88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Wednesday, November 11, 2026
SF 299: Providing for the regulation of certain food products by using the term meat
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., nonhuman mammal, bird, or fish). There are several exceptions in cases in which an advertisement would not mislead a reasonable consumer purchasing the food product on a retail basis. ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT. The provisions of the bill are administered and enforced by the department of inspections and appeals (DIA) in consultation with the attorney general and the secretary of agriculture. DIA may conduct an investigation to determine if a food product vendor is complying with the requirements of the bill.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
Senate subcommittee · named February 25, 2019
- Sen. Tom Shipley (R) · tom.shipley@legis.iowa.gov
- Sen. Kevin Kinney (D)
- Sen. Dan Zumbach (R) · dan.zumbach@legis.iowa.gov
Lobbying · 0 for, 1 against
Against: Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club
In plain words
- February 19, 2019Filed in the Senate and sent to the Agriculture committee
- February 25, 2019Senate subcommittee named: Shipley, Kinney and Zumbach
- February 26, 2019Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes
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/SF299