Relating to electric transmission lines and electric transmission owners, and including effective date and applicability provisions

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 12, 2024
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 12, 2024
3. ✓
   Done: Senate committeeFebruary 14, 2024
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 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?

Amendments · 5

0 adopted · 0 failed · 5 never voted on. Newest first.

• H-8387 · filed April 19, 2024 by

  AI summary This amendment adds definitions for "load ratio share" and "public power utility" and requires companies building new lines to offer public power utilities the chance to jointly own part of the line. It also requires companies to update their construction notices with information about this joint ownership once an agreement is reached. Its wording →
  Never voted on
• H-8339Strike everything · filed April 17, 2024 by

  AI summary This amendment replaces the entire bill and establishes rules for existing power line owners who want to build new high-voltage lines that connect to their current systems. It adds requirements for these owners to provide cost estimates and quarterly reports to the utilities board, and it gives the consumer advocate access to this information. Additionally, it requires the board to create rules for repairing agricultural land, such as fixing damaged drain tiles and deep tilling soil to fix compaction after construction. Its wording →
  Never voted on
• H-8036 · filed February 21, 2024 by

  AI summary This amendment changes the part of the bill that says the Iowa utilities board can allow someone else to build the lines. It replaces the utilities board with either the Midwest Independent System Operator or the Southwest Power Pool. Its wording →
  Never voted on
• H-8032 · filed February 20, 2024 by

  AI summary This amendment adds a rule that companies using their right of first refusal must use local, skilled labor to build the electric transmission line project. Its wording →
  Never voted on
• H-8030Strike everything · filed February 20, 2024 by

  AI summary This amendment replaces the entire bill and adds a rule that an existing power line owner only gets the right to build a new project if they already own or control 90 percent of the necessary land or right of way. It also requires these owners to provide cost estimates and quarterly reports to the utilities board and makes the law retroactive to July 1, 2020. Its wording →
  Never voted on