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A bill for an act providing for the regulation of commercial establishments possessing or controlling nonagricultural animals, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable.(See HF 2674.)
A bill for an act relating to reporting total gasoline and diesel fuel gallonage sold and dispensed by retail dealers for a determination period.(See HF 2643.)
A joint resolution designating the American cream draft horse as the official state horse of the State of Iowa. (Formerly SJR 2007.)
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.
A bill for an act providing for the sale and distribution of certain food, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions.
A bill for an act providing for the reporting of certain information relating to the sale of fertilizers, providing penalties, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions.
A bill for an act providing for services relating to agricultural equipment.(See HF 2709.)
A bill for an act regulating the marketing of grain, and making penalties applicable.(See HF 2596.)
A bill for an act relating to thoroughbred and quarter horse racing seasons.(See HF 2615.)
A bill for an act providing for the repair of certain equipment associated with farm implements, and providing penalties.
A bill for an act providing for a country of origin label for certain products, allowing for injunctive relief, and making penalties applicable.
A bill for an act providing for a manure management planning map.
A bill for an act providing a limitation on civil or criminal liability for any alleged actual or potential effect on climate caused wholly or partly by a greenhouse gas emission.(See HF 2527.)
A bill for an act providing for the repair of a diesel exhaust fluid system that is part of farm equipment, and providing penalties.(See HF 2529.)
A bill for an act requiring the department of natural resources to identify specific animal sources of pollutants to a water of the state when determining the water's inclusion on a list of impaired waters.(See HF 2530.)
A bill for an act relating to animal feeding operations by regulating shellfish, and making penalties applicable.(See HF 2534.)
A bill for an act relating to animal feeding operations by providing for certain air and water quality regulations, including when two or more related confinement feeding operations are deemed to be a single operation, making penalties applicable, and including effective date and applicability provisions.
A bill for an act providing for county control of the siting and management of confinement feeding operations.
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.
A bill for an act regulating animal feeding operations, including rulemaking requirements, and making penalties applicable.
A bill for an act relating to agriculture, including by providing for the powers and duties of the department of agriculture and land stewardship, including the promotion and regulation of commodities and products; the regulation of the transportation of agricultural commodities; the use of agricultural land; and taxation, including property taxes, excise and sales taxes, and income taxes; making penalties applicable; and including effective date and applicability provisions.(See HF 2340.)
A bill for an act providing for a buffer strip program and fund, and making appropriations.
A bill for an act prohibiting the use of remotely piloted aircraft flying over farm property, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly SSB 1191.) Effective date: 07/01/2025.
A bill for an act providing for the licensing of food processing plants, including certain operations located on the premises of farms or private residences, and providing fees.(See HF 179, HF 1006.)
A bill for an act providing for a commercial fertilizer study conducted by the department of agriculture and land stewardship, and providing for conditional implementation.(See HF 942.)
A bill for an act relating to animal feeding operations, by providing for the regulation of anaerobic digester systems, providing fees, making penalties applicable, and including effective date and applicability provisions.
A bill for an act providing for programs and regulations related to agriculture, including crop production, animal health, agricultural processing, and agricultural marketing, providing for powers and duties of the department of agriculture and land stewardship, providing fees, and providing penalties.(See HF 799, HF 998.)
A bill for an act relating to the powers and duties of the Iowa sheep and wool promotion board, by changing its name to the Iowa sheep promotion board, eliminating the assessment on wool, changing the assessment rate on sheep, and providing for the collection and expenditure of moneys imposed by the assessment.(See HF 800.)
A bill for an act providing for the regulation of commercial establishments possessing or controlling animals other than agricultural animals, providing fees, making appropriations, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable.
A bill for an act providing for the marketing of grain by licensed warehouse operators and grain dealers, including by providing for indemnity fees and the indemnification of grain depositors and sellers for losses following the cessation of a license or bankruptcy.(See HF 508, HF 999.)
A bill for an act relating to the treatment of animals other than agricultural animals by providing for the inspection or monitoring of commercial establishments by the department of agriculture and land stewardship, and making penalties applicable.
A bill for an act relating to residency requirements for individuals holding office as a trustee of a drainage or levee district.
A bill for an act relating to water quality standards, including by providing for the regulation of animal feeding operations, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable.
A bill for an act regulating commercial transactions involving commercial sod containing entwined plastic netting, and providing penalties.
A bill for an act prohibiting the misbranding of certain food products, and providing penalties. (Formerly SSB 3162.) Effective date: 07/01/2024.
A bill for an act regulating commercial transactions involving commercial sod containing entwined plastic netting, and providing penalties.
A bill for an act relating to the conservation and improvement of soil and water resources, including by providing for the administration of associated programs and regulations.(See HF 2614, HF 2642.)
A bill for an act authorizing the Iowa sheep and wool promotion board to issue orders for the suspension and recommencement of the assessment imposed on wool, and including effective date provisions.(See HF 2513.)
A bill for an act relating to agriculture, by providing for the administration of programs and regulations, and making appropriations.(See HF 2510, HF 2641.)
A bill for an act establishing a central filing system relating to security interests in farm products, providing fees, and including contingent implementation and effective date provisions.
A bill for an act prohibiting the use of a synthetic biological process to manufacture a food product, and providing penalties.
A bill for an act requiring the department of agriculture and land stewardship to employ additional personnel to inspect or monitor commercial establishments where nonagricultural animals are kept, and including effective date provisions.
