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

HSB 195: Requiring the department of natural resources to comply with requirements governing the erection and maintenance of partition fences

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

What it does

BACKGROUND. Iowa’s fence law (Code chapter 359A) in part governs the construction (erection) or maintenance of a fence existing on the property boundary between adjoining land of different owners, referred to as a partition fence.1A).21). Each party has a duty to maintain an erected partition fence or substitute direct expenses by contribution.22).11). BILL’S PROVISIONS. This bill provides an owner of land subject to Iowa’s fence law includes but is not limited to the department of natural resources when the department is the land’s titleholder.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named February 18, 2025

  • Rep. Austin Harris (R) · austin.harris@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Monica Kurth (D) · monica.kurth@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Sam Wengryn (R) · sam.wengryn@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 2 for, 6 against

For: Iowa Cattlemen's Association; Iowa Farm Bureau Federation

Against: Conservation Districts of Iowa; Iowa Association of County Conservation Boards; Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowa Conservation Alliance; Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation; The Nature Conservancy

In plain words

  1. February 18, 2025Filed in the House and sent to the Natural Resources committee
  2. February 18, 2025House subcommittee named: Harris, Kurth and Wengryn
  3. February 24, 2025Subcommittee recommended passing it

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/HSB195