88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Wednesday, November 11, 2026
HF 398: Requiring that a person submit a bond with a manure management plan associated with a confinement feeding operation, and including effective date provisions
Died when the session ended · The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.
What it does
GENERAL. This bill amends Code chapter 459, referred to as the “Animal Agriculture Compliance Act”, which is administered and enforced by the department of natural resources (DNR). The Code chapter in part regulates the housing of animals in a building and the storage and application of animal manure originating from a confinement feeding operation (operation), including a manure storage structure (structure).312). BILL’S PROVISIONS. The bill provides that DNR cannot approve an MMP unless the owner furnishes a surety bond for $10 million for the purpose of paying costs resulting from the discharge of manure from the owner’s operation.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
Lobbying · 1 for, 0 against
For: Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club
In plain words
- February 18, 2019Filed in the House and sent to the Agriculture committee
From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Wednesday, November 11, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/88/HF398