Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa HF2416: 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
Status: In committee, February 12, 2026
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.
What the bill says
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.
From the introduced text, February 12, 2026:
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. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5215YH (2) da/js H.F. 2416 Section 1. Section 459.102, subsection 15, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows: 15. "Confinement feeding operation" means an animal feeding operation in which animals are confined to areas which that are totally or partially roofed. Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 459.104 Moratorium ---- confinement feeding operation structures. 1. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or any other provision of law to the contrary, a person shall not construct, including expand, a confinement feeding operation structure. 2. Subsection 1 does not apply to a confinement feeding operation structure that is part of a small animal feeding operation. 3. This section does not prohibit a person from completing construction, including expansion, of a confinement feeding operation structure if, prior to the effective date of this Act, the person has begun construction, including expansion, of the confinement feeding operation structure as otherwise allowed under this chapter. 4. a. When the department of natural resources determines there are fewer than one hundred water bodies in Iowa included on the …
Sponsors
- Ken Croken (D, 97) · primary sponsor
- Beth Wessel-Kroeschell (D, 49)
Latest actions
- : Introduced, referred to Agriculture. H.J. 272 .
Subjects: livestock, animal feeding operations
Common questions
- What is HF2416?
- HF2416 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): 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.
- What does HF2416 do?
- In its own words: 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.
- What is the status of HF2416?
- In committee as of February 12, 2026. Latest action: Introduced, referred to Agriculture. H.J. 272 . (February 12, 2026).
- Who sponsored HF2416?
- Ken Croken (D, 97), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HF2416?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=HF+2416&ga=91
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