Sign in

Back to the bill

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

SF 354: Authorizing a negotiation for the purchase of certain land from the state of Minnesota by the state of Iowa, and including effective date provisions

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 it does

This bill authorizes the governor to appoint an Iowa resident, and the majority leader of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives to each appoint a member of the general assembly from their respective chambers, to engage in negotiations with the state of Minnesota for the purchase of nine of Minnesota’s counties by Iowa. A negotiated agreement must include provisions relating to land ownership and lawsuits concerning land relinquished by Minnesota. An agreement is not valid unless passed into law by the general assembly and the Minnesota legislature, and approved by the United States Congress.

Sponsors

Sen. Mike Bousselot (R)

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named April 8, 2025

  • Sen. Mike Bousselot (R) · mike.bousselot@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Janet Petersen (D) · janet.petersen@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Dan Zumbach (R) · dan.zumbach@legis.iowa.gov

In plain words

  1. February 18, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the State Government committee
  2. February 20, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Bousselot, Bisignano and Rozenboom
  3. April 8, 2025Sent to the Senate Appropriations committee
  4. April 8, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Bousselot, Petersen and Zumbach

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/SF354