A bill for an act allowing a corn producer to choose not to participate in the promotional order otherwise requiring the first purchaser to deduct a state assessment imposed on the per bushel sales price that is forwarded to the Iowa corn promotion board, and making penalties applicable.
A bill for an act relating to water quality, including by providing for the permitting and monitoring of animal feeding operations, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable.
A bill for an act relating to tort liability involving pesticides.
A bill for an act providing for regulation of certain noncoal mine sites, including the reclamation of land above active underground mine sites disturbed by the formation of sinkholes, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions.
A bill for an act providing that an animal feeding operation constitutes a per se interference with the comfortable use and enjoyment of life or property of a person residing in proximity to the animal feeding operation.
A bill for an act relating to meat and poultry inspection, by providing an exception for certain establishments engaged in the slaughter of poultry and the preparation of poultry products on a custom basis.(See HF 2257.)
A bill for an act relating to water quality standards, including by providing for the regulation of animal feeding operations, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable.
A bill for an act relating to open feedlot operations, by providing for the validity of nutrient management plans and updates when classified as pending further action, and including effective date provisions.
A bill for an act providing for certain fees deposited in the grain depositors and sellers indemnity fund, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions.
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.
A bill for an act relating to the treatment of animals other than agricultural animals by providing for the inspection or monitoring of commercial establishments by the department of agriculture and land stewardship, and making penalties applicable.
A bill for an act providing for the transportation of biogas using a gathering line system constructed within a secondary road right-of-way, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HSB 157.)
A bill for an act relating to livestock health, by providing for the livestock health advisory council and livestock disease research fund. (Formerly SF 404.) Effective date: 07/01/2023.
A bill for an act prohibiting the use of remotely piloted aircraft flying over certain property, and providing penalties.(See HF 572.)
A bill for an act providing for the issuance of an annual statewide license for a farmers market, including a license fee, and including effective date provisions.(See HF 278, HF 661.)
A bill for an act providing for veterinary medicine, including the care of animals under the supervision of a licensed veterinarian, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions.(See HF 640, HF 670.)
A bill for an act relating to the production, processing, distribution, and marketing of agricultural products, including by providing tax credits and making appropriations.
A bill for an act relating to a program that assists schools and school districts in purchasing fresh farm produce, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.
A bill for an act establishing an agriculture education grant program within the department of education and making appropriations.(See HF 559.)
A bill for an act providing for the transportation of biogas using a gathering line system constructed within a secondary road right-of-way, and including effective date provisions.(See HF 571.)
A bill for an act establishing a dairy innovation fund and program to be administered by the economic development authority.(See HF 580, HF 700.)
A bill for an act relating to raw milk, by providing for 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, and making penalties applicable.
A bill for an act providing for veterinary medicine, including the care of animals under the supervision of a licensed veterinarian, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions.
A bill for an act relating to the possession of egg-laying hens.
A bill for an act relating to the management of soil and water resources, by providing for certain practices and projects, including projects described in the Iowa nutrient reduction strategy.(See HF 282.)
A bill for an act providing for programs and regulations administered and enforced by the department of agriculture and land stewardship, providing fees, providing for the allocation of moneys, and making penalties applicable.(See HF 277, HF 666.)
A bill for an act relating to the double up food bucks program, making a supplemental appropriation, and including effective date provisions.
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.
A bill for an act creating a pesticide drift and pollution task force, and requiring the submission of a report to the governor and general assembly.
A bill for an act providing a personal use exemption from licensing requirements of the Meat and Poultry Inspection Act. (Formerly SSB 3051.) Effective date: 07/01/2022.
A bill for an act relating to milk and associated products, by providing for certain items relating to milk to be transferred directly to individuals by milk producers owning or operating certain dairy farms, providing for the labeling of raw milk and associated products, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly SSB 3126.)
A bill for an act establishing an exemption for certain agricultural property based on levee and drainage district assessments.(See HF 2551.)
A bill for an act relating to the production, processing, distribution, and marketing of agricultural products, including by providing tax credits and making appropriations.
A bill for an act providing for a state assessment for clean water imposed on agricultural commodities, including procedures for referendums to establish, continue, or terminate the state assessment, the transfer of moneys to the department of agriculture and land stewardship, state sales and use taxes, the natural resources and outdoor recreation trust fund, the establishment of a commission and fund, and the appropriation of moneys.
A bill for an act relating to acreage limitations for the production of hemp, and including effective date provisions.(See HF 2380.)
A bill for an act providing for a best farming practices disclosure form to be completed, signed, and filed by the parties to a farm lease, and providing penalties.
A bill for an act establishing a dairy processing and milk production innovation and revitalization fund and program to be administered by the economic development authority, in consultation with the department of agriculture and land stewardship, and creating a task force to explore the feasibility of establishing an artisanal dairy processing program at a community college or at an institution governed by the state board of regents.(See HF 2433.)
A bill for an act providing for programs and regulations administered and enforced by the department of agriculture and land stewardship, providing fees, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable.(See HF 2439, HF 2572, HF 2581.)
A bill for an act establishing an agriculture's vulnerability to climate advisory task force, and including effective date provisions.
A bill for an act relating to solar energy by establishing a shared solar net metering cooperative program.
A bill for an act providing for the agricultural commodities produced in this state, including the preparation or processing of agricultural commodities into local food, by providing for the membership of the local food and farm program council, and the local food and farm program.
A bill for an act providing for the regulation of confinement feeding operations, and making penalties applicable and including effective date provisions.
A bill for an act providing for the possession of cats classified as bengals and savannahs, and making penalties applicable.
