bill for an act relating to animal feeding operations by regulating shellfish, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly HSB 662.) Effective date: 07/01/2026 | BACKGROUND. An animal feeding operation (AFO) is regulated by the department of natural resources (DNR) under several Code chapters, including Code chapter 459 governing all AFOs, which includes provisions regulating confinement feeding operations, and Code chapter 459A, which includes selected provisions regulating open feedlot operations.... Full Bill Text |
Message from Senate. (3/31/26) | Monitor |
| HF 2651 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to fluid milk products annual permits, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HF 531, HSB 170.) | Under current law, the department of transportation (DOT) is authorized to issue annual permits for the operation of vehicles or combinations of vehicles transporting fluid milk products to or from a milk plant, receiving station, or transfer station while exceeding the weight limitation of Code... Full Bill Text |
Withdrawn. (3/31/26) | |
| SF 2429 | A bill for an act relating to fluid milk products annual permits, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SF 258, SSB 1044.) Effective date: 01/01/2027 | Under current law, the department of transportation (DOT) is authorized to issue annual permits for the operation of vehicles or combinations of vehicles transporting fluid milk products to or from a milk plant, receiving station, or transfer station while exceeding the weight limitation of Code... Full Bill Text |
Message from House. (3/31/26) | |
| SF 2337 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to animal feeding operations by regulating shellfish, and making penalties applicable.(Formerly SSB 3119.) | BACKGROUND. An animal feeding operation (AFO) is regulated by the department of natural resources (DNR) under several Code chapters, including Code chapter 459 governing all AFOs, which includes provisions regulating confinement feeding operations, and Code chapter 459A, which includes selected provisions regulating open feedlot operations.... Full Bill Text |
Withdrawn. (3/30/26) | Monitor |
| HF 2104 | A bill for an act relating to the exercise of eminent domain for carbon oxide pipelines, and including applicability and effective date provisions.(Formerly HSB 507.) | This bill prohibits exercising the power of eminent domain for acquiring right-of-way for, constructing, or operating a pipeline that has the primary purpose of transporting carbon oxide. The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies to all condemnation proceedings instituted on or after that date. Full Bill Text |
Placed on calendar under unfinished business. (3/26/26) | Monitor |
| HF 2227 | A bill for an act relating to land restoration following the initial construction of electric transmission lines, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 526.) Applicability date: 07/01/2024 | This bill relates to land restoration following the initial construction of electric transmission lines. The bill directs the commission to adopt rules to implement the land restoration requirements after initial construction of an electric transmission line as set forth in the bill. The bill requires electric transmission... Full Bill Text |
Message from Senate. (3/25/26) | |
| HF 2527 | A bill for an act providing a limitation on civil or criminal liability for any alleged actual or potential effect on climate caused wholly or partly by a greenhouse gas emission. (Formerly HSB 693.) Effective date: 07/01/2026 | This bill limits civil or criminal liability arising from any alleged actual or potential effect on climate caused wholly or partly by a greenhouse gas emission attributable to a defendant. A greenhouse gas includes a gas originating from an agricultural or renewable fuel source, or... Full Bill Text |
Message from Senate. (3/25/26) | Monitor |
| SF 2427 - Dead | A bill for an act providing a limitation on civil or criminal liability for any alleged actual or potential effect on climate caused wholly or partly by a greenhouse gas emission.(Formerly SSB 3133.) | This bill limits civil or criminal liability arising from any alleged actual or potential effect on climate caused wholly or partly by a greenhouse gas emission attributable to a defendant. A greenhouse gas includes a gas originating from an agricultural or renewable fuel source, or... Full Bill Text |
Withdrawn. (3/24/26) | Monitor |
| HSB 596 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to local government taxes, budgets, and authority, by establishing property tax limitations and modifying provisions relating to the assessment and taxation of property, certain taxpayer notices, bond issuances, and councils of governments, and including applicability and retroactive applicability provisions.(See HF 2745.) | This bill relates to local government taxes, budgets, and authority. DIVISION I ?? PROPERTY TAX REVENUE LIMITATIONS. The bill enacts new Code section 444.25, which establishes a maximum aggregate amount of property tax dollars that may be certified for levy among all property tax levies imposed... Full Bill Text |
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2745 (3/23/26) | |
| HF 843 | A bill for an act relating to oil and gas production, including filing requirements, the authority of the department of natural resources, confidential information, and pooling orders.(Formerly HSB 194.) | This bill relates to oil and gas production, including filing requirements, the authority of the department of natural resources (department), confidential information, and pooling orders. The bill provides the director of the department the authority to require yearly filings from every person acting as a principal... Full Bill Text |
Placed on calendar under unfinished business. (3/19/26) | Monitor |
| HF 2348 | A bill for an act relating to animal torture, and providing penalties.(Formerly HF 557.) | This bill relates to animal torture. The bill provides that a person is guilty of animal torture if the person intentionally or knowingly crushes, burns, drowns, suffocates, impales, or otherwise subjects an animal to serious injury or death or causes, directs, or provides anything of value... Full Bill Text |
Placed on calendar under unfinished business. (3/19/26) | Monitor |
| HF 2580 | A bill for an act relating to the siting and operation of renewable electric power generating facilities.(Formerly HSB 692.) | This bill relates to siting and operation of certain renewable electric power generation facilities. The bill prohibits exercising the power of eminent domain for acquiring right-of-way for, constructing, or operating any renewable electric power generation facility (facility). The bill creates standard-making ability for local authorities approving a... Full Bill Text |
Placed on calendar under unfinished business. (3/19/26) | Monitor |
| SF 2447 | A bill for an act relating to the siting and operation of renewable electric power generating facilities.(Formerly SF 376.) | This bill relates to siting and operation of certain renewable electric power generation facilities. The bill creates standard-making ability for local authorities approving a renewable electric power generation facility (facility) proposed after January 1, 2025. The bill sets guidelines for a local authority to implement a facility... Full Bill Text |
Amendment S-5109 filed. (3/19/26) | Monitor |
| HF 2642 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to the use of water, including beneficial use in the context of water allocation and the disposal of wastewater from distillery operations. (Formerly HSB 713.) | This bill relates to the use of certain liquids, including beneficial use in the context of water allocation and the disposal of liquid waste from distillery operations. The bill requires the department of natural resources (department) to adopt by rule standards for the disposal of liquid... Full Bill Text |
