SF 2276: Providing for the processing and marketing of meat and poultry products, including by prohibiting vertical integration, providing for a health and safety program, and providing for the divestiture of interests in processors by certain retailers, and providing penalties

What it does

GENERAL. This bill creates new Code chapter 202D, providing for the processing and marketing of meat and poultry products. The new Code chapter is divided into subchapter I, which includes general provisions including definitions, subchapter II, which prohibits certain retailers of food items from engaging in vertical integration, and subchapter III, which provides a health and safety program for participating processors. TERMS. Under the bill, a dominant retailer is a person that meets one of two criteria: (1) has annual retail sales of covered goods exceeding $18 billion or (2) operates at least one storefront or distribution center located in more than states, including this state.

Senate subcommittee · named February 11, 2026

• Sen. Dawn Driscoll (R) · dawn.driscoll@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Mike Zimmer (D) · mike.zimmer@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Dan Zumbach (R) · dan.zumbach@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 1 for, 0 against

For: Iowa Farmers Union

In plain words

1. February 11, 2026Filed in the Senate and sent to the Agriculture committee
2. February 11, 2026Senate subcommittee named: Driscoll, Zimmer and Zumbach