AGRICULTURE: All-bill summary 2014
SF 2191 – Drainage district warrants SF 2273 – Drainage district trustees HF 2344 — Drainage district mergers, annexation, bidding procedures, providing limited liability HF 2427 – Corn promotion...
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SF 251 – ADA Fuel Pumps COMMITTEE ACTION: SF 251 requires the Iowa Department of Agriculture & Land Stewardship (IDALS) to make rules for retail motor fuel sites per the 1990 Americans with...
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HF 525 – Veterinarians and professional limited liability companies COMMITTEE ACTION: HF 525 updates Code Section 169.4A to clarify that various business organizations composed of licensed...
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HF 583 – Animal Truck Wash Facilities COMMITTEE ACTION: HF 583 amends the code sections regulating animal feedlot operations to include livestock truck wash facilities, changing the section “Animal...
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HF 525 – Veterinary Practice and LLCs HF 583 – Animal Truck Wash Facilities FLOOR ACTION: HF 525 updates the Iowa Code to clarify that business organizations composed of licensed veterinarians may...
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SF 357 – Electrical licensing SF 362 – County fairs & State Fair not liable for damages from animal pathogens COMMITTEE ACTION SF 357 codifies Iowa Code with the Department of Public Safety’s...
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SF 447 – Nuisance protection for animal feeding operations SF 456 – Regional water authorities SF 329 – Establishing industrial hemp within IDALS SF 357 – Electrical licensing SF 362 – County fairs...
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SF 447 – Nuisance protection for animal feeding operations FLOOR ACTION SF 447 establishes a new section in the Iowa Code, 657.11A. The bill will provide nuisance protection for animal feeding...
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HF 440 – County Agriculture Extension publications HF 469 – Soil and water commissioner elections COMMITTEE ACTION HF 440 allows an additional month to file and publish county Agriculture Extension...
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HF 410 – Classifying palmer amaranth as a primary noxious weed COMMITTEE ACTION HF 410 classifies palmer amaranth as a primary noxious weed. [3/29: short form]
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HF 410 – Classifying palmer amaranth as a primary noxious weed FLOOR ACTION: HF 410 classifies palmer amaranth as a primary noxious weed. [4/5: 50-0]
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HF 440 – County Agriculture Extension publications HF 469 – Soil and water commissioner elections FLOOR ACTION: HF 440 allows an additional month to file and publish county Agriculture Extension...
View ArticleAgriculture Committee – All-Bill Summary 2017
The following bills were passed by the Legislature and signed into law by the Governor. HF 410 – Classifying Palmer Amaranth as a primary noxious weed HF 440 – County Agriculture Extension publications...
View ArticleAgriculture Committee Report – Week 6, 2018
SF 2242 – Sale of eggs by grocery stores. COMMITTEE ACTION: SF 2242 codifies the Women, Infants & Children (WIC) benefit that grocery stores maintain a sufficient inventory of conventional eggs....
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HF 2281 – Fish CAFO; HF 2407 – Lake pesticides; HF 2422 – Noxious weed updates; HF 2408 – Sale of eggs by grocery stores. COMMITTEE ACTION: HF 2281 amends the animal agriculture compliance act to...
View ArticleAgriculture Committee Report – Week 11, 2018
HF 2407 – Lake pesticides; HF 2422 – Noxious weed updates. FLOOR ACTION: HF 2407 creates a new civil penalty for applying pesticides in natural lakes without a license. [3/19: 47-0 (Excused:...
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HF 2281 – Fish CAFO. FLOOR ACTION: HF 2281 amends the animal agriculture compliance act to assign an equivalency factor of .00006 to fish weighing less than 25 grams. Fish weighing more than 25...
View ArticleAgriculture Committee – All-Bill Summary 2018
All bills passed by the Legislature and sent to the Governor for her signature during the 2018 session. HF 2281 – Fish confinement feeding operations HF 2422 – Noxious weed update bill HF 2407 – Lake...
View ArticleAgriculture Committee Report – Week 5, 2019
Action between February 6 and February 13 on bills assigned to the Senate Agriculture Committee.
View ArticleAgriculture Committee Report – Week 6, 2019
Action between February 14 and February 20 on bills assigned to the Senate Agriculture Committee.
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