Subcommittee recommends indefinite postponement. []. (3/18/26) | Monitor |
| HF 2740 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to the confidentiality of certain information filed with the secretary of state by foreign persons holding agricultural land. | Introduced, referred to State Government. (3/17/26) | Monitor | |
| HF 2672 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to solar energy by establishing a community solar facility program.(Formerly HSB 629.) | This bill establishes a community solar facility program. Under current law, the Iowa utilities commission (commission) is required to initiate a proceeding to develop a value of solar methodology and rate for eligible distributed generation facilities if petitioned by an electric utility on or after July... Full Bill Text |
Amendment H-8209 filed. (3/11/26) | Monitor |
| SF 654 | A bill for an act relating to wildlife, including the treatment of beaver dams, identification for traps, snares, and tree stands, and maximum fur dealer license fees, and making penalties applicable.(Formerly SF 260, SSB 1093.) | This bill relates to wildlife, including the treatment of beaver dams, identification for traps, snares, and tree stands, and maximum fur dealer license fees. The bill requires that a stand placed on public land for hunting deer be affixed with and exhibit a metal plate that... Full Bill Text |
Subcommittee recommends passage. (3/11/26) | Monitor |
| SSB 3001 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to state and local government taxes, fees, financial authority, and budgets, modifying divisions of revenue, modifying appropriations, and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions.(See SF 2472.) | Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2472 (3/11/26) | Monitor | |
| HF 989 | A bill for an act relating to animal feeding operations, by providing for the regulation of anaerobic digester systems, providing fees, making penalties applicable, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 323.) | GENERAL. This bill provides for the regulation of animal feeding operations by the department of natural resources (DNR), including the storage and application of manure originating from such operations (Code chapter 459). An animal feeding operation is an area or building in which agricultural animals... Full Bill Text |
Subcommittee: Driscoll, Zimmer, and Zumbach. (3/10/26) | Monitor |
| HF 2529 - Dead | A bill for an act providing for the repair of a diesel exhaust fluid system that is part of farm equipment, and providing penalties.(Formerly HSB 684.) | This bill restricts certain practices by an original farm equipment manufacturer (manufacturer), if the manufacturer sells diesel-powered farm equipment integrated with a diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) system operated by digital electronic components designed to reduce certain emissions (nitrogen oxides) under regulations promulgated by the United... Full Bill Text |
Subcommittee: Gruenhagen, Knox, and Webster. (3/10/26) | Monitor |
| HF 557 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to animal torture, and providing penalties.(See HF 2348.) | This bill relates to animal torture. The bill provides that a person is guilty of animal torture if the person intentionally or knowingly crushes, burns, drowns, suffocates, impales, or otherwise subjects an animal to serious injury or death or causes, directs, or provides anything of value... Full Bill Text |
Withdrawn. (3/9/26) | |
| HF 736 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to the installation of transmission lines on highway rights-of-way.(See HF 2228.) | This bill relates to the installation of transmission lines on highway rights-of-way. Under current law, the general assembly encourages proactive coordination between the department of transportation (DOT), local governments, utility companies, and other affected parties to minimize costs and avoid relocating utilities during highway construction. Affected... Full Bill Text |
Withdrawn. (3/9/26) | Monitor |
| HF 2732 | A bill for an act providing for water quality practices, including an edge-of-field practice tax credit and cover crop practice tax credit. | Introduced, referred to Ways and Means. (3/9/26) | Monitor | |
| HF 2733 | A bill for an act relating to water quality, including a water quality monitoring network and the water quality initiative, an agricultural best management practices tax credit, an Iowa clean water farm program and property tax credit, and water quality practices loans, making appropriations, and including applicability provisions. | Introduced, referred to Ways and Means. (3/9/26) | Monitor | |
| HF 2734 - Dead | A bill for an act providing for the processing and marketing of meat and poultry products, including by prohibiting vertical integration, providing for a health and safety program, and providing for the divestiture of interests in processors by certain retailers, and providing penalties. | Introduced, referred to Agriculture. (3/9/26) | Monitor | |
| SF 2230 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to natural resources, including office locations of the director of natural resources, state park user fee pilot programs, the delegation of powers and duties concerning state preserves, and age requirements for hunting deer with pistols or revolvers.(Formerly SSB 3101.) | This bill relates to natural resources, including office locations for the director of the department of natural resources, state park user fee pilot programs, the delegation of powers and duties concerning state preserves, and age requirements for hunting deer with pistols or revolvers. The bill removes... Full Bill Text |
Withdrawn. (3/9/26) | Monitor |
| HF 2702 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to the production of oil and gas, geologic hydrogen, hydrocarbons, or other minerals, including establishing certain duties required of oil and gas operators, requiring notice and surface use agreement offers, and providing for remedies.(Formerly HSB 740.) | This bill relates to the production of oil and gas, geologic hydrogen, hydrocarbons, or other minerals, including establishing certain duties required of oil and gas operators, requiring notice and surface use agreement offers, and providing for remedies. The bill is known as and may be... Full Bill Text |
Amendment H-8164 filed. (3/5/26) | Monitor |
| HF 2343 | A bill for an act relating to the excise tax on certain ethanol blended gasoline purchased exclusively for use in an implement of husbandry used in agricultural production.(Formerly HSB 561.) | Under current law, the excise tax on each gallon of ethanol blended gasoline classified as E-15 or higher is based on the distribution percentage of those fuels compared to the distribution of all nonaviation gasoline motor fuel, and ranges from 24 cents to 30 cents.... Full Bill Text |
Subcommittee recommends passage. (3/4/26) | Monitor |
| SF 2420 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to agriculture, including by providing for the powers and duties of the department of agriculture and land stewardship, including the promotion and regulation of commodities and products, the regulation of the transportation of agricultural commodities, and the use of agricultural land, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly SSB 3123; See SF 2465.) | GENERAL. This bill amends a number of Code chapters relating to agriculture, including providing for the powers and duties of the department of agriculture and land stewardship (DALS). The bill provides for the promotion and regulation of commodities and regulation by DALS, including fees, and... Full Bill Text |
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2465 . (3/4/26) | Monitor |