A bill for an act relating to the classification of property enrolled in the federal conservation reserve program and including applicability provisions.(See HF 2164.)
A bill for an act providing for the regulation of commercial establishments maintaining certain animals, providing fees, and making penalties applicable.
A bill for an act relating to homemade food derived from a commodity produced, processed, prepared, offered for sale, or sold on a farm, including by providing for exemptions from certain regulations.
A bill for an act limiting civil liability for persons involved in agricultural tourism. (Formerly SSB 1153.) Effective date: 07/01/2021.
A bill for an act relating to the management of soil and water resources, by providing for certain practices and projects, including projects described in the Iowa nutrient reduction strategy.(Formerly HF 646.)
A bill for an act relating to the powers and duties of the department of agriculture and land stewardship, including by providing for administration, programs, and regulations, providing fees, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable.(See HF 482, HF 827.)
A bill for an act relating to the management of soil and water resources, including projects described in the Iowa nutrient reduction strategy, and the use of a county tax levy.(See HF 801.)
A bill for an act regulating the application of pesticides, including by providing for the certification of applicators, and certain actions taken by the department of agriculture and land stewardship against private applicators, and providing penalties.(See HF 782.)
A bill for an act allowing veterinary assistants to administer rabies vaccinations.
A bill for an act providing for the reclamation or drainage abatement of lead mines.
A bill for an act relating to the beginning farmer tax credit program, by modifying participation and lease agreement requirements and tax credit amounts, and including effective date provisions.(See HF 484, HF 694.)
A bill for an act relating to renewable fuel used to power motor vehicles, including by providing for standards and restricting the sale of gasoline not blended with ethanol, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions.
A bill for an act relating to determinations of actual value of certain agricultural property based on productivity and net earning capacity.(See HF 643.)
A bill for an act providing that a qualified confinement feeding operation may utilize an anaerobic digester system to treat manure, and making penalties applicable.(See HF 522.)
A bill for an act relating to the slaughter and processing of livestock produced on a farm and the preparation and offer for sale or sale of meat derived from the livestock, including by providing for exemptions from certain regulations, and providing penalties.
A bill for an act restricting the sale and use of pesticides containing compounds belonging to the neonicotinoid class of chemicals, making penalties applicable, and including applicability provisions.
A bill for an act creating an agricultural land, soils, water quality, and farm tenure initiative committee to conduct a study and make recommendations to improve the manner in which farm tenants may profitably grow agricultural products using leased agricultural land while providing for the sustainability and quality of this state's natural resources.
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.
A bill for an act relating to qualified motor fuel storage and dispensing infrastructure, by providing for a program to award financial incentives to store and dispense ethanol and ethanol blended gasoline classified as E-15 or higher, providing for a fund, making appropriations, and providing penalties.(See HF 477.)
A bill for an act relating to leases between local governments and persons using land for farming.
A bill for an act regarding driving privileges of persons issued a special minor's driver's license who reside or are employed on a farm, and making penalties applicable.(See HF 387.)
A bill for an act providing for a country of origin label and allowing for injunctive relief.
A bill for an act relating to a program that assists schools and school districts in purchasing fresh farm produce, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.
A bill for an act authorizing counties to prepare, adopt, administer, and enforce riparian buffer ordinances, including by providing for the adoption of rules by the division of soil conservation and water quality, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions.
A bill for an act relating to agricultural lease agreements entered into by eligible taxpayers and qualified beginning farmers participating in the beginning farmer tax credit program, by allowing an eligible taxpayer's unused tax credit to be transferred to the qualified beginning farmer, and including effective date provisions.
A bill for an act relating to the renewable fuel infrastructure program for retail motor fuel sites, by prohibiting the installation of infrastructure used to store or dispense gasoline incompatible with certain classifications of ethanol blended gasoline, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions.
A bill for an act providing for a notice regarding a hearing to determine how land within a drainage or levee district is to be classified for purposes of assessing that land. (See HF 2552.)
A bill for an act providing for the indemnification of claims from the grain depositors and sellers indemnity fund, by persons selling grain by credit-sale contract, and providing for fees. (See HF 2566.)
A bill for an act relating to the management of drainage or levee districts, including by providing for objections by landowners and for procedures to make a repair or construct an improvement within a district.
A bill for an act relating to improvements to land in drainage and levee districts, by providing for the construction or reconstruction of drainage tile lines by railroad companies.
A bill for an act relating to levee and drainage districts, by increasing the threshold of the estimated cost of a repair or improvement before a hearing is required to be conducted.
A bill for an act increasing separation distance requirements between a confinement feeding operation structure and certain locations, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions.
A bill for an act requiring certain percentages of new motor vehicles sold at retail in the state to be flexible fuel vehicles, and making penalties applicable.
A bill for an act providing for the regulation of commercial establishments maintaining certain animals, providing fees, and making penalties applicable.
A bill for an act providing for a healthy soils and watersheds initiative, and including effective date provisions.
A bill for an act providing for infrastructure to store and dispense certain types of ethanol blended gasoline, appropriating moneys for deposit in the renewable fuel infrastructure fund for use in installing motor fuel blender pumps, and including effective date provisions.
A bill for an act providing for the establishment and administration of an electronic case management system by the department of agriculture and land stewardship for claims involving damages resulting from the application of pesticides, and including effective date and applicability provisions.
A bill for an act relating to confinement feeding operations, by providing notice requirements for the removal and application of manure from confinement feeding operations, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions.
A bill for an act establishing a moratorium relating to the construction, including expansion, of certain confinement feeding operation structures, requesting an interim study committee, and including effective date provisions.
