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90th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

SF 124: Relating to the regulation of confinement feeding operations, including by providing for partially roofed structures and prohibiting the construction, including expansion, of structures, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on April 19, 2024. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

GENERAL.101) which regulates confinement feeding operations.102(15)). The bill also prohibits the construction, including expansion, of a confinement feeding operation structure. Such a structure includes a confinement building, a manure storage structure, or an egg washwater structure. The bill provides an exception that allows construction if the new structure is part of a small animal feeding operation. The bill does not prohibit a person from completing construction if the person had begun construction prior to the effective date of the bill.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named January 31, 2023

  • Sen. Annette Sweeney (R) · annette.sweeney@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Eric Giddens (D)
  • Sen. Charlie McClintock (R) · charlie.mcclintock@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 4 for, 0 against

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

In plain words

  1. January 24, 2023Filed in the Senate and sent to the Agriculture committee
  2. January 31, 2023Senate subcommittee named: Sweeney, Giddens and McClintock

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/90/SF124