91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026
SF 419: Relating to the regulation of confinement feeding operations, including by providing for partially roofed structures and prohibiting the construction, including expansion, of structures, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions
Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.
What it does
GENERAL.101) which regulates confinement feeding operations.102(15)). The bill also prohibits the construction, including expansion, of a confinement feeding operation structure. Such a structure includes a confinement building, a manure storage structure, or an egg washwater structure. The bill provides an exception that allows construction if the new structure is part of a small animal feeding operation. The bill does not prohibit a person from completing construction if the person had begun construction prior to the effective date of the bill.
Sponsors
Sen. Tony Bisignano (D), Sen. Janet Petersen (D), Sen. Art Staed (D)
Cost
No fiscal note
Senate subcommittee · named February 25, 2025
- Sen. Dawn Driscoll (R) · dawn.driscoll@legis.iowa.gov
- Sen. Ken Rozenboom (R) · ken.rozenboom@legis.iowa.gov
- Sen. Mike Zimmer (D) · mike.zimmer@legis.iowa.gov
Lobbying · 0 for, 2 against
Against: Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowa State Bar Association
In plain words
- February 24, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the Agriculture committee
- February 25, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Driscoll, Rozenboom and Zimmer
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/SF419