88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Tuesday, November 10, 2026
SSB 3128: SSB 3128
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
This bill relates to renewable energy projects, including the authority of counties and the utilities board within the utilities division of the department of commerce to regulate renewable energy projects.1, having a total capacity of at least megawatts of electricity.1 to mean the construction or installation in the same geographic area related to the collection and conversion of wind or incident solar radiation into energy to generate electricity irrespective of the power capacity of any connected common gathering line.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
Senate subcommittee · named February 6, 2020
- Sen. Waylon Brown (R)
- Sen. Dan Dawson (R) · dan.dawson@legis.iowa.gov
- Sen. Jim Lykam (D)
Lobbying · 0 for, 6 against
Against: Iowa State Association of Counties; Iowa State Association of County Supervisors; MidAmerican Energy Company; NextEra Energy; Power Up Iowa; The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA)
In plain words
- February 6, 2020Filed in the Senate and sent to the Commerce committee
- February 6, 2020Senate subcommittee named: Brown, Dawson and Lykam
From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Tuesday, November 10, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/88/SSB3128