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IA HF2732
Bill
Status
Introduced
3/9/2026
Primary Sponsor
Josh Turek
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AI Summary
- Creates two new tax credits under Iowa's water quality practice program: an edge-of-field practice tax credit and a cover crop practice tax credit
- Defines edge-of-field practices to include bioreactors, wetlands connected to crop fields, saturated buffers, prairie grass strips, riparian buffer strips, grassed waterways, and permanent vegetation cover areas
- Defines cover crops as seasonal vegetative cover that is part of a crop rotation cycle, not intended for harvest, and promotes soil health
- Authorizes the Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship's division of soil conservation and water quality to enter onto land to inspect and verify water quality practices
- Prohibits recipients of water quality practice tax credits from also receiving non-repayable financial assistance (such as cost-share funds) for the same credited portion of the practice
Legislative Description
A bill for an act providing for water quality practices, including an edge-of-field practice tax credit and cover crop practice tax credit.
Last Action
Introduced, referred to Ways and Means. H.J. 604.
3/9/2026
Committee Referrals
Ways and Means3/9/2026
Full Bill Text
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