A bill for an act creating a special minor's farm driver's license, and providing penalties. (Formerly HSB 527.)
A bill for an act eliminating acreage limitations for the production of hemp, and including effective date provisions.
A bill for an act providing for the powers of commissioners of soil and water conservation districts.
A bill for an act relating to requirements for and restrictions on special minor's driver's licenses, and making penalties applicable.
A bill for an act relating to acreage limitations for the production of hemp, and including effective date provisions.
A bill for an act relating to credit transactions involving grain by providing for a grain warehouse lien, and including applicability provisions.
A bill for an act relating to the acquisition, donation, or sale of real property for specified purposes. (Formerly SSB 1221.) Effective 7-1-19.
A bill for an act providing for the sale of certain mushrooms at farmers markets, and providing an effective date. (Formerly SSB 1111.) Effective 5-3-19.
A bill for an act relating to the publication duties of and the filling of vacancies on county agricultural extension councils and including effective date and applicability provisions. Effective 5-2-19.
A bill for an act relating to the publication duties of and the filling of vacancies on county agricultural extension councils and including effective date and applicability provisions.
A bill for an act eliminating a requirement that an identification number be part of an application to obtain an authorization to operate a commercial establishment involved in the care of certain nonagricultural animals. (See HF 311.)
A bill for an act relating to the management of soil and water resources, including projects described in the Iowa nutrient reduction strategy, and the use of a county tax levy. (See HF 735.)
A bill for an act establishing an agriculture climate adaptation advisory task force and providing for an agriculture climate adaptation report.
A bill for an act relating to the double up food bucks program and making appropriations.
A bill for an act relating to farm tenancies, by providing for notice of termination.
A bill for an act providing for a study regarding the feasibility of soilless farming using aquaponic integrated production systems in rural and urban communities.
A bill for an act prohibiting the construction of confinement feeding operation structures that are part of confinement feeding operations located in certain subwatersheds, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions.
A bill for an act requiring that a person submit a bond with a manure management plan associated with a confinement feeding operation, and including effective date provisions.
A bill for an act relating to the local food and farm program fund, by making a name change and making an appropriation to the fund to support projects for the development or expansion of food hubs or farming innovation zones.
A bill for an act relating to animal agriculture, by providing for a public hearing conducted by the board of supervisors in a county where a structure associated with a confinement feeding operation is proposed to be constructed, including expanded, and including effective date provisions.
A bill for an act establishing an advisory committee to evaluate the use and value of the master matrix when approving a permit to construct a confinement feeding operation structure, and including effective date provisions.
A bill for an act establishing a moratorium relating to the construction, including expansion, of structures that are part of certain confinement feeding operations where swine are kept, requesting an interim study committee, and including effective date provisions.
A bill for an act relating to the regulation of persons, including commercial establishments, keeping nonagricultural animals, providing for fees and appropriations, and making penalties applicable.
A bill for an act providing for a country of origin label and allowing for injunctive relief.
A bill for an act creating an agricultural land, soils, water quality, and farm tenure initiative committee to conduct a study and make recommendations to improve the manner in which farm tenants may profitably grow agricultural products using leased agricultural land while providing for the sustainability and quality of this state’s natural resources.
A bill for an act prohibiting the mistreatment of animals other than livestock and wild animals, providing for the rescue of animals by local law enforcement agencies, providing for criminal offenses and court orders, and including penalties. (Formerly HSB 608.)
A bill for an act relating to the application of pesticides into lakes, and providing penalties. (See HF 2407.)
A bill for an act relating to controversies involving fence viewers. (See HF 2340.)
A bill for an act relating to confinement feeding operations maintaining fishes, by providing for the calculation of animal unit capacity, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions. (See HF 2281.)
A bill for an act providing for a country of origin label and allowing for injunctive relief.
A bill for an act relating to leases between local governments and persons using land for farming.
A bill for an act relating to activities associated with agriculture, natural resources, and the environment, including by increasing the sales and use tax rates, transferring moneys to the natural resources and outdoor recreation trust fund, funding certain government entities and initiatives, providing for an Iowa water policy, establishing water quality and water management objectives, goals, and benchmarks, regulating confinement feeding operations, making appropriations, and including effective date and applicability provisions.
A bill for an act relating to animals, including dogs, that are subject to certain health and safety regulations, including by providing for rabies control, and the confiscation, impoundment, and disposition of such animals, providing a criminal penalty, and making penalties applicable.
A bill for an act relating to pumping stations that are part of drainage or levee districts, by providing procedures for the establishment of such stations and the annexation of land contiguous to the district.
A bill for an act providing for the regulation of animals other than livestock that are maintained by commercial establishments, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions.
A bill for an act requiring that a person submit a bond with a manure management plan associated with a confinement feeding operation, and including effective date provisions.
A bill for an act relating to requiring water quality plans for persons receiving financial assistance for establishing soil and water conservation plans.
A bill for an act prohibiting the construction of confinement feeding operation structures that are part of confinement feeding operations located in certain subwatersheds, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions.
A bill for an act relating to confinement feeding operations, including by establishing a moratorium, requiring the department of natural resources to adjust compliance fees, requiring the department to submit a report to the general assembly, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions.
A bill for an act relating to animal agriculture, by providing for a public hearing conducted by the board of supervisors in a county where a structure associated with a confinement feeding operation is proposed to be constructed, including expanded, and including effective date provisions.
A bill for an act authorizing counties to adopt county legislation relating to the siting of confinement feeding operations.
