91st General Assembly
Repealing provisions for land surveys in connection with hazardous liquid pipeline construction projects and including effective date provisions
Sponsored by Sen. Kevin Alons (R), Sen. Doug Campbell (R), Sen. Lynn Evans (R), Sen. Mark S. Lofgren (R), Sen. David D. Rowley (R), Sen. Sandy Salmon (R), Sen. Jeff Taylor (R), Sen. Cherielynn Westrich (R)
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 21, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 22, 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 Pipeline companies will no longer be allowed to enter private land just to survey or examine it by giving a landowner 10 days' notice. This change removes a specific rule that previously let these companies access property for those purposes.1
Read the official explanation
This bill repeals provisions relating to entry for land surveys in connection with hazardous liquid pipeline projects. The bill removes a provision allowing a pipeline company to enter upon private land for the purpose of surveying and examining the land by giving 10 days’ written notice to a landowner. The bill takes effect upon enactment.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 22, 2025. It hasn’t reported yet.
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Iowa Code it changes
Repeals§479B.15
Courts interpreting this law
- Enterprise Products Operating, LLC v. Iowa Utilities Commission
- 1000 Friends of Iowa, Bill Barnes, Inc., Bradley E. Coulson, Teresa M. Coulson, Sondra K. Feldstein Revocable Trust and …
Opinions of Iowa’s appeals courts that cite this part of the Iowa Code.4
Lobbying
3 for · 1 against · 4 undecided · Who →
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.
- HF 307 Repealing provisions for land surveys in connection with hazardous liquid pipeline constru…90th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
- SF 102 Repealing provisions for land surveys in connection with hazardous liquid pipeline constru…90th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
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