| SF 2442 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to county zoning ordinances governing residential buildings.(Formerly SSB 3152.) | This bill relates to county zoning ordinances that govern residential buildings. Under current law, a county board of supervisors may by ordinance regulate and restrict the height, number of structures, and size of buildings and other structures, the percentage of lot that may be occupied, the... Full Bill Text |
Read first time, referred to Local Government. (3/4/26) | |
| SF 2465 | A bill for an act relating to agriculture, including by providing for the powers and duties of the department of agriculture and land stewardship, including the promotion and regulation of commodities and products, the regulation of the transportation of agricultural commodities, and the use of agricultural land, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly SF 2420, SSB 3123.) | Committee report, approving bill. (3/4/26) | Monitor | |
| HF 2530 - Dead | A bill for an act requiring the department of natural resources to identify specific animal sources of pollutants to a water of the state when determining the water's inclusion on a list of impaired waters.(Formerly HSB 657.) | This bill relates to water quality of surface waters of the state (Code section 455B.171(41)) under the federal Clean Water Act (CWA), which includes a series of public laws codified in 33 U.S.C. ?1251 ? 1376. Section 303 of the CWA (33 U.S.C. ?1313) establishes... Full Bill Text |
Fiscal Note. (3/3/26) | Monitor |
| HSB 754 | A bill for an act relating to drainage or levee districts, by exempting an application fee that may be charged to certain persons applying for an easement to install fiber optic cable, and including effective date provisions. | The governing body of a drainage or levee district (e.g., a county board of supervisors or board of trustees) may approve an easement on, over, across, or beneath the land of the district. This includes an easement for a pipeline, electric transmission line, communication line,... Full Bill Text |
Subcommittee recommends passage. (3/3/26) | Monitor |
| HF 2213 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to interests in minerals owned by counties and cities.(See HF 2531.) | This bill requires a county or city to divest any interest in minerals that the county or city owns or controls. The county or city shall convey any interest in minerals it owns or controls to the surface owner of the land to which the... Full Bill Text |
Withdrawn. (3/2/26) | Monitor |
| HF 2228 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to the installation of transmission lines on highway rights-of-way.(Formerly HF 736.) | This bill relates to the installation of transmission lines on highway rights-of-way. Under current law, the general assembly encourages proactive coordination between the department of transportation (DOT), local governments, utility companies, and other affected parties to minimize costs and avoid relocating utilities during highway construction. Affected... Full Bill Text |
Withdrawn. (3/2/26) | |
| HF 2727 - Dead | A bill for an act providing for the reporting of certain information relating to the sale of fertilizers, providing penalties, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions. | BACKGROUND ?? GENERAL. The department of agriculture and land stewardship (DALS) regulates the composition of soil inputs, including nutrients such as fertilizers that are manufactured to achieve optimum plant growth, under the Iowa fertilizer law (Code section 200.1). DALS issues licenses to persons who manufacture,... Full Bill Text |
Introduced, referred to Agriculture. (2/26/26) | Monitor |
| HSB 751 - Dead | A bill for an act providing for services relating to agricultural equipment.(See HF 2709.) | This bill regulates practices by an original farm equipment manufacturer (manufacturer). The manufacturer must make available to an independent repair provider or owner of the manufacturer's equipment any documentation, parts, embedded software, embedded software for agricultural equipment, firmware, tools, or, with owner authorization, data that... Full Bill Text |
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2709 (2/24/26) | Monitor |
| HF 2117 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to groundwater monitoring in the state, including the establishment of a pilot program, and including effective date provisions.(See HF 2687.) | This bill relates to groundwater monitoring in the state and establishes a pilot program. The bill includes legislative findings recognizing the importance of Iowa's groundwater resources for drinking water, agriculture, and economic activity. The bill states there are an insufficient number of wells currently monitored by... Full Bill Text |
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2687 (2/23/26) | |
| HF 2683 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to pipeline projects, including damage claims and landowner rights, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HSB 691.) | This bill relates to pipeline projects, including damage claims and landowner rights. Under current law, landowners and crop owners who incur damages from the construction, reconstruction, maintenance, or operation of pipelines are eligible for compensation. The bill provides that claims for damages are not precluded from... Full Bill Text |
Introduced, placed on calendar. (2/23/26) | Monitor |
| HF 2687 | A bill for an act relating to groundwater monitoring in the state, including the establishment of a pilot program, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HF 2117.) | This bill relates to groundwater monitoring in the state and establishes a pilot program. The bill includes legislative findings recognizing the importance of Iowa's groundwater resources for drinking water, agriculture, and economic activity. The bill states there are an insufficient number of wells currently monitored by... Full Bill Text |
Introduced, referred to Appropriations. (2/23/26) | Monitor |
| HSB 629 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to solar energy by establishing a community solar facility program.(See HF 2672.) | This bill establishes a community solar facility program. The bill specifies that "electric utility" for purposes of the bill means a public utility that provides electricity to the public for compensation and is required to be rate-regulated under Code chapter 476. The bill defines "brownfield site"... Full Bill Text |
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2672 (2/23/26) | Monitor |
| HSB 691 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to pipeline projects, including damage claims and landowner rights, and including effective date provisions.(See HF 2683.) | This bill relates to pipeline projects, including damage claims and landowner rights. Under current law, landowners and crop owners who incur damages from the construction, reconstruction, maintenance, or operation of pipelines are eligible for compensation. The bill provides that claims for damages are not precluded from... Full Bill Text |
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2683 (2/23/26) | Monitor |
| HSB 740 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to the production of oil and gas, geologic hydrogen, hydrocarbons, or other minerals, including establishing certain duties required of oil and gas operators, requiring notice and surface use agreement offers, and providing for remedies.(See HF 2702.) | This bill relates to the production of oil and gas, geologic hydrogen, hydrocarbons, or other minerals, including establishing certain duties required of oil and gas operators, requiring notice and surface use agreement offers, and providing for remedies. The bill is known as and may be... Full Bill Text |
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2702 (2/23/26) | Monitor |
