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IA SF2262

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/10/2026

Primary Sponsor

Art Staed

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Origin

Senate

91st General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Expands the definition of "confinement feeding operation" to include animal feeding operations with partially roofed structures, not just totally roofed ones

  • Establishes a moratorium prohibiting construction or expansion of confinement feeding operation structures, including confinement buildings, manure storage structures, and egg washwater structures

  • Exempts small animal feeding operations from the construction moratorium

  • Allows completion of construction projects already underway before the bill's effective date

  • Automatically repeals the moratorium 30 days after the Department of Natural Resources publishes notice that fewer than 100 Iowa water bodies remain on the federal Section 303(d) impaired waters list

Legislative Description

A bill for an act relating to the regulation of confinement feeding operations, including by providing for partially roofed structures and prohibiting the construction, including expansion, of structures, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions.

Last Action

Subcommittee: Shipley, Rozenboom, and Staed. S.J. 278.

2/12/2026

Committee Referrals

Natural Resources and Environment2/10/2026

Full Bill Text

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