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

SF 2427: Providing a limitation on civil or criminal liability for any alleged actual or potential effect on climate caused wholly or partly by a greenhouse gas emission

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

What it does

This bill limits civil or criminal liability arising from any alleged actual or potential effect on climate caused wholly or partly by a greenhouse gas emission attributable to a defendant. A greenhouse gas includes a gas originating from an agricultural or renewable fuel source, or a number of specific gases, including carbon dioxide, hydrofluorocarbons, methane, nitrogen trifluoride, nitrous oxide, sulfur hexafluoride, or a perfluorocarbon., United States environmental protection agency). The bill provides that its provisions are not to be construed as creating a right to bring a civil or criminal action or a judicial remedy.

Sponsors

Agriculture committee

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named February 10, 2026

  • Sen. Tom Shipley (R) · tom.shipley@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Mark Costello (R) · mark.costello@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Izaah Knox (D) · izaah.knox@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 16 for, 7 against

For: Agribusiness Association of Iowa; American Petroleum Institute; FUELIowa (PMCI); Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI); Iowa Attorney General Dept. of Justice; Iowa Cattlemen's Association; Iowa Corn Growers Association; Iowa Farm Bureau Federation; Iowa Institute for Cooperatives; Iowa Insurance Associates; Iowa Pork Producers Association; Iowa Propane Gas Association; and 4 more

Against: Animal Legal Defense Fund; Food & Water Watch; Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers; Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowa Environmental Council; League of Women Voters of Iowa; The Nature Conservancy

In plain words

  1. February 10, 2026Filed in the Senate and sent to the Agriculture committee · as SSB 3133
  2. February 10, 2026Senate subcommittee named: Shipley, Costello and Knox · as SSB 3133
  3. February 12, 2026Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes · as SSB 3133
  4. February 19, 2026Approved by the Senate committee, and given a new number: SF 2427 · as SSB 3133
  5. February 23, 2026Filed in the Senate
  6. February 23, 2026Approved by the Senate committee
  7. March 24, 2026Withdrawn

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/SF2427