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Bills › 91st General Assembly

HF 714Died when the session ended · March 4, 2025

Relating to restrictions on the acquisition of real property by the department of natural resources

Sponsored by Rep. Norlin G. Mommsen (R)

Topics:Environment & natural resourcesState government

Same legislation: SSB 1198, SF 553

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Also covers SSB 1198 and SF 553.

Official bill pageLobbyist declarationsOne-pager to print

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedMarch 3, 2025
  2. Done: SubcommitteeMarch 3, 2025
  3. Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
  4. Next: Passes the House
  5. Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
  6. Next: Passes the Senate
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. 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 The Department of Natural Resources would no longer be allowed to buy land at public auctions unless the purchase helps a local or state conservation plan and is approved by the natural resource commission. Instead, the department must buy land from willing sellers or receive it from donors. If a nonprofit group buys land at an auction, the department cannot pay them more than what the land is appraised for.1

Read the official explanation

This bill restricts the acquisition of real property by the department of natural resources (DNR). The bill prohibits DNR from acquiring real property at a public auction. The bill authorizes DNR to only acquire property through willing donors and sellers, who shall not be under the compulsion of DNR. DNR also shall not acquire property for more than appraised value from a nonprofit corporation that purchased the property at a public auction. The bill provides an exception to the restrictions on the acquisition of land. The bill allows DNR to acquire real property from a public auction or from a nonprofit corporation that acquired the real property at a public auction as long as the acquisition is in furtherance of a local or statewide conservation or recreation plan and is approved by the natural resource commission.

Full bill text2

House subcommittee

Named March 3, 2025. On March 4, 2025 it recommended passage.

Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part

6 written public comments to its subcommittee: March 4, 2025 (3), March 4, 2025 (3) · on the Legislature’s site

Iowa Code it changes

Creates§461A.10A

Amends§461A.11

How the Code works3

Lobbying

5 for · 17 against · 6 undecided · Who →

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Tried before

SF 2324Passed a chamber90th GAHF 2104Cleared committee90th GA

Study bill

SSB 1198Renumbered

91st General Assembly

HF 714Cleared committeeHouse companionSF 553Cleared committeefrom SSB 1198

Earlier and later bills are matched by wording or an identical title.

Tried before

This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None became law, though one got through a chamber.

  • HF 2104 Relating to restrictions on the acquisition of real property by the department of natural …
    90th General Assembly · Subcommittee recommends passage · same title
    Cleared committee
  • SF 2324 Relating to restrictions on the acquisition of real property by the department of natural …
    90th General Assembly · Passed Senate · very similar
    Passed a chamber

Matched by wording or an identical title.