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88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Wednesday, November 11, 2026

SF 404: 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 28, 2019

  • Sen. Dan Zumbach (R) · dan.zumbach@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Tim L. Kapucian (R)
  • Sen. Kevin Kinney (D)

Lobbying · 0 for, 1 against

Against: Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club

In plain words

  1. February 27, 2019Filed in the Senate and sent to the Agriculture committee
  2. February 28, 2019Senate subcommittee named: Zumbach, Kapucian and Kinney

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/SF404