A bill for an act establishing an advisory committee to evaluate the use and value of the master matrix when approving a permit to construct a confinement feeding operation structure, and including effective date provisions.
A bill for an act establishing a moratorium relating to the construction, including expansion, of structures that are part of certain confinement feeding operations where swine are kept, requesting an interim study committee, and including effective date provisions.
A bill for an act requiring a notice of structural failure involving a manure storage structure that is part of a confinement feeding operation, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions.
A bill for an act prohibiting the mistreatment of animals excluding livestock or unconfined wildlife, providing reporting requirements, providing for criminal offenses, and including penalties.
A bill for an act relating to the governing of certain water utilities and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HF 316.)
A bill for an act barring claims against fairs for damages arising out of the transmission of pathogens from certain animals housed on the fairgrounds. (Formerly SF 210.) Effective 7-1-17.
A bill for an act providing for a state assessment for clean water imposed on agricultural commodities, including establishing procedures for referendums to establish, continue, or terminate the state assessment, the transfer of moneys to the department of agriculture and land stewardship, state sales and use taxes, the natural resources and outdoor recreation fund, the establishment of a commission and fund and the appropriation of moneys.
A bill for an act providing for the transfer of dogs and cats by research facilities to certain persons, providing for limitations on liability, and making penalties applicable.
A bill for an act relating to the election of commissioners of soil and water conservation districts. (See HF 469.)
A bill for an act authorizing counties to adopt county legislation relating to the siting of confinement feeding operations.
A bill for an act relating to the regulation of persons, including commercial establishments, keeping nonagricultural animals, providing for fees and appropriations, and making penalties applicable.
A bill for an act providing for the creation of regional water authorities and regional water authority boards to assume the powers, duties, assets, and liabilities of certain water utilities, and including effective date provisions. (See HF 484.)
A bill for an act regulating the stockpiling of certain effluent from animal feeding operations and animal truck wash facilities, providing for penalties, and making penalties applicable.
A bill for an act relating to the production, marketing, and distribution of industrial hemp and related plant materials, and providing for penalties.
A bill for an act relating to water quality and soil conservation efforts, including election requirements and powers and duties of commissioners of soil and water conservation districts, and related powers and duties of county boards of supervisors, county treasurers, the state soil conservation committee, the department of agriculture and land stewardship’s division of soil and water conservation, and the attorney general.
A bill for an act requiring the department of natural resources to include additional water quality criteria in the master matrix used to evaluate applications for permits to construct confinement feeding operation structures.
A bill for an act exempting certain soil and water conservation practices from being considered as the practice of engineering.
A bill for an act relating to certain soil and water conservation practices and the practice of engineering.
A bill for an act eliminating a restriction on a person associated with a county agricultural extension district from engaging in certain activities affecting legislation.
A bill for an act relating to the local food and farm program fund, by making a name change and making an appropriation to the fund to support projects for the development or expansion of food hubs or farming innovation zones.
A bill for an act relating to water quality and soil conservation efforts, including related powers and duties of commissioners of soil and water conservation districts, county boards of supervisors, county treasurers, the state soil conservation committee, the department of agriculture and land stewardship's division of soil and water conservation, and the attorney general.
A bill for an act requiring that state efforts to reduce nutrient loads in surface waters be customized based on a watershed's unique characteristics. (Formerly HF 2187)
A bill for an act providing for the regulation of anhydrous ammonia and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SF 2135.)
A bill for an act prohibiting the mistreatment of animals other than livestock and wild animals, providing reporting requirements, providing for criminal offenses, and including penalties. (Formerly SF 2138.)
A bill for an act allowing benefited recreational lake districts and water quality districts to become members of watershed management authorities. (See Cmte. Bill HF 2339)
A bill for an act relating to commercial establishments keeping nonagricultural animals, by establishing a quality assurance council and providing for a quality assurance certificate awarded to selected commercial breeders. (Formerly HSB 560)
A bill for an act providing for the appointment of members of the general assembly to serve on the water resources coordinating council. (Formerly SF 2027.)
A study bill relating to water quality by providing funding for water quality financial assistance programs, extending the period of time for collecting sales tax for deposit in the secure an advanced vision for education fund, and modifying allocations of state sales and use tax revenue collections.
A bill for an act imposing a fee on certain fertilizers to be credited to the water quality initiative fund.
A study bill for requiring that agreements to terminate farm tenancies be in writing.
A study bill for providing for the towing of certain implements of husbandry in tandem among manufacturers, retail sellers, and farm purchasers.
A bill for an act providing for the regulation of anhydrous ammonia containers, and making penalties applicable.
A bill for an act requiring that state efforts to reduce nutrient loads in surface waters be customized based on a watershed's unique characteristics. (See Cmte. Bill HF 2340)
A bill for an act relating to water quality improvement, by providing for water quality programs, projects, and practices, the certification of conservation planners, the use or transfer of fertilizer fees, and the approval of designs for soil and water conservation practices, making appropriations to support environmental specialists, and reducing property taxes on land reserved for conservation practices. (See Cmte. Bill HF 2410)
A bill for an act requiring Iowa state university of science and technology to develop and maintain a database of water quality measurements with the state's watersheds.
A bill for an act authorizing the department of agriculture and land stewardship's division of soil conservation and water quality to support privately sponsored innovative water quality practices.
A bill for an act relating to councils concerned with water quality, by providing for the appointment of members of the general assembly to serve on the water resources coordinating council and eliminating appointed members of the general assembly serving on the watershed planning advisory council.
