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91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 404: Relating to solar energy by establishing a community solar facility program

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill establishes a community solar facility program. The bill specifies that an “electric utility” for purposes of the bill is a public utility that provides electricity to the public for compensation and is required to be rate-regulated under Code chapter 476. The bill defines “brownfield site” to mean an abandoned, idled, or underutilized industrial or commercial facility where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental contamination, but not including property that has been placed, or is proposed for placement, on the national priorities list established pursuant to the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act.

Sponsors

Commerce committee

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named January 23, 2025

  • Rep. Hans C. Wilz (R) · hans.wilz@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Sean Bagniewski (D) · sean.bagniewski@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. John H. Wills (R) · john.wills@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 14 for, 12 against

For: Americans For Prosperity; Center for Rural Affairs; Dubuque Area Land and Water Legacy; Environmental Law and Policy Center; Iowa Business for Clean Energy; Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowa Conservative Energy Forum; Iowa Farmers Union; Iowa Pork Producers Association; Iowa Retail Federation; New Energy Equity; Personal Interest- Tony Thompson; and 2 more

Against: Alliant Energy Corporation; Central Iowa Power Cooperative (CIPCO); IBEW Iowa State Conference; ITC Midwest; Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI); Iowa Association of Electric Cooperatives; Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities; Iowa Solar Energy Trade Association; Iowa Taxpayers Association; Iowa Utility Association; Missouri River Energy Services; Personal Interest- Tony Thompson

In plain words

  1. January 23, 2025Filed in the House and sent to the Commerce committee · as HSB 81
  2. January 23, 2025House subcommittee named: Wilz, H., Bagniewski, Wills and J · as HSB 81
  3. January 27, 2025Subcommittee recommended passing it · as HSB 81
  4. February 11, 2025Approved by the House committee · as HSB 81
  5. February 11, 2025Committee vote: 23–0 · as HSB 81
  6. February 13, 2025Filed in the House
  7. February 13, 2025Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 404 · as HSB 81
  8. April 3, 2025Sent to the House Commerce committee

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/91/HF404