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

SF 299: Establishing the Iowa carbon dioxide disaster relief fund, creating an excise tax, and making appropriations

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 establishes the Iowa carbon dioxide disaster relief fund (fund). The bill creates the fund in the state treasury under the control of the department of natural resources (DNR). The fund shall consist of moneys deposited into the fund, including moneys collected from the excise tax assessed under the bill and gifts and donations received for the fund. Moneys in the fund are appropriated to DNR to respond to catastrophic events, regardless of size, resulting from the release or failure of a liquefied carbon dioxide pipeline, transportation, or storage system, including but not limited to a leakage, rupture, or other hazardous incident.

Sponsors

Sen. Doug Campbell (R), Sen. Dennis Guth (R), Sen. Tim Kraayenbrink (R), Sen. Mark S. Lofgren (R), Sen. David D. Rowley (R), Sen. Sandy Salmon (R), Sen. Jeff Taylor (R), Sen. Cherielynn Westrich (R)

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named February 18, 2025

  • Sen. Mike Bousselot (R) · mike.bousselot@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Matt Blake (D) · matt.blake@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Dawn Driscoll (R) · dawn.driscoll@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 2 for, 0 against

For: Land of the Free Action; VALOR Iowa

In plain words

  1. February 13, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the Commerce committee
  2. February 18, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Bousselot, Blake and Driscoll

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/SF299