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IA HSB67
SB
Status
1/22/2025
Primary Sponsor
Commerce
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AI Summary
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Removes from Iowa Code the declared purposes of reducing the state's dependency upon petroleum products and reducing atmospheric contamination from fossil fuel combustion as reasons for supporting agricultural commodity industries
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Prohibits the Iowa Utilities Commission from considering climate change when determining whether to grant a permit for a hazardous liquid pipeline
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Amends Section 159A.1 (renewable fuels policy) to eliminate environmental and energy independence rationales while retaining support for agricultural industries to increase demand for energy sources and produce livestock feed coproducts
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Amends Section 479B.9 governing pipeline permit conditions to explicitly bar climate change from being a factor in the commission's decision-making process
Legislative Description
A bill for an act relating to statutory considerations involving the atmosphere and climate.(See HF 302.)
Last Action
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 302.
2/10/2025