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IA SF2260
Bill
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 current state law that prohibits counties from regulating animal feeding operations, specifically allowing county regulation of confinement feeding operations through local siting ordinances
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Separation distance requirements for confinement feeding operations established in state law could be increased by county ordinance under the proposed changes
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Current state construction permit requirements for confinement feeding operations would not apply in counties that have adopted their own siting ordinances
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The bill amends multiple sections of Iowa Code including 331.304A, 335.2, 459.202, and 459.304, and creates new section 459.305A to establish the framework for county control
Legislative Description
A bill for an act providing for county control of the siting and management of confinement feeding operations.
Last Action
Subcommittee: Driscoll, Bousselot, and Quirmbach. S.J. 257.
2/11/2026