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HF 927Died when the session ended · March 12, 2025

Relating to the intentional emission of air contaminants into the atmosphere

Sponsored by the House Environmental Protection Committee, Rep. Eddie Andrews (R), Rep. Brooke Boden (R), Rep. Mark Cisneros (R), Rep. Zach Dieken (R), Rep. Samantha Fett (R), Rep. Dan Gehlbach (R), Rep. Cindy Golding (R), Rep. Bill Gustoff (R), Rep. Helena Hayes (R), Rep. Ann Meyer (R), Rep. Carter F. Nordman (R), Rep. Jeff Shipley (R), Rep. David Sieck (R), Rep. Travis M. Sitzmann (R), Rep. Jennifer J. Smith (R), Rep. Ray Sorensen (R), Rep. Mark I. Thompson (R), Rep. Charley Thomson (R), Rep. Sam Wengryn (R), Rep. Skyler Wheeler (R), Rep. Craig Steven Williams (R), Rep. Devon Wood (R), Rep. David E. Young (R)

Topics:Environment & natural resources

Same legislation: HF 191

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Also covers HF 191.

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Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedFebruary 3, 2025
  2. Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 5, 2025
  3. Done: House committeeMarch 6, 2025
  4. Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
  5. Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
  6. Next: Passes the Senate
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, 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 It is now illegal to intentionally release air pollutants to try to change the weather, temperature, or sunlight. The environmental protection commission will create new rules to enforce this ban and can act quickly in emergencies.1

Read the official explanation

This bill prohibits the intentional emission of air contaminants into the atmosphere with the express purpose of affecting temperature, weather, or the intensity of sunlight, notwithstanding any other law to the contrary. The environmental protection commission currently adopts rules relating to air quality. The bill requires the commission to adopt rules expounding on the bill’s prohibitions. The bill allows the environmental protection commission to adopt emergency rules to implement the bill’s prohibition.

Full bill text2

47 written public comments to its subcommittee: February 11, 2025 (47) · on the Legislature’s site

Iowa Code it changes

Creates§708C.1

Amends§455B.133

How the Code works3

Lobbying

1 for · 3 against · 4 undecided · Who →

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91st General Assembly

HF 191RenumberedHF 927Cleared committeefrom HF 191