A study bill for providing for the administration of certain excise taxes imposed on the sale of cattle.
A bill for an act requiring Iowa state university to develop a database of water quality measurements within watersheds.
A study bill for providing for tax credits and refunds relating to renewable fuels including their component biofuels and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.
A bill for an act providing for the incidental sale of unpasteurized milk, or milk products manufactured from such milk, by producers holding a permit issued by the department of agriculture and land stewardship.
A bill for an act expanding the renewable fuel infrastructure program to support the storage and dispensing of E-15 gasoline. (Formerly HSB 186)
A bill for an act relating to animal feeding operations, by providing for information contained in public records, the use of vehicles or tank wagons used in the application of manure, biosecurity requirements, and county documents. (Formerly HF 440)
A bill for an act providing for certification requirements for persons actively involved in the operation of a commercial manure service. (Formerly HF 353)
A bill for an act relating to drainage and levee districts, by providing for mergers, repairs and improvements, and elections. (See Cmte. Bill HF 529)
A bill for an act relating to the control of effluent from animal truck wash facilities, by requiring certain permits, regulating storage and application of effluent, and making penalties applicable. (See Cmte. Bill HF 583)
A bill for an act excluding certain show animals from formulas used to calculate the capacity of animal feeding operations. (See Cmte. Bill HF 503)
A bill for an act relating to the observation of a department of natural resources investigation by a property owner or person in charge of the property. (See Cmte. Bill HF 578)
A study bill for providing for the department of agriculture and land stewardship's administration of certain functions, including by eliminating past dates relating to a determination of Iowa-foaled horse and to the rehabilitation and conservation of land affected by coal mining, providing for payment by the department for the examination of certain articles, allowing the department to adopt by reference certain federal publications affecting milk and milk products, modifying the definition of biobutanol, eliminating departmental duties and fees relating to weights and measures, providing for purchased-grain fees paid into the Iowa grain indemnity fund, and changing the name of the division of soil and water conservation and the name of its appointed administrative official.
A study bill for expanding the renewable fuel infrastructure program to support the storage and dispensing of E-15 gasoline.
A bill for an act providing for the application of manure originating from animal feeding operations, and making penalties applicable.
A study bill for providing for an environmental practices tax credit, and including effective date and retroactive and other applicability provisions.
A study bill for exempting the sale of honey bees from the imposition of the sales tax and use tax.
A bill for an act requiring that honey packaged in this state and sold or offered for sale to consumers be labeled, and making penalties applicable.
A bill for an act relating to animal feeding operations, including rulemaking procedures, vehicles used in the application of manure, and biosecurity requirements. (See Cmte. Bill HF 586)
A bill for an act providing that the use of animal massage or applied animal behavior science performed when treating a horse is not the practice of veterinary medicine or regulated by the Iowa board of veterinary medicine.
A study bill for increasing the number of years that a taxpayer may claim a custom farming contract tax credit under a contract executed by the holder of agricultural land and a qualified beginning farmer, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.
A study bill for providing a minimum mandatory criminal sentence for the theft of a crop or livestock.
A bill for an act relating to areas established as fruit-tree or forest reservations for the purpose of a property tax exemption by requiring the erection or maintenance of partition fences to restrain livestock, and including effective date and applicability provisions.
A bill for an act relating to the regulation of agricultural seed, by providing that seed exchanges and seed libraries are exempt from testing requirements and the payment of permit fees.
A bill for an act providing for certification requirements for persons actively involved in the operation of a commercial manure service. (See Cmte. Bill HF 508)
A bill for an act relating to eligible applicants for local watershed improvement grants.
A bill for an act providing for the sale of unpasteurized or ungraded milk or milk products produced at a dairy farm to an individual for use as commercial feed for animals and making penalties applicable.
A bill for an act relating to evidence of financial responsibility required to be furnished by certain pesticide applicators to the department of agriculture and land stewardship, and including effective date provisions.
A bill for an act prohibiting the slaughter and use of equines as food products to be used for human consumption, providing for penalties, and including effective date provisions.
A bill for an act providing for the use of milk derived from certain animals for the animal owner's personal use.
A bill for an act requiring consumer labeling information for food, and including penalties.
A bill for an act relating to participation in the senior farmers' market nutrition program.
A bill for an act providing for the segregation of financial and related duties by soil and water conservation commissioners.
A bill for an act relating to river restoration plans and reports.
A bill for an act allowing the holders of interests in certain entities eligible to hold agricultural land to be elected as trustees of drainage or levee districts. (Formerly SSB 3172.) Effective 7-1-14.
A bill for an act extending the period of existence of the beginning farmer tax credit program. (See Cmte. Bill HF 2401) (See Cmte. Bill HF 2454)
A bill for an act relating to financing work within drainage or levee districts. (Formerly SF 2055.) Effective 7-1-14.
A bill for an act relating to eligible applicants for local watershed improvement grants. (Formerly HF 2001)
A bill for an act relating to the establishment of an urban-ag academy under the board of regents. (Formerly HF 2210)
A bill for an act relating to retail motor fuel sites, by requiring standards and practices to assist disabled individuals obtaining motor fuel, providing for enforcement by the department of agriculture and land stewardship, providing for a tax credit, and including effective and applicability date provisions. (Formerly SF 235 and SF 401.)
A bill for an act relating to small farm operations producing vegetables or fruit, including by establishing programs to support production and marketing, a preference for government entities when purchasing food, a tax credit and appropriation, and a property tax exemption, and including applicability date provisions.
