Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa SF429: A BILL FOR An Act providing for a pilot program to reduce the use of commercial nitrogen-based fertilizers to produce crops, and making appropriations
Status: In committee, February 25, 2025
An Act providing for a pilot program to reduce the use of commercial nitrogen-based fertilizers to produce crops, and making appropriations.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act providing for a pilot program to reduce the use of commercial nitrogen-based fertilizers to produce crops, and making appropriations.
From the introduced text, February 25, 2025:
A BILL FOR An Act providing for a pilot program to reduce the use of commercial nitrogen-based fertilizers to produce crops, and making appropriations. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 2740XS (2) da/ns S.F. Section 1. NEW SECTION. 466B.51 Definitions. As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Commercial fertilizer" means the same as defined in section 200.3. 2. "Commercial nitrogen-based fertilizer" means a commercial fertilizer containing at least twenty-five percent total nitrogen. 3. "Division" means the division of soil conservation and water quality created within the department of agriculture and land stewardship pursuant to section 159.5. 4. "Fund" means the innovative nutrient incorporation incentive pilot program fund created in section 466B.55. 5. "Producer" means a person actively engaged in farming agricultural land as those terms are defined in section 9H.1. 6. "Program" means the innovative nutrient incorporation incentive pilot program created pursuant to section 466B.52. 7. a. "Qualifying crop production product" means a commercially available product that, when applied to cropland in conjunction with or as an alternative to a commercial fertilizer, cost-effectively promotes optimum plant growth in a manner that best reduces nitrogen as a nonpoint source of water pollution. b. "Qualifying crop production product" includes but is not limited to a soil conditioner with nitrogen-fixing properties, biological …
Sponsors
- Annette Sweeney (R, 27) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Subcommittee: Shipley, Staed, and Westrich. S.J. 357 .
- : Introduced, referred to Natural Resources and Environment. S.J. 352 .
Subjects: pilot programs, farming, appropriations, innovation, Lottery tickets-acceptance of debit card payments., processing and production, crops, agriculture and land stewardship department
Common questions
- What is SF429?
- SF429 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act providing for a pilot program to reduce the use of commercial nitrogen-based fertilizers to produce crops, and making appropriations.
- What does SF429 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act providing for a pilot program to reduce the use of commercial nitrogen-based fertilizers to produce crops, and making appropriations.
- What is the status of SF429?
- In committee as of February 25, 2025. Latest action: Subcommittee: Shipley, Staed, and Westrich. S.J. 357 . (February 25, 2025).
- Who sponsored SF429?
- Annette Sweeney (R, 27).
- Where is the official record for SF429?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=SF+0429&ga=91
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