| SF 258 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to the combined gross weight limit for vehicles operating under a fluid milk products annual permit, and including applicability provisions.(Formerly SSB 1044; See SF 2429.) | Under current law, the department of transportation (DOT) is authorized to issue annual permits for the operation of vehicles or combinations of vehicles transporting fluid milk products to or from a milk plant, receiving station, or transfer station while exceeding the weight limitation of Code... Full Bill Text |
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2429. (2/23/26) | Monitor |
| SF 376 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to the siting and operation of renewable electric power generating facilities.(See SF 2447.) | This bill relates to siting and operation of certain renewable electric power generation facilities. The bill creates standard-making ability for local authorities approving a renewable electric power generation facility (facility) proposed after January 1, 2025. The bill sets guidelines for a local authority to implement a facility... Full Bill Text |
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2447 . (2/23/26) | Monitor |
| SF 546 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to oil and gas production, including filing requirements, the authority of the department of natural resources, confidential information, and pooling orders.(Formerly SF 268; See SF 2449.) | This bill relates to oil and gas production, including filing requirements, the authority of the department of natural resources (department), confidential information, and pooling orders. The bill provides the director of the department the authority to require yearly filings from every person acting as a principal... Full Bill Text |
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2449 . (2/23/26) | Monitor |
| SF 2349 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to drainage districts and levees, including district parcel records.(See SF 2418.) | Under Code chapter 468 (levee and drainage districts and improvement), the board of supervisors has the authority to establish a drainage district or to locate and establish a levee. Upon establishment of a district, the drainage district is deemed to acquire a permanent easement for... Full Bill Text |
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2418 . (2/23/26) | Monitor |
| HF 2038 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to deer depredation.(See HF 2627.) | This bill relates to deer depredation. Under current law, eligibility for the wild animal depredation program requires a producer to have suffered "crop, horticultural product, tree, or nursery damage due to wild animals". The bill changes this eligibility requirement to cover a producer who has... Full Bill Text |
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2627. (2/19/26) | Monitor |
| HF 2627 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to deer depredation.(Formerly HF 2038.) | This bill relates to deer depredation. Under current law, eligibility for the wild animal depredation program requires a producer to have suffered "crop, horticultural product, tree, or nursery damage due to wild animals". The bill changes this eligibility requirement to cover a producer who has... Full Bill Text |
Introduced, placed on calendar. (2/19/26) | Monitor |
| HSB 713 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to the use and withdrawal of Iowa's surface and groundwater resources, including permitting requirements.(See HF 2642.) | This bill relates to the use and withdrawal of Iowa's surface and groundwater resources, including permitting requirements. The bill amends the definition of "beneficial use" to mean the application of water to a lawful and useful purpose in reasonable quantities necessary for economical and efficient utilization,... Full Bill Text |
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2642. (2/19/26) | Monitor |
| HSB 731 - Dead | A bill for an act providing for the regulation of mining.(See HF 2595.) | This bill states that it is the intention of the general assembly to enact legislation regulating mining in this state. | Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2595. (2/19/26) | Monitor |
| HSB 745 - Dead | A bill for an act regulating the marketing of grain, and making penalties applicable.(See HF 2596.) | BACKGROUND. The department of agriculture and land stewardship (DALS) regulates grain marketing transactions under three interrelated Code chapters. The first two Code chapters regulate grain marketers, including Code chapter 203 providing for the regulation of a grain dealer purchasing grain from a seller and Code... Full Bill Text |
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2596. (2/19/26) | Monitor |
| HSB 753 - Dead | A bill for an act regulating hemp and associated products, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions. | BACKGROUND ?? CANNABIS. Current federal law describes hemp as a species of cannabis (sativa L.) having a maximum concentration of delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) that does not exceed 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis (7 C.F.R. ?990.1 and Code section 204A.2, citing to Code section... Full Bill Text |
Committee vote: Yeas, 19. Nays, 0. Excused, 2. (2/19/26) | Monitor |
| SSB 3009 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to duties of certain political subdivisions, including duties of fence viewers, stewardship of certain cemeteries, and provision of fire protection and emergency medical services, and including transition and effective date provisions.(See SF 2431.) | Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2431 (2/19/26) | Monitor | |
| SSB 3123 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to agriculture, including by providing for the powers and duties of the department of agriculture and land stewardship, including the promotion and regulation of commodities and products, the regulation of the transportation of agricultural commodities, and the use of agricultural land, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions.(See SF 2420.) | GENERAL. This bill amends a number of Code chapters relating to agriculture, including providing for the powers and duties of the department of agriculture and land stewardship (DALS). The bill provides for the promotion and regulation of commodities and regulation by DALS, including fees, and... Full Bill Text |
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2420 (2/19/26) | Monitor |
| SSB 3133 - Dead | A bill for an act providing a limitation on civil or criminal liability for any alleged actual or potential effect on climate caused wholly or partly by a greenhouse gas emission.(See SF 2427.) | This bill limits civil or criminal liability arising from any alleged actual or potential effect on climate caused wholly or partly by a greenhouse gas emission attributable to a defendant. A greenhouse gas includes a gas originating from an agricultural or renewable fuel source, or... Full Bill Text |
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2427 (2/19/26) | Monitor |
| HSB 692 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to the siting and operation of renewable electric power generating facilities.(See HF 2580.) | This bill relates to siting and operation of certain renewable electric power generation facilities. The bill prohibits exercising the power of eminent domain for acquiring right-of-way for, constructing, or operating any renewable electric power generation facility (facility). The bill creates standard-making ability for local authorities approving a... Full Bill Text |
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2580 (2/18/26) | Monitor |
| SF 2275 | A bill for an act modifying the sales or use tax refund for biodiesel production.(Formerly SSB 3102.) | This bill increases the sales or use tax refund available to the producers of biodiesel from 4 cents per gallon to 5 cents per gallon. The amount of the refund is calculated by multiplying the designated rate (currently 4 cents) by the total number of... Full Bill Text |