A bill for an act providing for the reclassification and recalculation of assessments for land located within a drainage district.
A bill for an act relating to the care of livestock, by providing training for law enforcement officials and a tax credit to reimburse veterinarians who provide livestock food, and including applicability date provisions.
A bill for an act providing for certification requirements for persons actively involved in the operation of a commercial manure service. (See Cmte. Bill HF 2367)
A bill for an act relating to drainage or levee districts by providing for mergers, bidding requirements, the annexation of land, and special agreements, and authorizing the imposition of assessments upon affected landowners. (See Cmte. Bill HF 2344)
A bill for an act relating to the establishment of an urban-ag academy under the board of regents. (See Cmte. Bill HF 2424)
A bill for an act relating to the spaying and neutering of pets, by establishing a board and fund, providing for an income tax checkoff, providing for special motor vehicle registration plates, establishing fees, and making appropriations. (See Cmte. Bill HF 2405)
A bill for an act eliminating a restriction on a person associated with a county agricultural extension district from engaging in certain activities affecting legislation.
A bill for an act exempting certain animals from requirements relating to rabies vaccinations, and making penalties applicable.
A bill for an act relating to eligible applicants for local watershed improvement grants. (See Cmte. Bill HF 2345)
A study bill relating to corn promotion, including special referendums, the assessment of a checkoff, and voting and refund procedures, and making penalties applicable.
A bill for an act exempting certain individuals from the inheritance tax, and including applicability provisions. (Formerly HF 511) (Formerly HSB 166)
A bill for an act relating to an Iowa nutrient reduction strategy, including by providing for appropriations to support related programs and projects.
A bill for an act relating to the corn promotion board by providing for its governance, providing for an assessed checkoff on corn, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1083.)
A bill for an act providing for the possession of cats classified as bengals and savannahs. (Formerly SSB 1115.) Effective 7-1-13.
A bill for an act relating to farm tenancies of less than forty acres by providing procedures for termination. (Formerly SF 200.) Effective 7-1-13.
A bill for an act providing for the blending of gasoline or diesel fuel by dealers or distributors, and including penalties. (See Cmte. Bill HF 597) (See Cmte. Bill HF 640)
A bill for an act eliminating a restriction on a person associated with a county agricultural extension district from engaging in certain activities affecting legislation.
A bill for an act providing for zoos keeping dangerous wild animals, making penalties applicable, and including applicability and effective date provisions.
A bill for an act providing for drainage or levee districts managed by a board of trustees, and including effective date provisions. (See Cmte. Bill HF 152)
A study bill related to the liability of a land holder for the public use of private lands and waters.
A study bill relating to the state government, by providing for the transfer of powers and duties from the agricultural development authority to the Iowa finance authority, the composition of the Iowa finance authority board of directors, the administration of programs by the board, the implementation of law by the board, and including effective date provisions.
A study bill for exempting certain farm real estate from the inheritance tax, and including applicability provisions.
A study bill for providing for the determination of animal units which are part of confinement feeding operations, and making penalties applicable.
A study bill for providing for a cow-calf credit and refund, providing for an appropriation, and including applicability provisions.
A study bill for providing for the department of agriculture and land stewardship's administration of programs regarding a conservation practices revolving loan fund, the state metrologist, and motor fuel standards.
A study bill for providing for the leasing of agricultural land by the department of natural resources to beginning farmers.
A study bill for requiring the department of natural resources to establish and administer a pilot project to lease certain grazing land, and including effective date provisions.
A study bill for providing for certification requirements by persons involved in the management of manure.
A study bill for providing a tax credit for lessors or lessees of agricultural land in order to support beginning farmers.
A study bill relating to the corn promotion board by providing for its governance, providing for an assessed checkoff on corn, and including effective date provisions.
A bill for an act providing for the year-round operation of farmers markets, and including effective date provisions. Effective 4-5-12.
A bill for an act relating to legal actions involving nuisances affecting agriculture.
A bill for an act revising provisions affecting the administration of the department of agriculture and land stewardship, including associated regulations and licensing, as it relates to biofuels, weather and market information, internet publications, soil and water conservation, feed, vaccinations, tuberculosis, brucellosis, classical swine fever, Johne's disease, treatment for sheep, branding, manufactured articles, grain, pesticides, coal mining, and weights and measures, making penalties applicable, and including applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 3140.) Effective 7-1-12.
A bill for an act relating to the land application of wastewater from on-farm processing operations, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SF 2152.) Effective 3-30-12.
A bill for an act relating to management of swine, including by providing for biosecurity and development in a farrowing and gestating operation which is part of a confinement feeding operation, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly SF 2022.) Effective 7-1-12.
A bill for an act relating to reimbursement for state audits of certain commodity organizations, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 149)
A bill for an act providing for the payment of expenses incurred by a local authority when providing for rescue, maintenance, or disposition of certain animals in commercial establishments. (Formerly SSB 3159.)
A bill for an act providing for persons associated with licensed veterinarians, and providing for fees. (Formerly SSB 3148.)
A bill for an act relating to confinement feeding operations confining fish, and making penalties applicable. (See Cmte. Bill HF 2292)
A bill for an act relating to the brucellosis and tuberculosis eradication fund, and providing an appropriation.
A bill for an act providing for a reciprocal arrangement which allows the movement of equine animals between Iowa and Wisconsin, and providing for its implementation.
A bill for an act relating to swine, by prohibiting feral swine in this state, providing for the regulation of nonferal swine classified with certain ungulates as game animals, and making penalties applicable.
