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

HF 943: Relating to the exercise of eminent domain for the construction of hazardous liquid pipelines and including effective date and applicability provisions

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 relates to a utility’s right to condemn agricultural land. The bill provides that the construction of hazardous liquid pipelines for the transportation or transmission of liquefied carbon dioxide is not a public use, public purpose, or public improvement for purposes of condemnation of agricultural land by a utility unless the owner of the agricultural land consents to the condemnation. Under current law, a utility is excluded from the requirement to receive the consent of the owner of agricultural land prior to using eminent domain to condemn the agricultural land for private development purposes.

Sponsors

Judiciary committee

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named April 1, 2025

  • Sen. Mike Bousselot (R) · mike.bousselot@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Matt Blake (D) · matt.blake@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Scott Webster (R) · scott.webster@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 6 for, 7 against

For: Climate Land Leaders; Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowa State Association of Counties; Iowa State Association of County Supervisors; Land of the Free Action; VALOR Iowa

Against: American Petroleum Institute; Archer Daniels Midland Company; Gevo; Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRF); Laborers International Union of North America; POET, LLC; Summit Carbon Solutions

In plain words

  1. March 4, 2025Filed in the House and sent to the Judiciary committee · as HSB 287
  2. March 4, 2025House subcommittee named: Thomson, C., Lawler, Meyer and B · as HSB 287
  3. March 5, 2025Subcommittee recommended passing it · as HSB 287
  4. March 6, 2025Approved by the House committee · as HSB 287
  5. March 6, 2025Committee vote: 20–1 · as HSB 287
  6. March 12, 2025Filed in the House
  7. March 12, 2025Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 943 · as HSB 287
  8. March 26, 2025Passed the House, 82–12
  9. March 27, 2025Arrived in the Senate
  10. April 1, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Bousselot, Blake and Webster

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/HF943