Subcommittee: Dawson, Petersen, and Schultz. (2/18/26) | Monitor |
| HSB 736 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to the treatment of private sewage disposal systems, including monitoring, maintenance, and reporting requirements, and including applicability provisions. | This bill relates to the treatment of private sewage disposal systems, including monitoring, maintenance, and reporting requirements. The bill defines key terms, including "aerobic treatment unit", "private sewage disposal system", and "proprietary treatment system", classifying proprietary treatment systems into class A systems, which are media-based or... Full Bill Text |
Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage. (2/17/26) | Monitor |
| SF 2305 - Dead | A bill for an act regulating the application of manure originating from an animal feeding operation, and making penalties applicable. | BACKGROUND. An animal feeding operation (AFO) is regulated by the department of natural resources (DNR) under several Code chapters, including Code chapter 459 governing all AFOs, which includes provisions regulating confinement feeding operations, and Code chapter 459A, which includes selected provisions regulating open feedlot operations.... Full Bill Text |
Subcommittee: Shipley, Staed, and Zumbach. (2/17/26) | Monitor |
| SF 2356 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to monitoring the application of manure originating from a confinement feeding operation, and making penalties applicable. | BACKGROUND ?? GENERAL. Confinement feeding operations are regulated by the department of natural resources (DNR) under the "Animal Agriculture Compliance Act" (Code chapter 459). A confinement feeding operation is a type of animal feeding operation in which agricultural animals are maintained for at least 45 days... Full Bill Text |
Introduced, referred to Natural Resources and Environment. (2/17/26) | Monitor |
| HF 2442 - Dead | A bill for an act providing for the repair of certain equipment associated with farm implements, and providing penalties. | This bill creates the "Iowa Fair Repair for Farm Implements Act", which restricts certain practices by an original farm equipment manufacturer of digital electronic equipment that is part of a farm implement such as a tractor subject to repair by the manufacturer, an authorized repair... Full Bill Text |
Introduced, referred to Agriculture. (2/16/26) | Monitor |
| HF 2443 - Dead | A bill for an act providing for a country of origin label for certain products, allowing for injunctive relief, and making penalties applicable. | BACKGROUND ?? FEDERAL LAW. In the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (Pub. L. No. 114-113), the United States Congress enacted legislation that removed mandatory labeling requirements for beef and pork meat products that had been administered and enforced under regulations adopted by the United States department... Full Bill Text |
Introduced, referred to Agriculture. (2/16/26) | Monitor |
| HF 2445 - Dead | A bill for an act providing for a manure management planning map. | BACKGROUND. An animal feeding operation (AFO) is regulated by the department of natural resources (DNR) under several Code chapters, including Code chapter 459 governing all AFOs, which includes provisions regulating confinement feeding operations, and Code chapter 459A, which includes selected provisions regulating open feedlot operations.... Full Bill Text |
Introduced, referred to Agriculture. (2/16/26) | Monitor |
| HF 2460 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to clean water projects and programs by requiring agencies to publish data regarding progress in meeting certain benchmarks. | This bill requires the department of natural resources and the division of soil conservation and water quality within the department of agriculture and land stewardship to publish a report regarding any project or program supported by state moneys that establishes benchmarks in achieving water quality... Full Bill Text |
Introduced, referred to Natural Resources. (2/16/26) | Monitor |
| HF 2525 | A bill for an act creating tax deductions against the individual income tax for veterinarians by providing a deduction for income resulting from rural veterinarian loan repayments and by allowing a deduction for the amount of interest paid on student loans for attendance at a veterinary school, and including retroactive applicability provisions. | This bill creates two separate tax deductions against the individual income tax for veterinarians by providing a deduction for income resulting from rural veterinarian loan repayments and by allowing a deduction for the amount of interest paid on student loans for attendance at a veterinary... Full Bill Text |
Introduced, referred to Ways and Means. (2/16/26) | Monitor |
| HSB 657 - Dead | A bill for an act requiring the department of natural resources to identify specific animal sources of pollutants to a water of the state when determining the water's inclusion on a list of impaired waters.(See HF 2530.) | This bill relates to water quality of surface waters of the state (Code section 455B.171(41)) under the federal Clean Water Act (CWA), which includes a series of public laws codified in 33 U.S.C. ?1251 ? 1376. Section 303 of the CWA (33 U.S.C. ?1313) establishes... Full Bill Text |
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2530. (2/16/26) | Monitor |
| HSB 662 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to animal feeding operations by regulating shellfish, and making penalties applicable.(See HF 2534.) | BACKGROUND. An animal feeding operation (AFO) is regulated by the department of natural resources (DNR) under several Code chapters, including Code chapter 459 governing all AFOs, which includes provisions regulating confinement feeding operations, and Code chapter 459A, which includes selected provisions regulating open feedlot operations.... Full Bill Text |
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2534. (2/16/26) | Monitor |
| HSB 684 - Dead | A bill for an act providing for the repair of a diesel exhaust fluid system that is part of farm equipment, and providing penalties.(See HF 2529.) | This bill restricts certain practices by an original farm equipment manufacturer (manufacturer), if the manufacturer sells diesel-powered farm equipment integrated with a diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) system operated by digital electronic components designed to reduce certain emissions (nitrogen oxides) under regulations promulgated by the United... Full Bill Text |
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2529. (2/16/26) | Monitor |
| HSB 693 - Dead | A bill for an act providing a limitation on civil or criminal liability for any alleged actual or potential effect on climate caused wholly or partly by a greenhouse gas emission.(See HF 2527.) | This bill limits civil or criminal liability arising from any alleged actual or potential effect on climate caused wholly or partly by a greenhouse gas emission attributable to a defendant. A greenhouse gas includes a gas originating from an agricultural or renewable fuel source, or... Full Bill Text |
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2527. (2/16/26) | Monitor |
| SF 2208 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to the prohibition of geoengineering activities, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly SSB 3010.) | This bill relates to geoengineering by creating penalties and enforcement procedures for persons engaging in such practices. A person who engages in polluting atmospheric activity, cloud seeding, or weather engineering with the intent to manipulate or alter the weather commits a class "D" felony. A class... Full Bill Text |