A bill for an act relating to requests for agency action involving rules affecting livestock production, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HF 292)
A bill for an act creating a committee to provide for greater collaboration between urban and rural communities. (Formerly HSB 209)
A bill for an act relating to drainage districts, by providing for the assessment of benefits by state agencies, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SF 227.) Effective 4-14-11.
A bill for an act relating to agricultural land for purposes of awarding financial incentives and property tax valuation, and including effective date and applicability provisions.
A bill for an act relating to agricultural associations, by providing for a community investment board.
A bill for an act providing for a local food and farm program initiative and making appropriations.
A bill for an act establishing a committee to provide for greater collaboration between urban and rural communities.
A bill for an act providing for nuisance actions arising out of agricultural uses and practices.
A bill for an act relating to offenses involving agricultural operations, and providing penalties and remedies. (See Cmte. Bill HF 589)
A bill for an act establishing the council for agricultural education. (See Cmte. Bill HF 592)
A bill for an act relating to pseudorabies testing. (See Cmte. Bill HF 557)
A bill for an act providing labeling requirements for certain genetically modified agricultural commodities and products, making penalties applicable, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions.
A bill for an act relating to agriculture, by eliminating certain powers of and requirements administered by the department of agriculture and land stewardship. (See Cmte. Bill HF 532)
A bill for an act providing for voting methods which may be utilized by members of cooperative associations. Effective 7-01-11.
A bill for an act relating to a tax credit for the promotion of biodiesel blended fuel, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (See Cmte. Bill HF 452) (See Cmte. Bill HF 692)
A bill for an act relating to requests for agency action involving rules affecting livestock production, and including effective date provisions. (See Cmte. Bill HF 558)
A bill for an act relating to the investigation of complaints concerning veterinarians.
A bill for an act exempting commercial kennels from regulation as a commercial establishment when training dogs or cats in the presence of their owners, and providing an effective date.
A bill for an act authorizing counties to adopt county legislation relating to the siting of confinement feeding operations.
A bill for an act concerning weight limits for certain commercial motor vehicles on noninterstate highways. Effective 7-01-10.
A bill for an act relating to drainage districts, by modifying the amount of a bid security required to be submitted by bidders proposing to make improvements and modifying the threshold amount requiring the letting of bids to construct an improvement, and including effective date provisions. Effective 3-22-10.
A bill for an act relating to administrative costs to support the watershed improvement review board. (Formerly HF 606)
A bill for an act establishing a local food and farm task force, providing for a local food and farm plan, and providing for an effective date. (Formerly SF 332.)
A bill for an act relating to confinement feeding operations, by providing for common ownership and management of the operations and the application of manure originating from operations on snow covered or frozen ground, and including effective date provisions.
A bill for an act concerning live dog racing at pari-mutuel dog racetracks, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 713)
A bill for an act relating to on-farm electrical installations from licensing and inspections, and including effective date provisions.
A bill for an act providing for the reestablishment of a technical advisory committee to reevaluate the master matrix used in approving sites for confinement feeding operations and including effective date provisions.
A bill for an act relating to residences in proximity to confinement feeding operations and making penalties applicable.
A bill for an act prohibiting state entities from using state moneys or personnel to implement the national animal identification system, and providing an effective date.
A bill for an act relating to agricultural drainage wells, by extending the date for complying with certain requirements, and including effective date provisions.
A bill for an act providing an appropriation to reimburse the governing body of a drainage district for repairs associated with a lake owned by the department of natural resources.
A bill for an act providing for restorations and repairs of damages to drainage or levee district improvements.
A bill for an act relating to bidding procedures for drainage and levee districts, and including provisions for effective dates.
A bill for an act providing for the payment of litigation expenses related to legal actions alleging that an agricultural operation is a nuisance.
A bill for an act relating to administrative costs to support the watershed improvement review board. (See Cmte. Bill HF 763)
A bill for an act regulating animal feeding operations, making penalties applicable, and providing for penalties. (See Cmte. Bill HF 790)
A bill for an act providing for the powers and duties of the Iowa soybean association's board of directors. (See Cmte. Bill HF 753)
A bill for an act relating to biodiesel fuel, by providing for labeling requirements, and providing for the extension of a tax credit. (See Cmte. Bill HF 752)
A bill for an act providing for the stockpiling of dry manure originating from confinement feeding operations, making penalties applicable, and providing an effective date. (See Cmte. Bill HF 735)
A bill for an act providing for the regulation of commercial establishments that house animals by the department of agriculture and land stewardship. (See Cmte. Bill HF 486)
A bill for an act providing for the disposal of dead animal bodies by persons, including individuals practicing veterinary medicine, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly SF 298.) Effective 7-1-09.
A bill for an act relating to boards of directors associated with organizations promoting soybeans and corn. (Formerly SF 235.) Effective 7-1-09.
A bill for an act providing for the taking of crops on land classified as a farm tenancy. (See Cmte. Bill HF 2380)
A bill for an act providing for the regulation of commercial establishments that house animals by the department of agriculture and land stewardship. (Formerly HF 30)
A bill for an act to repeal the excise tax on the handling of grain.
A bill for an act relating to the vote of qualified electors for elections in drainage or levee districts managed by a board of trustees and including transition provisions.
A bill for an act providing restrictions on nuisance actions or proceedings involving farm operations.
A bill for an act relating to confinement feeding operation structures by providing separation distance requirements for visitor attractions and cities, and providing an effective date.
A bill for an act relating to confinement feeding operations by providing for the approval by counties of construction of structures associated with the operations.