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IA SF2276
Bill
Status
2/11/2026
Primary Sponsor
Zach Wahls
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AI Summary
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Prohibits "dominant retailers" (those with over $18 billion in annual retail sales or operations in more than 20 states) from owning or controlling meat and poultry processors through direct ownership, partial ownership, exclusive contracts, or livestock operations
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Requires dominant retailers currently engaged in vertical integration to divest their processor interests within 18 months of being identified as violating the law
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Establishes a health and safety program requiring the Department of Agriculture to survey processor workers about workplace conditions, with results reported to the legislature by January 1, 2029
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Authorizes the Attorney General, in consultation with the Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, to enforce the law with civil penalties up to $100,000 per violation per day
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Creates a biennial assessment process beginning September 1, 2027, to identify retailers violating vertical integration prohibitions, with published preliminary and final lists of violators
Legislative Description
A bill for an act providing for the processing and marketing of meat and poultry products, including by prohibiting vertical integration, providing for a health and safety program, and providing for the divestiture of interests in processors by certain retailers, and providing penalties.
Last Action
Subcommittee: Driscoll, Zimmer, and Zumbach.
2/11/2026