Fiscal Note. (2/16/26) | |
| SF 2316 - Dead | A bill for an act prohibiting a pesticide containing paraquat, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions. | BACKGROUND. State law regulates the offer for sale, distribution, purchase, and use of pesticides as administered and enforced by the department of agriculture and land stewardship (DALS) (Code chapter 206). A pesticide is broadly defined to include a substance used to control insects, rodents, nematodes,... Full Bill Text |
Subcommittee: Driscoll, Gruenhagen, and Zimmer. (2/14/26) | Monitor |
| HF 1006 | A bill for an act providing for the licensing of food processing plants, including certain operations located on the premises of farms or private residences, and providing fees.(Formerly HF 179, HF 32.) | BACKGROUND. Code chapter 137F regulates businesses engaged in commercial food preparation and sale. The regulations are administered and enforced by the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing. One such regulated establishment is a food processing plant (plant) that manufactures, packages, labels, or stores food for... Full Bill Text |
Placed on Ways and Means calendar. (2/12/26) | Monitor |
| HF 2416 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to the regulation of confinement feeding operations, including by providing for partially roofed structures and prohibiting the construction, including expansion, of structures, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions. | BILL'S PROVISIONS. This bill amends Code chapter 459 (the "Animal Agriculture Compliance Act") (Code section 459.101), which regulates confinement feeding operations by the department of natural resources (DNR). The bill revises the definition of "confinement feeding operation" to include an operation that is partially roofed... Full Bill Text |
Introduced, referred to Agriculture. (2/12/26) | Monitor |
| HF 2417 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to animal feeding operations by providing for certain air and water quality regulations, including when two or more related confinement feeding operations are deemed to be a single operation, making penalties applicable, and including effective date and applicability provisions. | BACKGROUND ?? GENERAL. This bill amends the "Animal Agriculture Compliance Act" (Code chapter 459), which provides for the regulation of an animal feeding operation where agricultural animals are maintained for at least 45 days in any 12-month period and includes an open feedlot and a... Full Bill Text |
Introduced, referred to Agriculture. (2/12/26) | Monitor |
| HF 2418 - Dead | A bill for an act providing for county control of the siting and management of confinement feeding operations. | BACKGROUND ?? GENERAL. Confinement feeding operations are regulated by the department of natural resources (DNR) under the "Animal Agriculture Compliance Act" (AACA) (Code chapter 459). A confinement feeding operation is a type of animal feeding operation in which agricultural animals are maintained for at least... Full Bill Text |
Introduced, referred to Agriculture. (2/12/26) | Monitor |
| HF 2419 - Dead | A bill for an act regulating animal feeding operations, including rulemaking requirements, and making penalties applicable. | BACKGROUND. An animal feeding operation (AFO) is regulated under several Code chapters, including Code chapter 455B, subchapter III, governing water quality, and Code chapter 459, subchapter III, governing all AFOs, which includes provisions regulating confinement feeding operations, and Code chapter 459A, which includes selected provisions... Full Bill Text |
Introduced, referred to Agriculture. (2/12/26) | Monitor |
| SF 2258 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to animal feeding operations by providing for certain air and water quality regulations, including when two or more related confinement feeding operations are deemed to be a single operation, making penalties applicable, and including effective date and applicability provisions. | BACKGROUND ?? GENERAL. This bill amends the "Animal Agriculture Compliance Act" (Code chapter 459), which provides for the regulation of an animal feeding operation where agricultural animals are maintained for at least 45 days in any 12-month period and includes an open feedlot and a... Full Bill Text |
Subcommittee: Costello, Schultz, and Staed. (2/12/26) | Monitor |
| SF 2259 - Dead | A bill for an act regulating confinement feeding operations by providing for construction permits, and making penalties applicable. | BACKGROUND ?? GENERAL. Confinement feeding operations are regulated by the department of natural resources (DNR) under the "Animal Agriculture Compliance Act" (Code chapter 459). A confinement feeding operation is a type of animal feeding operation in which agricultural animals are maintained for at least 45 days... Full Bill Text |
Subcommittee: Rozenboom, Staed, and Zumbach. (2/12/26) | Monitor |
| SF 2261 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to confinement feeding operations by requiring the installation and operation of pollution monitoring systems, and making penalties applicable. | BACKGROUND ?? GENERAL. Confinement feeding operations are regulated by the department of natural resources (DNR) under the "Animal Agriculture Compliance Act" (Code chapter 459). A confinement feeding operation is a type of animal feeding operation in which agricultural animals are maintained for at least 45 days... Full Bill Text |
Subcommittee: Rozenboom, Shipley, and Staed. (2/12/26) | Monitor |
| SF 2262 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to the regulation of confinement feeding operations, including by providing for partially roofed structures and prohibiting the construction, including expansion, of structures, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions. | BILL'S PROVISIONS. This bill amends Code chapter 459 (the "Animal Agriculture Compliance Act") (Code section 459.101), which regulates confinement feeding operations by the department of natural resources (DNR). The bill revises the definition of "confinement feeding operation" to include an operation that is partially roofed... Full Bill Text |
Subcommittee: Shipley, Rozenboom, and Staed. (2/12/26) | Monitor |
| SF 2264 - Dead | A bill for an act providing for a manure management planning map. | BACKGROUND. An animal feeding operation (AFO) is regulated by the department of natural resources (DNR) under several Code chapters, including Code chapter 459 governing all AFOs, which includes provisions regulating confinement feeding operations, and Code chapter 459A, which includes selected provisions regulating open feedlot operations.... Full Bill Text |
Subcommittee: Costello, Schultz, and Staed. (2/12/26) | Monitor |
| SF 2265 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to water quality standards, including by providing for the regulation of animal feeding operations, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable. | BACKGROUND ?? STATE LAW. This bill amends provisions regulating animal feeding operations (AFOs) in which agricultural animals are confined and fed and maintained for 45 days or more in any 12-month period, and includes all structures used for the storage of manure from animals in... Full Bill Text |
Subcommittee: Zumbach, Costello, and Staed. (2/12/26) | Monitor |
| SF 2266 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to clean water monitoring by requiring agencies to publish disaggregated data, including data associated with contributions by nonpoint sources. | This bill requires the department of natural resources and the division of soil conservation and water quality within the department of agriculture and land stewardship to disaggregate data regarding surface water quality measurements resulting from monitoring, according to designated use segments established by the department.... Full Bill Text |
