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Relating to the regulation of confinement feeding operations, including by providing for partially roofed structures and prohibiting the construction, including expansion, of structures, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions
Sponsored by Sen. Liz Bennett (D), Sen. Herman C. Quirmbach (D), Sen. Art Staed (D)
Topics:AgricultureEnvironment & natural resourcesLivestock & confinements
Same legislation: HF 2416
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 10, 2026
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 12, 2026
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- 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 Iowa would stop people from building or expanding large animal feeding structures, such as confinement buildings or manure storage areas. This rule applies to operations that are partially covered by a roof and does not apply to small animal feeding operations. The ban ends once the Department of Natural Resources finds that fewer than 100 water bodies in the state are listed as impaired.1
Read the official explanation
BILL’S PROVISIONS.101), which regulates confinement feeding operations by the department of natural resources (DNR).102(15)). The bill also prohibits the construction, including expansion, of a confinement feeding operation structure. Such a structure includes a confinement building, a manure storage structure, or an egg washwater structure. The bill provides an exception that allows construction if the new structure is part of a small animal feeding operation. The bill does not prohibit a person from completing construction if the person had begun construction prior to the effective date of the bill. The bill’s provision establishing the moratorium is eliminated 30 days after a notice is published in the Iowa administrative bulletin stating that DNR has determined that there are fewer than 100 water bodies included in the section 303(d) list of impaired waters in the state. Every two years, DNR compiles a list of the state’s impaired waters (section 303(d) list) for approval by the environmental protection agency.195). BACKGROUND —— ENFORCEMENT AND APPLICABLE CIVIL PENALTIES.103).109).191). EFFECTIVE DATE. The bill takes effect upon enactment.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 12, 2026. It hasn’t reported yet.
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in 2 earlier General Assemblies. None got through a chamber.
- SF 124 Relating to the regulation of confinement feeding operations, including by providing for p…90th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
- HF 164 Relating to the regulation of confinement feeding operations, including by providing for p…90th General Assembly · In committee · similarCleared committee
- HF 2124 Relating to the regulation of confinement feeding operations, including by providing for p…90th General Assembly · In committee · similarCleared committee
- SF 282 Relating to the regulation of confinement feeding operations, including by providing for p…89th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
- HF 440 Relating to the regulation of confinement feeding operations, including by providing for p…89th General Assembly · In committee · similarCleared committee
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