Iowa Environmental Council
Friday, February 13, 2026 3:54 PM
Upcoming Subcommittees
| TIME | INFO | POSITION |
|---|---|---|
| Mon 2/16 11:00 - RM 102 | HF 2365 - A bill for an act relating to the regulation of public utilities, including rate filings, rate adjustment mechanisms, virtual power plants, and integrated resource planning. | Support/For |
| Mon 2/16 11:30 - RM 19 | HF 2081 - A bill for an act establishing standards for obstruction lights on wind energy conversion facilities and providing penalties. | Support/For |
| Mon 2/16 11:30 - Senate Lounge | SF 2251 - A bill for an act relating to the authority of combined recreational lake and water quality districts when issuing bonds. | |
| Mon 2/16 12:15 - RM 102 | HSB 737 - A bill for an act relating to emergency planning and coordination for electric transmission line owners, and providing penalties. | Support/For |
| Tue 2/17 8:00 - House Lounge 2 | HSB 118 - A bill for an act authorizing manufacturers of battery electric motor vehicles to be licensed as motor vehicle dealers. | Support/For |
| Tue 2/17 12:00 - RM 304 | HF 2283 - A bill for an act relating to grid-enhancing technologies and reconductoring, including study and reporting requirements. | Support/For |
Alive Bills
| BILL | DESCRIPTION | STATUS | POSITION |
|---|---|---|---|
| HF 439 | A bill for an act relating to citizenship or immigration status for purposes of a driver's license or nonoperator's identification card, and including applicability provisions.(Formerly HSB 37.) | Subcommittee Meeting: 01/28/2026 12:00PM RM 19 (Cancelled). (1/26/26) | Oppose/Against |
| HF 529 | A bill for an act relating to the maximum weight of vehicles powered primarily by natural gas or electric battery, and making penalties applicable.(Formerly HSB 134.) | Placed on calendar. (2/9/26) | |
| HF 2001 | A bill for an act relating to water efficiency of data centers, including requirements for water-efficient cooling technologies and encouragement for the use of nonpotable and recycled water sources, providing civil penalties, and including effective date and applicability provisions. | Introduced, referred to Commerce. (1/13/26) | Support/For |
| SF 2304 CO:HF 2032 |
A bill for an act establishing procedures for system enhancement of infrastructure, including for development of ratemaking principles permitted for recovery costs of certain investments in infrastructure by water and wastewater utilities.(Formerly SSB 3068.) | Committee report, approving bill. (2/12/26) | |
| HF 2041 CO:SF 2097 |
A bill for an act relating to state law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration and customs enforcement. | Subcommittee Meeting: 01/28/2026 12:00PM RM 103 (Cancelled). (1/26/26) | Oppose/Against |
| SF 2097 CO:HF 2041 |
A bill for an act relating to state law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration and customs enforcement. | Subcommittee: Schultz, Bousselot, and Knox. (1/28/26) | Oppose/Against |
| HF 2042 | A bill for an act requiring the department of management to conduct a study regarding the merger of the department of natural resources and the department of agriculture and land stewardship, and including effective date provisions. | Subcommittee recommends passage. (2/12/26) | Oppose/Against |
| HF 2046 | A bill for an act relating to requirements for portable solar generation devices. | Introduced, referred to Commerce. (1/14/26) | Support/For |
| HF 2076 CO:SF 2056 |
A bill for an act relating to billing methods for distributed generation customers. | Subcommittee recommends passage. (1/28/26) | Monitor/Undecided |
| HF 2081 | A bill for an act establishing standards for obstruction lights on wind energy conversion facilities and providing penalties. | Subcommittee Meeting: 02/16/2026 11:30AM RM 19. (2/11/26) | Support/For |
| HF 2104 | A bill for an act relating to the exercise of eminent domain for carbon oxide pipelines, and including applicability and effective date provisions.(Formerly HSB 507.) | Amendment S-5002 filed. (1/29/26) Passed House , yeas 64, nays 28. (1/21/26) | Monitor/Undecided |
| HF 2105 | A bill for an act providing for a study of excess energy production by electric power generating facilities. | Introduced, referred to Commerce. (1/16/26) | Monitor/Undecided |
