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IA HF2733
Bill
Status
3/9/2026
Primary Sponsor
Kenan Judge
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AI Summary
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Appropriates $600,000 from the general fund to the Iowa Flood Center at the University of Iowa for fiscal year 2026-2027 to support a water quality monitoring network.
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Allocates $7,125,000 from the Environment First Fund and $24,600,000 from the Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund to the Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship for the water quality initiative.
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Directs funding toward demonstration projects in high-priority watersheds using practices from the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy, with cost-sharing capped at 50% of estimated costs except for edge-of-field practices.
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Creates an agricultural best management practices tax credit and an Iowa Clean Water Farm program with associated property tax credits to incentivize water quality improvements on farmland.
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Establishes water quality practices loans to help finance implementation of conservation and pollution reduction measures.
Legislative Description
A bill for an act relating to water quality, including a water quality monitoring network and the water quality initiative, an agricultural best management practices tax credit, an Iowa clean water farm program and property tax credit, and water quality practices loans, making appropriations, and including applicability provisions.
Last Action
Introduced, referred to Ways and Means. H.J. 604.
3/9/2026