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SF 2324Died when the session ended · February 28, 2024

Relating to restrictions on the acquisition of real property by the department of natural resources

Sponsored by the Senate Natural Resources and Environment Committee

Topics:Environment & natural resourcesState government

Same legislation: HF 2104, SSB 3129

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Also covers HF 2104 and SSB 3129.

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Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedJanuary 23, 2024
  2. Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 30, 2024
  3. Done: Senate committeeFebruary 13, 2024
  4. Done: Passes the SenateFebruary 28, 202430–17
  5. Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
  6. Next: Passes the House
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

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’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary The Department of Natural Resources would no longer be allowed to buy land at auctions. Instead, the department can only get property from people or groups who choose to sell or give it away freely. This rule also stops the department from buying land from nonprofit organizations that originally got it at an auction.1

Read the official explanation

This bill restricts the acquisition of real property by the department of natural resources (DNR). The bill prohibits DNR from acquiring real property at an auction. The bill authorizes DNR to only acquire property through willing donors and sellers, who shall not be under the compulsion of DNR. DNR also shall not acquire property from a nonprofit corporation that purchased the property at an auction.

Full bill text2

House subcommittee

Named March 7, 2024. On March 12, 2024 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 2-1.

Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part

10 written public comments to its subcommittee: March 12, 2024 (6), February 1, 2024 (2), January 31, 2024 (2) · on the Legislature’s site

Iowa Code it changes

Creates§461A.10A

Amends§461A.11

How the Code works3

Lobbying

4 for · 17 against · 8 undecided · Who →

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Study bill

SSB 3129Renumbered

90th General Assembly

HF 2104Cleared committeeHouse companionSF 2324Passed a chamberfrom SSB 3129

Picked up later

SF 553Cleared committee91st GA

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