Subcommittee: Zumbach, Rozenboom, and Staed. (2/12/26) | Monitor |
| SF 2267 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to clean water projects and programs by requiring agencies to publish data regarding progress in meeting certain benchmarks. | This bill requires the department of natural resources and the division of soil conservation and water quality within the department of agriculture and land stewardship to publish a report regarding any project or program supported by state moneys that establishes benchmarks in achieving water quality... Full Bill Text |
Subcommittee: Zumbach, Costello, and Staed. (2/12/26) | Monitor |
| SF 2270 - Dead | A bill for an act regulating animal feeding operations, including rulemaking requirements, and making penalties applicable. | BACKGROUND. An animal feeding operation (AFO) is regulated under several Code chapters, including Code chapter 455B, subchapter III, governing water quality, and Code chapter 459, subchapter III, governing all AFOs, which includes provisions regulating confinement feeding operations, and Code chapter 459A, which includes selected provisions... Full Bill Text |
Subcommittee: Shipley, Rozenboom, and Staed. (2/12/26) | Monitor |
| SSB 3119 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to animal feeding operations by regulating shellfish, and making penalties applicable.(See SF 2337.) | BACKGROUND. An animal feeding operation (AFO) is regulated by the department of natural resources (DNR) under several Code chapters, including Code chapter 459 governing all AFOs, which includes provisions regulating confinement feeding operations, and Code chapter 459A, which includes selected provisions regulating open feedlot operations.... Full Bill Text |
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2337. (2/12/26) | Monitor |
| HF 2284 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to wind turbine inspections, and providing penalties. | This bill relates to wind turbine inspections. The bill creates a new Code section with the purpose of establishing routine inspection requirements for wind turbines to ensure safety, efficiency, and compliance with state standards in order to prevent accidents, protect public safety, and promote responsible renewable... Full Bill Text |
Subcommittee recommends passage. (2/11/26) | Monitor |
| HF 2408 - Dead | A bill for an act appropriating moneys to support a water quality monitoring network supervised by the Iowa flood center. | This bill appropriates moneys from the general fund of the state to the state board of regents for FY 2026-2027 for purposes of supporting a water quality monitoring network under the supervision of the Iowa flood center of the state university of Iowa. | Introduced, referred to Natural Resources. (2/11/26) | Monitor |
| HSB 638 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to registration requirements for vehicles designed primarily for off-highway use, including registration of all-terrain vehicles and information required to complete a form to register snowmobiles and vessels, providing fees, making appropriations, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable. | ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE REGISTRATION FOR HIGHWAY USE. Under current law, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), including off-road utility vehicles, are generally prohibited from being operated on a highway. Exceptions to this general prohibition exist, including under Code section 321.234A, for ATVs operated incidental to the ATV's use for... Full Bill Text |
Tabled until future meeting. (2/11/26) | Monitor |
| SF 2162 - Dead | A bill for an act providing for the care and disposition of domestic animals, and providing penalties. | BACKGROUND ?? COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS. Several Code chapters regulate the mistreatment of animals. Code chapter 162 authorizes the department of agriculture and land stewardship (DALS) to regulate commercial establishments that possess or control animals, other than animals used for an agricultural purpose (livestock). A commercial establishment... Full Bill Text |
Subcommittee: Driscoll, Zimmer, and Zumbach. (2/11/26) | Monitor |
| SF 2260 - Dead | A bill for an act providing for county control of the siting and management of confinement feeding operations. | BACKGROUND ?? GENERAL. Confinement feeding operations are regulated by the department of natural resources (DNR) under the "Animal Agriculture Compliance Act" (AACA) (Code chapter 459). A confinement feeding operation is a type of animal feeding operation in which agricultural animals are maintained for at least... Full Bill Text |
Subcommittee: Driscoll, Bousselot, and Quirmbach. (2/11/26) | Monitor |
| SF 2269 | A bill for an act appropriating moneys to Iowa state university of science and technology for use by the Iowa nutrient research center in supporting the Iowa water quality information systems. | This bill appropriates moneys from the water quality infrastructure fund for FY 2026-2027 to Iowa state university of science and technology to support the Iowa nutrient research center (Code section 466B.47) in administering the Iowa water quality information systems, including through the use of sensors... Full Bill Text |
Subcommittee: Zumbach, Kraayenbrink, and Staed. (2/11/26) | Monitor |
| SF 2276 - Dead | A bill for an act providing for the processing and marketing of meat and poultry products, including by prohibiting vertical integration, providing for a health and safety program, and providing for the divestiture of interests in processors by certain retailers, and providing penalties. | GENERAL. This bill creates new Code chapter 202D, providing for the processing and marketing of meat and poultry products. The new Code chapter is divided into subchapter I, which includes general provisions including definitions, subchapter II, which prohibits certain retailers of food items from engaging... Full Bill Text |
Subcommittee: Driscoll, Zimmer, and Zumbach. (2/11/26) | Monitor |
| SSB 3129 | A bill for an act providing for the beginning farmer tax credit program administered by the Iowa finance authority and department of revenue, providing for fees, and including effective date provisions. | BACKGROUND ?? GENERAL. This bill amends provisions in Code chapter 16 administered by the Iowa finance authority (IFA), which is a public instrumentality that acts to further a public purpose of promoting the state's economy (Code section 16.1A). The agricultural development division is created within the... Full Bill Text |
Subcommittee: Dawson, Bisignano, and Schultz. (2/10/26) | Monitor |
| SSB 3124 - Dead | A bill for an act providing for the repair of a diesel exhaust fluid system that is part of farm equipment, and providing penalties. | This bill restricts certain practices by an original farm equipment manufacturer (manufacturer), if the manufacturer sells diesel-powered farm equipment integrated with a diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) system operated by digital electronic components designed to reduce certain emissions (nitrogen oxides) under regulations promulgated by the United... Full Bill Text |
Subcommittee: Zumbach, Shipley, and Zimmer. (2/9/26) | Monitor |
| HF 2300 - Dead | A bill for an act limiting the authority of counties and cities to regulate hemp production on land zoned for specific purposes. | This bill prohibits counties and cities from adopting or enforcing any regulation or restriction that regulates, restricts, or prohibits the location of hemp production by a USDA licensee as defined in Code section 204A.2 in any location zoned for commercial or industrial purposes. | Introduced, referred to Local Government. (2/6/26) | |
