90th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Wednesday, November 11, 2026
HF 145: Requiring testing for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in sewage sludge and other residual materials at wastewater treatment plants, and making penalties applicable
Died when the session ended · The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.
What it does
This bill requires a wastewater treatment plant to test for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in sewage sludge and other residual materials that are intended for land application. When testing conducted under the bill finds any amount of perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances in sewage sludge or any other residual material, a county or a permit for the use or disposal of sewage sludge issued by the department of natural resources (DNR) shall not authorize the land application of that sewage sludge or other residual material on land used for agronomic purposes, on land on which drainage tiles have been installed, on land that drains into a water of the state, or in a five-hundred-year floodplain.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
Lobbying · 1 for, 0 against
For: Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club
In plain words
- January 30, 2023Filed in the House and sent to the Environmental Protection committee
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/90/HF145