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89th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2305: Providing for the regulation of confinement feeding operations, and making penalties applicable and including effective date provisions

Died when the session ended · The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

GENERAL.101) which authorizes the department of natural resources (DNR) to regulate confinement feeding operations. Specifically, the bill amends Code chapter 459, subchapter III, providing for water quality. PARTIALLY ROOFED BUILDINGS INCLUDED.102(15)). MORATORIUM ON CONSTRUCTION. The bill prohibits the construction, including expansion, of a confinement feeding operation structure.104). An exception allows construction if the new structure is part of a small animal feeding operation (500 or fewer animal units).

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 3 for, 0 against

For: Food & Water Watch; Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement Action Fund; Iowa Farmers Union

In plain words

  1. February 9, 2022Filed in the House and sent to the Agriculture committee

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/89/HF2305