Requiring a water treatment plant to conduct a test of sewage sludge to detect the presence of a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance

Where it is now

Done: IntroducedMarch 4, 2025
Done: SubcommitteeMarch 6, 2025
Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
Next: Passes the House
Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
Next: Passes the Senate
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 Waste water treatment plants must test sewage sludge for certain chemicals called PFAS before they give it to farmers to use on their land. If these chemicals are found, the plant has to tell the landowner. The landowner can then decide not to take the sludge without getting in any legal trouble.¹

Read the official explanation

This bill requires a waste water treatment plant to test sewage sludge for perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) prior to providing the sewage sludge for application on land used for farming. If the test detects the presence of PFAS, the waste water treatment plant must notify the owner of the land of that fact. The owner may refuse to accept the sewage sludge without legal consequence.

Full bill text²

House subcommittee

Named March 6, 2025. On March 13, 2025 it recommended passage.

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1 written public comment to its subcommittee: March 13, 2025 (1) · on the Legislature’s site

Iowa Code it changes

Creates§455B.211A

How the Code works³

Lobbying

3 for · 0 against · 5 undecided · Who →

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