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89th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Tuesday, November 10, 2026

HF 241: Authorizing counties to prepare, adopt, administer, and enforce riparian buffer ordinances, including by providing for the adoption of rules by the division of soil conservation and water quality, providing penalties, 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. This bill authorizes a county board of supervisors (board), upon the recommendation of a local government entity (commissioners of a soil and water conservation district, a watershed management authority, or a city), to adopt and enforce a riparian buffer ordinance to achieve a purpose of reducing soil erosion and sediment loss; managing nutrients and reducing contributing contaminant loads to receiving surface waters; preserving and enhancing soil health; or reducing the volume or velocity of precipitation-induced surface water.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 4 for, 0 against

For: Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowa Environmental Council; Iowa Farmers Union; Izaak Walton League of America

In plain words

  1. January 27, 2021Filed 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 Tuesday, November 10, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/89/HF241