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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
Sponsored by Sen. Tony Bisignano (D), Sen. Janet Petersen (D), Sen. Art Staed (D)
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 24, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 25, 2025
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
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’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary This law changes the rules for animal feeding operations by including buildings that only have a partial roof. It stops people from building or expanding large animal feeding structures, such as manure storage or egg washwater buildings. Small animal feeding operations are allowed to build new structures, and people can finish projects they already started before this law passed.1
Read the official explanation
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. BACKGROUND —— ENFORCEMENT AND APPLICABLE CIVIL PENALTIES.103).109).191). EFFECTIVE DATE. The bill takes effect upon enactment.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 25, 2025. It hasn’t reported yet.
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in 2 earlier General Assemblies. None got through a chamber.
- HF 164 Relating to the regulation of confinement feeding operations, including by providing for p…90th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
- SF 124 Relating to the regulation of confinement feeding operations, including by providing for p…90th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
- HF 2124 Relating to the regulation of confinement feeding operations, including by providing for p…90th General Assembly · In committee · nearly identicalCleared committee
- SF 282 Relating to the regulation of confinement feeding operations, including by providing for p…89th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
- HF 440 Relating to the regulation of confinement feeding operations, including by providing for p…89th General Assembly · In committee · nearly identicalCleared committee
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