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Relating to the exercise of eminent domain for the construction of hazardous liquid pipelines and including effective date and applicability provisions
Sponsored by Sen. Kevin Alons (R), Sen. Doug Campbell (R), Sen. Lynn Evans (R), Sen. Jesse Green (R), Sen. Dennis Guth (R), Sen. Mark S. Lofgren (R), Sen. Mike Pike (R), Sen. David D. Rowley (R), Sen. Sandy Salmon (R), Sen. Jeff Taylor (R), Sen. Cherielynn Westrich (R)
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 22, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 23, 2025
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Skipped: House committeeSkipped
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 26, 202582–12
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to a utility's right to condemn agricultural land. The bill provides that the construction of hazardous liquid pipelines for the transportation or transmission of liquefied carbon dioxide is not a public use, public purpose, or public improvement for purposes of condemnation of agricultural land by a utility unless the owner of the agricultural land consents to the condemnation. current law, a utility is excluded from the requirement to receive the consent of the owner of agricultural land prior to using eminent domain to condemn the agricultural land for private development purposes.
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The bill defines a utility as a person or business that provides gas, electricity, communications services, water, or sanitary sewage or storm water drainage disposal to the public for compensation, and also includes waterworks, joint water utilities, rural water districts, cooperative water associations, and electric transmission owners primarily providing service to public utilities. The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies to condemnation proceedings for which the application is filed on or after the effective date of the bill.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text
Senate subcommittee
Named January 23, 2025. It hasn’t reported yet.
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Iowa Code it changes
Amends§6A.21
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