| HF 2117 | A bill for an act relating to groundwater monitoring in the state, including the establishment of a pilot program, and including effective date provisions. | Introduced, referred to Natural Resources. (1/21/26) | Monitor/Undecided |
| HF 2158 CO:SF 2111 |
A bill for an act relating to statewide resilience planning, including the development, implementation, and periodic updating of an Iowa state resilience plan. | Committee vote: Yeas, 22. Nays, 1. Excused, 0. (2/11/26) | |
| SF 2111 CO:HF 2158 |
A bill for an act relating to statewide resilience planning, including the development, implementation, and periodic updating of an Iowa state resilience plan. | Subcommittee recommends passage. (2/4/26) | Support/For |
| HF 2167 | A bill for an act providing for a buffer strip program and fund, and making appropriations. | Tabled until future meeting. (2/4/26) | Support/For |
| HF 2173 | A bill for an act relating to the intentional emission of air contaminants into the atmosphere, including prohibitions and reporting requirements, and providing penalties. | Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage. (2/5/26) | |
| HF 2210 | A bill for an act relating to beneficial use in the context of water allocation. | Introduced, referred to Natural Resources. (1/29/26) | |
| HF 2215 CO:SF 2230 |
A bill for an act relating to natural resources, including office locations of the director of natural resources, state park user fee pilot programs, the delegation of powers and duties concerning state preserves, and age requirements for hunting deer with pistols or revolvers.(Formerly HSB 553.) | Introduced, placed on calendar. (1/29/26) | |
| SF 2230 CO:HF 2215 |
A bill for an act relating to natural resources, including office locations of the director of natural resources, state park user fee pilot programs, the delegation of powers and duties concerning state preserves, and age requirements for hunting deer with pistols or revolvers.(Formerly SSB 3101.) | Committee report, approving bill. (2/5/26) | |
| HF 2217 | A bill for an act relating to radon testing in schools, including responsibilities of nonpublic schools, applicability to charter and innovation zone schools, establishing a school testing and mitigation of radon grant program within the department of education, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions. | Introduced, referred to Education. (1/30/26) | Support/For |
| HF 2227 | A bill for an act relating to land restoration following the initial construction of electric transmission lines.(Formerly HSB 526.) | Introduced, placed on calendar. (1/30/26) | Monitor/Undecided |
| HF 2228 | A bill for an act relating to the installation of transmission lines on highway rights-of-way.(Formerly HF 736.) | Introduced, placed on calendar. (1/30/26) | Support/For |
| HF 2229 CO:SSB 3053 |
A bill for an act relating to the administration of the utilities commission, including the creation of the position of executive director and modification of the duties and titles of the chairperson and executive staff.(Formerly HSB 513.) | Introduced, placed on calendar. (1/30/26) | Monitor/Undecided |
| SSB 3053 CO:HF 2229 |
A bill for an act relating to the administration of the utilities commission, including the creation of the position of executive director and modification of the duties and titles of the chairperson and executive staff. | Subcommittee: Bousselot, Blake, and Schultz. (1/21/26) | Monitor/Undecided |
| HF 2237 CO:HF 2313 |
A bill for an act relating to the discharge of toxic pollutants associated with coal ash into water sources. | Introduced, referred to Natural Resources. (1/30/26) | Support/For |
| HF 2313 CO:HF 2237 |
A bill for an act relating to the discharge of toxic pollutants associated with coal ash into water sources. | Introduced, referred to Environmental Protection. (2/6/26) | |
| HF 2238 | A bill for an act providing for a study to determine the cost and feasibility of acquiring certain public utilities or their assets. | Introduced, referred to State Government. (1/30/26) | |
| HF 2257 | A bill for an act relating to the siting and operation of renewable electric power generating facilities, and including retroactive applicability provisions. | Introduced, referred to Commerce. (2/3/26) | Monitor/Undecided |
