Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa SF2258: 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
Status: In committee, February 12, 2026
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.
What the bill says
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.
From the introduced text, February 10, 2026:
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. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5221XS (9) da/js S.F. 2258 Section 1. Section 459.102, Code 2026, is amended by adding the following new subsections: NEW SUBSECTION. 9A. a. "Business entity" means a person recognized as a partnership, limited partnership, or limited liability limited partnership described in chapter 486A or 488; a limited liability company as described in chapter 489; a corporation as described in chapter 490, 491, or 504; an association as described in chapter 497, 498, or 499; a cooperative described in chapter 501; a cooperative association described in chapter 501A; an unincorporated nonprofit association as described in chapter 504; or any other entity commonly referred to as an investment company, joint stock company, joint stock association, or trust, including but not limited to a business trust. b. "Business entity" includes a person described in paragraph "a" regardless of whether the person is formed in this state under any of those provisions referred to in paragraph "a" or is otherwise authorized to do or transact business …