| HSB 588 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to agriculture, including by providing for the powers and duties of the department of agriculture and land stewardship, including the promotion and regulation of commodities and products; the regulation of the transportation of agricultural commodities; the use of agricultural land; and taxation, including property taxes, excise and sales taxes, and income taxes; making penalties applicable; and including effective date and applicability provisions.(See HF 2340.) | GENERAL. This bill amends a number of Code chapters relating to agriculture, including providing for the powers and duties of the department of agriculture and land stewardship (DALS). The bill provides for the promotion and regulation of commodities and regulation by DALS, including fees, and... Full Bill Text |
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2340 (2/6/26) | Monitor |
| SSB 3092 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to solar energy by establishing a community solar facility program. | This bill establishes a community solar facility program. The bill specifies that "electric utility" for purposes of the bill means a public utility that provides electricity to the public for compensation and is required to be rate-regulated under Code chapter 476. The bill defines "brownfield site"... Full Bill Text |
Subcommittee recommends passage. (2/5/26) | Monitor |
| HF 2167 - Dead | A bill for an act providing for a buffer strip program and fund, and making appropriations. | GENERAL. This bill amends Code chapter 466B, the "Surface Water Protection and Flood Mitigation Act" (Code section 466B.1), which establishes a number of programs to assess and reduce sources of contaminants in surface water sources. BILL'S PROVISIONS ?? BUFFER STRIP PROGRAM. The bill establishes a buffer... Full Bill Text |
Tabled until future meeting. (2/4/26) | Monitor |
| SF 2069 | A bill for an act imposing a tax on the transportation of liquefied carbon dioxide through pipelines, and providing for penalties. | This bill imposes a tax on the transportation of liquefied carbon dioxide (carbon dioxide) through pipelines. In addition to any other tax imposed in this state, the bill imposes a tax on a pipeline company at a rate of $2.50 per metric ton of carbon dioxide... Full Bill Text |
Subcommittee recommends passage. (2/4/26) | Monitor |
| SSB 3010 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to the prohibition of geoengineering activities, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions.(See SF 2208.) | This bill relates to geoengineering by creating penalties and enforcement procedures for persons engaging in such practices. A person who engages in polluting atmospheric activity, cloud seeding, or weather engineering with the intent to manipulate or alter the weather commits a class "D" felony. A class... Full Bill Text |
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2208 (2/4/26) | Monitor |
| SSB 3025 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to the excise tax on certain ethanol blended gasoline purchased exclusively for use in an implement used in agricultural production.(See SF 2188.) | Under current law, the excise tax on each gallon of ethanol blended gasoline classified as E-15 or higher is based on the distribution percentage of those fuels compared to the distribution of all nonaviation gasoline motor fuel, and ranges from 24 cents to 30 cents.... Full Bill Text |
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2188 (2/3/26) | Monitor |
| HSB 526 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to land restoration following the initial construction of electric transmission lines.(See HF 2227.) | This bill relates to land restoration following the initial construction of electric transmission lines. The bill directs the commission to adopt rules to implement the land restoration requirements after initial construction of an electric transmission line as set forth in the bill. The bill requires electric transmission... Full Bill Text |
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2227 (1/30/26) | Monitor |
| SF 2067 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to easements for hazardous liquid pipelines, including negotiation requirements, eminent domain authorization, and contract execution, and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions. | This bill relates to easements for hazardous liquid pipelines, including negotiation requirements, eminent domain authorization, and contract execution. The bill states as the goal of the general assembly that the right of eminent domain will not be granted for a hazardous liquid pipeline except when every... Full Bill Text |
Subcommittee recommends passage. (1/29/26) | Monitor |
| SF 2058 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to pipeline project investor disclosures, making penalties applicable, and providing effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. | This bill relates to pipeline project investor disclosures. The bill defines "investor" as a natural person who owns a beneficial interest of greater than $1 in a planned pipeline project, either directly or through a business association. The bill provides that a pipeline company seeking eminent domain... Full Bill Text |
Subcommittee: Bousselot, Knox, and Webster. (1/28/26) | Monitor |
| SF 506 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to raw farm products for purposes of increased gross weight for motor vehicles transporting such products on this state's public highways.(Formerly SSB 1109.) | BACKGROUND. Current law prohibits a person from operating a motor truck, trailer, truck tractor, road tractor, or semitrailer having a gross weight that exceeds the vehicle's registered gross weight by 5 percent. An exception allows such a vehicle transporting certain loads associated with farming to... Full Bill Text |
Placed on calendar. (1/21/26) | Monitor |
| SF 2054 - Dead | A bill for an act related to bankruptcy and personal property exemption amounts and including effective date provisions. | This bill relates to bankruptcy and personal property exemption amounts. The bill expands eligibility for the homestead exemption from judicial sale to include any debtor to whom the law of the state applies on the date a petition in bankruptcy is filed. The bill similarly expands eligibility... Full Bill Text |
Subcommittee recommends passage. (1/21/26) | Monitor |
| HSB 507 - Dead | A bill for an act relating to the exercise of eminent domain for carbon oxide pipelines, and including applicability and effective date provisions.(See HF 2104.) | This bill prohibits exercising the power of eminent domain for acquiring right-of-way for, constructing, or operating a pipeline that has the primary purpose of transporting carbon oxide. The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies to all condemnation proceedings instituted on or after that date. Full Bill Text |
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2104 (1/15/26) | Monitor |
| SF 2036 - Dead | A bill for an act requiring pilot car escorts for the movement of certain implements of husbandry, and making penalties applicable. | Under current law, the size, weight, and load requirements under Code chapter 321 (motor vehicles and law of the road) do not apply to implements of husbandry when moved upon a highway that is not part of the interstate road system, with certain exceptions. Additionally,... Full Bill Text |
Subcommittee: Kraayenbrink, Shipley, and Townsend. (1/14/26) | Monitor |
| SF 2038 | A bill for an act exempting remotely piloted aircraft used directly and primarily for agricultural purposes from aircraft registration requirements and sales tax. | Under current law, an owner of a civil aircraft who resides in Iowa, or who operates or otherwise controls the aircraft within the boundaries of Iowa for a period of more than 30 days, must register the aircraft annually with the department of transportation (DOT).... Full Bill Text |
Subcommittee: Schultz, Bisignano, and Driscoll. (1/14/26) | Monitor |