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IA SF2112

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/26/2026

Primary Sponsor

Art Staed

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Origin

Senate

91st General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Repeals Iowa Code Chapter 195, which currently authorizes raw milk producers to produce, process, market, and distribute unpasteurized milk and raw milk products within the state.

  • Removes existing exemptions that prohibit the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship from regulating raw milk dairies, raw milk distribution, and raw milk product manufacturing.

  • Strikes provisions from multiple Code sections (137.104, 137F.1, 190.2, 191.2, 192.103) that reference raw milk production, labeling, and distribution exemptions.

  • Eliminates the 2023 raw milk framework (Senate File 315) that allowed raw milk sales subject to certain restrictions, including labeling requirements and health department oversight for illness investigations.

  • Restores the requirement that only grade "A" pasteurized milk and milk products may be sold to consumers, restaurants, grocery stores, and similar establishments in Iowa.

Legislative Description

A bill for an act eliminating provisions relating to raw milk, including the production of raw milk at certain dairies, the manufacture of products using raw milk, and the labeling and distribution of raw milk and manufactured products.

Last Action

Subcommittee: Driscoll, Zimmer, and Zumbach. S.J. 149.

1/27/2026

Committee Referrals

Agriculture1/26/2026

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