91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026
SF 2258: Relating to animal feeding operations by providing for certain air and water quality regulations, including when two or more related confinement feeding operations are deemed to be a single operation, making penalties applicable, 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
BACKGROUND —— GENERAL. This bill amends the “Animal Agriculture Compliance Act” (Code chapter 459), which provides for the regulation of an animal feeding operation where agricultural animals are maintained for at least days in any 12-month period and includes an open feedlot and a confinement feeding operation (operation) and any associated confinement feeding operation structure (structure), such as a building or manure storage structure.1030). Generally, regulations vary based on the size of an operation measured by its animal unit capacity (AUC).
Sponsors
Sen. Art Staed (D)
Cost
No fiscal note
Senate subcommittee · named February 12, 2026
- Sen. Mark Costello (R) · mark.costello@legis.iowa.gov
- Sen. Jason Schultz (R) · jason.schultz@legis.iowa.gov
- Sen. Art Staed (D) · art.staed@legis.iowa.gov
Lobbying · 3 for, 0 against
For: Climate Land Leaders; Food & Water Watch; Iowa Farmers Union
In plain words
- February 10, 2026Filed in the Senate and sent to the Natural Resources and Environment committee
- February 12, 2026Senate subcommittee named: Costello, Schultz and Staed
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/SF2258