| HF 2261 | A bill for an act relating to customer classes for large energy use facilities, and including applicability provisions. | Introduced, referred to Commerce. (2/3/26) | Monitor/Undecided |
| HF 2283 | A bill for an act relating to grid-enhancing technologies and reconductoring, including study and reporting requirements. | Subcommittee Meeting: 02/17/2026 12:00PM RM 304. (2/10/26) | Support/For |
| HF 2284 | A bill for an act relating to wind turbine inspections, and providing penalties. | Subcommittee recommends passage. (2/11/26) | |
| HF 2296 | A bill for an act restricting counties and cities from issuing a local form of identification.(Formerly HSB 552.) | Introduced, placed on calendar. (2/5/26) | Oppose/Against |
| HF 2297 | A bill for an act relating to radon mitigation in residential buildings.(Formerly HF 82.) | Introduced, placed on calendar. (2/5/26) | Support/For |
| HF 2304 CO:SSB 3074 |
A bill for an act relating to indirect costs charged to state-funded grants, and including applicability provisions.(Formerly HSB 642.) | Introduced, placed on calendar. (2/6/26) | |
| HF 2312 | A bill for an act establishing an affordable housing task force. | Introduced, referred to Economic Growth and Technology. (2/6/26) | |
| HF 2340 | A bill for an act relating to agriculture, including by providing for the powers and duties of the department of agriculture and land stewardship, including the promotion and regulation of commodities and products; the regulation of the transportation of agricultural commodities; the use of agricultural land; and taxation, including property taxes, excise and sales taxes, and income taxes; making penalties applicable; and including effective date and applicability provisions.(Formerly HSB 588.) | Subcommittee: Wulf, Hermanson and Kurth. (2/12/26) | Monitor/Undecided |
| HF 2342 | A bill for an act providing for the future repeal of tax credits. | Introduced, referred to Ways and Means. (2/6/26) | |
| HF 2365 CO:SF 2273 |
A bill for an act relating to the regulation of public utilities, including rate filings, rate adjustment mechanisms, virtual power plants, and integrated resource planning. | Subcommittee Meeting: 02/16/2026 11:00AM RM 102. (2/12/26) | Support/For |
| SF 2273 CO:HF 2365 |
A bill for an act relating to the regulation of public utilities, including rate filings, rate adjustment mechanisms, virtual power plants, and integrated resource planning. | Introduced, referred to Commerce. (2/11/26) | Support/For |
| SF 2104 CO:HF 2391 |
A bill for an act relating to water usage reporting requirements for large water use facilities. | Introduced, referred to Natural Resources and Environment. (1/26/26) | |
| HF 2395 | A bill for an act relating to the use of fluoride-based additives in private and public water supply systems. | Introduced, referred to Health and Human Services. (2/11/26) | |
| HF 2408 | A bill for an act appropriating moneys to support a water quality monitoring network supervised by the Iowa flood center. | Introduced, referred to Natural Resources. (2/11/26) | |
| HF 2414 | A bill for an act relating to the investment of public funds in precious metals, oil, and natural gas. | Introduced, referred to State Government. (2/11/26) | |
| HF 2416 CO:SF 2262 |
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. | Introduced, referred to Agriculture. (2/12/26) | |
| SF 2262 CO:HF 2416 |
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. | Subcommittee: Shipley, Rozenboom, and Staed. (2/12/26) | |
| HF 2417 CO:SF 2258 |
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. | Introduced, referred to Agriculture. (2/12/26) | |
| SF 2258 CO:HF 2417 |
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. | Subcommittee: Costello, Schultz, and Staed. (2/12/26) | |
| HF 2418 CO:SF 2260 |
A bill for an act providing for county control of the siting and management of confinement feeding operations. | Introduced, referred to Agriculture. (2/12/26) | |
| SF 2260 CO:HF 2418 |
A bill for an act providing for county control of the siting and management of confinement feeding operations. | Subcommittee: Driscoll, Bousselot, and Quirmbach. (2/11/26) | |
| HF 2419 CO:SF 2270 |
