Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa SF2259: A BILL FOR An Act regulating confinement feeding operations by providing for construction permits, and making penalties applicable
Status: In committee, February 12, 2026
An Act regulating confinement feeding operations by providing for construction permits, and making penalties applicable.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act regulating confinement feeding operations by providing for construction permits, and making penalties applicable.
From the introduced text, February 10, 2026:
A BILL FOR An Act regulating confinement feeding operations by providing for construction permits, and making penalties applicable. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 6131XS (5) da/js S.F. 2259 Section 1. Section 459.303, subsection 1, paragraphs a and b, Code 2026, are amended to read as follows: a. Except as provided in paragraph "b", a person must obtain a permit to construct any of the following: (1) A confinement feeding operation structure if after construction its confinement feeding operation would have an animal unit capacity of at least one thousand more than three hundred animal units. (2) The confinement feeding operation structure is an unformed manure storage structure. b. A person is not required to obtain a permit to construct a confinement feeding operation structure if any of the following apply: the confinement feeding operation structure is part of a confinement feeding operation that is owned by a research college conducting research activities as provided in section 459.318. (1) The confinement feeding operation structure, if constructed, would be part of a small animal feeding operation. However, the person must obtain a permit under this section if the confinement feeding operation structure is an unformed manure storage structure. (2) The confinement feeding operation structure is part of a confinement feeding operation which is owned …
Sponsors
- Art Staed (D, 40) · primary sponsor
- Herman Quirmbach (D, 25)
- Janet Petersen (D, 18)
- Liz Bennett (D, 39)
Latest actions
- : Subcommittee: Rozenboom, Staed, and Zumbach. S.J. 278 .
- : Introduced, referred to Natural Resources and Environment. S.J. 238 .
Subjects: livestock, construction work, colleges and universities, natural resources department, animal feeding operations, animals, research
Common questions
- What is SF2259?
- SF2259 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act regulating confinement feeding operations by providing for construction permits, and making penalties applicable.
- What does SF2259 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act regulating confinement feeding operations by providing for construction permits, and making penalties applicable.
- What is the status of SF2259?
- In committee as of February 12, 2026. Latest action: Subcommittee: Rozenboom, Staed, and Zumbach. S.J. 278 . (February 12, 2026).
- Who sponsored SF2259?
- Art Staed (D, 40), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SF2259?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=SF+2259&ga=91
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