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

SF 92: Relating to the exercise of eminent domain for the construction of hazardous liquid pipelines and including effective date and applicability 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

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.

Sponsors

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)

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named January 23, 2025

  • Sen. Scott Webster (R) · scott.webster@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Annette Sweeney (R) · annette.sweeney@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Zach Wahls (D) · zach.wahls@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 6 for, 7 against

For: Climate Land Leaders; Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowa State Association of Counties; Iowa State Association of County Supervisors; Land of the Free Action; VALOR Iowa

Against: American Petroleum Institute; Archer Daniels Midland Company; Gevo; Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRF); Laborers International Union of North America; POET, LLC; Summit Carbon Solutions

In plain words

  1. January 22, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the Commerce committee
  2. January 23, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Webster, Sweeney and Wahls

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/SF92