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IA HF2418
Bill
Status
2/12/2026
Primary Sponsor
Ken Croken
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AI Summary
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Counties would gain authority to adopt confinement feeding operations siting ordinances, allowing county boards of supervisors to approve or disapprove the location of new or expanded confinement feeding operation structures.
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The bill creates an exception to Iowa's existing prohibition on county regulation of agricultural land use, specifically carving out confinement feeding operations constructed under a county siting ordinance.
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County siting ordinances may increase the separation distance requirements beyond current state minimums for confinement feeding operations.
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The existing state master matrix approval process for confinement feeding operations would not apply in counties that have adopted their own siting ordinances.
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Farm exemptions from county zoning ordinances would be modified, clarifying that agricultural structures remain exempt except for floodplain regulations and confinement feeding operations subject to county siting ordinances.
Legislative Description
A bill for an act providing for county control of the siting and management of confinement feeding operations.
Last Action
Introduced, referred to Agriculture. H.J. 272.
2/12/2026