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

SF 2270: Regulating animal feeding operations, including rulemaking requirements, and making penalties applicable

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. An animal feeding operation (AFO) is regulated under several Code chapters, including Code chapter 455B, subchapter III, governing water quality, and Code chapter 459, subchapter III, governing all AFOs, which includes provisions regulating confinement feeding operations, and Code chapter 459A, which includes selected provisions regulating open feedlot operations. The Code chapters are administered and enforced by the department of natural resources under the oversight of the environmental protection commission (EPC) (Code chapter 455A).

Sponsors

Sen. Liz Bennett (D), Sen. Herman C. Quirmbach (D), Sen. Art Staed (D)

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named February 12, 2026

  • Sen. Tom Shipley (R) · tom.shipley@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Ken Rozenboom (R) · ken.rozenboom@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Art Staed (D) · art.staed@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 2 for, 0 against

For: Food & Water Watch; Iowa Farmers Union

In plain words

  1. February 11, 2026Filed in the Senate and sent to the Natural Resources and Environment committee
  2. February 12, 2026Senate subcommittee named: Shipley, Rozenboom 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/SF2270