Relating to utility-scale solar energy facilities installation on agricultural land

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedJanuary 26, 2022
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 27, 2022
3. ✓
   Done: Senate committeeFebruary 17, 2022
4. ✕
   Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
5. Next: House committee
6. Next: Passes the House
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on May 24, 2022. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill relates to utility-scale solar energy facility installation on agricultural land. The bill defines “agricultural land” to mean land that is suitable for farming. The bill defines “utility-scale solar energy facility” or “solar energy facility” to mean an assemblage of photovoltaic modules, equipment, or structural features that collect and convert incident solar radiation into other specific forms of energy or transform the solar energy to transmission on an electric grid. The bill defines “corn suitability rating” (CSR) to mean Iowa state university extension and outreach’s corn suitability rating index which determines the potential for row-crop productivity for a parcel of land.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text

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Creates§476A.16

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