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Providing for the licensing of food processing plants, including certain operations located on the premises of farms or private residences, and providing fees
Sponsored by the House Ways and Means (successor To Hf 32) Committee, Rep. Chad Ingels (R)
Topics:Taxes
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 14, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 16, 2025
- Done: House committeeJanuary 28, 2025
- Done: Passes the HouseApril 21, 202590–1
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 12, 2026
- Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
BACKGROUND. Code chapter 137F regulates businesses engaged in commercial food preparation and sale. The regulations are administered and enforced by the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing.1).6). In 2023, the general assembly enacted legislation that revised the method used to calculate annual license fees imposed on plants (2023 Iowa Acts, chapter 82). The fee amount is based on a series of increasing steps calculated using the plant’s gross annual sales during the prior year.6). BILL’S PROVISIONS —— EXPANDED DESCRIPTION OF FOOD PROCESSING PLANTS.
Read the full explanation
This bill provides that a plant includes an operation located on the premises of a farm or private residence that stores officially processed packaged meat or poultry raised by the licensee and offered for sale on either a wholesale or retail basis. BILL’S PROVISIONS —— LICENSE FEES. The bill also revises the license fee schedule for plants. It distinguishes between two categories of plants: the first is a general category and the second is a category of plant where meat is processed on the premises of a farm or private residence. Under the general category, the fee amount is based on a series of three increasing steps calculated again using the plant’s gross annual sales. For a plant with annual gross sales of less than $200,000, the fee amount is $150; for a plant with annual gross sales of at least $200,000 but less than $2 million, the fee amount is $300; and for a plant with annual gross sales of $2 million or more, the fee amount is $500. Under the second category, the fee amount is a flat $75.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text
Senate subcommittee
Named February 4, 2026. On February 9, 2026 it recommended passage.
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
1 written public comment to its subcommittee: March 20, 2025 (1) · on the Legislature’s site
Iowa Code it changes
Read from the bill as introduced. Each links to every bill touching that chapter of the Iowa Code. How the Code works
Lobbying
2 for · 0 against · 8 undecided · Who →
Family tree
Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None became law, though one got through a chamber.
- HF 2682 Providing for the licensing of food processing plants, including certain operations locate…90th General Assembly · Passed House · same titlePassed a chamber
Similar bills this General Assembly
- SF 9 Establishing license fees for food processing plants91st General Assembly · Subcommittee recommends passageSimilar
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