Bills › 90th General Assembly
HSB 674
Topics:AgricultureEnvironment & natural resourcesWater quality
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 7, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 7, 2024
- Done: House committeeFebruary 14, 2024
- Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 2614
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became HF 2614 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 2614 What’s a funnel?
Amendments · 8
0 adopted · 0 failed · 8 never voted on. Newest first.
- H-8358 · filed April 18, 2024 byNever voted onAI summary This amendment adds a requirement for public and private drinking water utilities to submit assessments and plans to protect their water sources. These plans must identify threats like industrial activity, climate change, and intentional contamination, and utilities must update them every five years. Utilities that do not have an accepted plan will be ineligible for certain state funding and revolving loans starting in 2027.
- H-8357 · filed April 18, 2024 byNever voted onAI summary This amendment changes the name of several funds and programs from "nutrient" to "nutrient water quality" and defines "nutrient" to include nitrogen and phosphorus. It updates various laws to ensure that civil penalties and interest are credited to the Iowa nutrient water quality research fund rather than the Iowa nutrient water quality research fund. It also updates the purpose and management of the Iowa nutrient water quality research center and its advisory council.
- H-8356 · filed April 18, 2024 byNever voted onAI summary This amendment adds the Iowa stormwater management manual as a resource for certain strategies and clarifies that watershed partnerships cannot use specific water quality initiative funds for nutrient reduction unless certain conditions are met. It also updates the rules for how water quality initiative money is allocated, requiring at least fifty percent of certain funds to go to projects approved by watershed management authorities or partnerships.
- H-8355 · filed April 18, 2024 byNever voted onAI summary This amendment adds a requirement for the University of Iowa to set up and maintain water monitoring stations in specific large watersheds where streams meet the Mississippi or Missouri rivers. It also requires the university to provide an annual report and recommendations to state agencies about which waters are at the highest risk of degradation.
- H-8257 · filed March 28, 2024 byNever voted onAI summary This amendment changes the wording to include all formal documents that are currently in effect when they are updated or changed by the watershed management authority.
- H-8255 · filed March 28, 2024 byNever voted onAI summary This amendment swaps the focus of a specific provision, replacing the goal of improving accessibility for people with disabilities in state parks with the goal of equipping park rangers with interoperable radios.
- H-8234 · filed March 20, 2024 byNever voted onAI summary This amendment removes a specific section of the bill and adds a new requirement to transfer several existing laws regarding water and soil resources into a new subchapter.
- H-8231 · filed March 20, 2024 byNever voted onAI summary This amendment changes the term "partnerships" to "management authorities" and provides specific definitions for those terms. It adds a rule that all participating political subdivisions within a watershed must be notified and given a chance to join before a watershed management authority is formed. It also requires that any new entity include "watershed management authority" in its official name and requires the secretary of state to provide a way to register fictitious names.