A bill for an act regulating animal feeding operations, including rulemaking requirements, and making penalties applicable. | Introduced, referred to Agriculture. (2/12/26) | |
| SF 2270 CO:HF 2419 |
A bill for an act regulating animal feeding operations, including rulemaking requirements, and making penalties applicable. | Subcommittee: Shipley, Rozenboom, and Staed. (2/12/26) | |
| HF 2425 CO:SF 2269 |
A bill for an act appropriating moneys to Iowa state university of science and technology for use by the Iowa nutrient research center in supporting the Iowa water quality information systems. | Introduced, referred to Natural Resources. (2/12/26) | |
| SF 2269 CO:HF 2425 |
A bill for an act appropriating moneys to Iowa state university of science and technology for use by the Iowa nutrient research center in supporting the Iowa water quality information systems. | Subcommittee: Zumbach, Kraayenbrink, and Staed. (2/11/26) | |
| HJR 2003 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa providing the right to donate private property to public entities or nonprofit corporations. | Introduced, referred to State Government. (1/14/26) | Support/For |
| HJR 2007 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the right of the people to a clean environment. | Introduced, referred to Environmental Protection. (2/6/26) | |
| HSB 118 | A bill for an act authorizing manufacturers of battery electric motor vehicles to be licensed as motor vehicle dealers. | Subcommittee Meeting: 02/17/2026 8:00AM House Lounge 2. (2/11/26) | Support/For |
| HSB 519 | A bill for an act relating to energy production including the modification of electric power generation, energy storage, and transmission facility ratemaking principles. | Subcommittee recommends passage. (1/22/26) | Oppose/Against |
| HSB 521 | A bill for an act authorizing the transfer of funds to assist the state load forecasting center. | Subcommittee Meeting: 02/05/2026 8:15AM House Lounge 2 (Cancelled). (1/29/26) | Monitor/Undecided |
| HSB 522 | A bill for an act relating to electric utility resource planning. | Subcommittee recommends passage. (2/11/26) | Monitor/Undecided |
| HSB 586 | A bill for an act relating to matters under the purview of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing. | Committee vote: Yeas, 20. Nays, 2. Excused, 1. (2/11/26) | |
| HSB 596 | A bill for an act relating to local government taxes, budgets, and authority, by establishing property tax limitations and modifying provisions relating to the assessment and taxation of property, certain taxpayer notices, bond issuances, and councils of governments, and including applicability and retroactive applicability provisions. | Subcommittee recommends passage. (1/29/26) | |
| HSB 601 CO:SSB 3060 |
A bill for an act relating to the acquisition of water, sanitary sewer, and storm water utilities, including required findings by the Iowa utilities commission, the timeline for issuing ratemaking principles, and the determination of applicable ratemaking principles. | Subcommittee: Mohr, G., Bagniewski and Determann. (1/22/26) | |
| SSB 3060 CO:HSB 601 |
A bill for an act relating to the acquisition of water, sanitary sewer, and storm water utilities, including required findings by the Iowa utilities commission, the timeline for issuing ratemaking principles, and the determination of applicable ratemaking principles. | Subcommittee returns the bill to Committee without recommendation. []. (2/3/26) | |
| HSB 619 | A bill for an act creating the Iowa rural health transformation fund and making appropriations. | Committee vote: Yeas, 14. Nays, 6. Excused, 1. (2/12/26) | |
| HSB 629 CO:SSB 3092 |
A bill for an act relating to solar energy by establishing a community solar facility program. | Subcommittee recommends passage. (2/5/26) | Support/For |
| SSB 3092 CO:HSB 629 |
A bill for an act relating to solar energy by establishing a community solar facility program. | Subcommittee recommends passage. (2/5/26) | Support/For |
| HSB 630 | A bill for an act relating to customer-based energy, including power plants and energy storage. | Subcommittee recommends passage. (2/3/26) | Support/For |
| HSB 657 | A bill for an act requiring the department of natural resources to identify specific animal sources of pollutants to a water of the state when determining the water's inclusion on a list of impaired waters. | Committee vote: Yeas, 15. Nays, 8. (2/10/26) | Oppose/Against |
