Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa SF2067: A BILL FOR An Act relating to easements for hazardous liquid pipelines, including negotiation requirements, eminent domain authorization, and contract execution, and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions
Status: In committee, January 29, 2026
An Act relating to easements for hazardous liquid pipelines, including negotiation requirements, eminent domain authorization, and contract execution, and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act relating to easements for hazardous liquid pipelines, including negotiation requirements, eminent domain authorization, and contract execution, and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions.
From the introduced text, January 20, 2026:
A BILL FOR An Act relating to easements for hazardous liquid pipelines, including negotiation requirements, eminent domain authorization, and contract execution, and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5117XS (15) sb/js S.F. 2067 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 479B.1A Legislative intent. It is the goal of the general assembly that the right of eminent domain will not be granted for a hazardous liquid pipeline except when every other reasonably available alternative has been diligently exhausted. Further goals of the general assembly are to promote the production of energy, derived from crops grown and resources gathered within the state of Iowa, and elsewhere within the United States, to ensure long-term, economically competitive and diverse sources of energy for Iowans, for citizens of the United States, and for our customers abroad; to support agriculture in the state of Iowa, and the employment of Iowans in agricultural work and in affiliated industries; to encourage investment in Iowa agriculture, and in the facilities needed to process our produce and to deliver useful products to consumers; to provide reasonable conditions for the planning and construction of linear infrastructure projects that will serve the public convenience and necessity; and to vindicate and safeguard the property rights of all Iowans, including those who …
Sponsors
- Michael Klimesh (R, 32) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Subcommittee recommends passage.
- : Subcommittee Meeting: 01/29/2026 11:00AM Room G15.
- : Subcommittee reassigned: Bousselot, Klimesh, and Petersen. S.J. 159 .
- : Subcommittee: Klimesh, Bousselot, and Petersen. S.J. 132 .
- : Introduced, referred to Commerce. S.J. 113 .
Subjects: contracts, construction work, utilities, arbitration, easements, eminent domain, concessions, real property
Common questions
- What is SF2067?
- SF2067 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act relating to easements for hazardous liquid pipelines, including negotiation requirements, eminent domain authorization, and contract execution, and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions.
- What does SF2067 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act relating to easements for hazardous liquid pipelines, including negotiation requirements, eminent domain authorization, and contract execution, and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions.
- What is the status of SF2067?
- In committee as of January 29, 2026. Latest action: Subcommittee recommends passage. (January 29, 2026).
- Who sponsored SF2067?
- Michael Klimesh (R, 32).
- Where is the official record for SF2067?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=SF+2067&ga=91
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