| HSB 662 CO:SSB 3119 |
A bill for an act relating to animal feeding operations by regulating shellfish, and making penalties applicable. | Committee vote: Yeas, 23. Nays, 0. (2/10/26) | |
| SSB 3119 CO:HSB 662 |
A bill for an act relating to animal feeding operations by regulating shellfish, and making penalties applicable. | Committee report approving bill, renumbered as []. (2/12/26) | |
| HSB 691 | A bill for an act relating to pipeline projects, including damage claims and landowner rights, and including effective date provisions. | Subcommittee recommends passage. (2/12/26) | |
| HSB 692 | A bill for an act relating to the siting and operation of renewable electric power generating facilities. | Subcommittee recommends passage. (2/11/26) | |
| HSB 693 | A bill for an act providing a limitation on civil or criminal liability for any alleged actual or potential effect on climate caused wholly or partly by a greenhouse gas emission. | Committee vote: Yeas, 20. Nays, 3. (2/10/26) | Oppose/Against |
| HSB 713 | A bill for an act relating to the use and withdrawal of Iowa's surface and groundwater resources, including permitting requirements. | Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage. (2/12/26) | Monitor/Undecided |
| HSB 737 | A bill for an act relating to emergency planning and coordination for electric transmission line owners, and providing penalties. | Subcommittee Meeting: 02/16/2026 12:15PM RM 102. (2/12/26) | Support/For |
| HSB 740 | A bill for an act relating to the production of oil and gas, geologic hydrogen, hydrocarbons, or other minerals, including establishing certain duties required of oil and gas operators, requiring notice and surface use agreement offers, and providing for remedies. | Subcommittee: Harris, Baeth and Collins. (2/12/26) | |
| SF 546 CO:SF 268 |
A bill for an act relating to oil and gas production, including filing requirements, the authority of the department of natural resources, confidential information, and pooling orders.(Formerly SF 268.) | Subcommittee recommends passage. (2/5/26) | Oppose/Against |
| SF 2067 | 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. | Subcommittee recommends passage. (1/29/26) | |
| SF 2069 | A bill for an act imposing a tax on the transportation of liquefied carbon dioxide through pipelines, and providing for penalties. | Subcommittee recommends passage. (2/4/26) | |
| SF 2103 | A bill for an act relating to the cessation of appropriations to the Iowa resources enhancement and protection fund. | Subcommittee: Zumbach, Kraayenbrink, and Staed. (1/28/26) | Support/For |
| SF 2164 | A bill for an act relating to the definition of public improvement. | Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage. (2/10/26) | |
| SF 2193 CO:HF 723 |
A bill for an act requiring a water treatment plant to conduct a test of sewage sludge to detect the presence of a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance. | Subcommittee: Schultz, Shipley, and Staed. (2/5/26) | |
| SF 2208 | A bill for an act relating to the prohibition of geoengineering activities, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly SSB 3010.) | Committee report, approving bill. (2/5/26) | |
| SF 2214 | A bill for an act relating to the installation of transmission lines on highway rights-of-way.(Formerly SSB 3063.) | Committee report, approving bill. (2/5/26) | Support/For |
| SF 2242 | A bill for an act relating to radon testing and mitigation for the conveyance of single-family residences, and including applicability provisions. | Subcommittee: Rozenboom, Blake, and Schultz. (2/12/26) | Support/For |
| SF 2249 CO:SF 2324 |
A bill for an act relating to customer classes for large energy use facilities, and including applicability provisions. | Subcommittee: Driscoll, Petersen, and Reichman. (2/12/26) | Monitor/Undecided |
| SF 2324 CO:SF 2249 |
A bill for an act relating to customer classes for large energy use facilities, and including applicability provisions. | Introduced, referred to Commerce. (2/12/26) | |
| SF 2251 | A bill for an act relating to the authority of combined recreational lake and water quality districts when issuing bonds. | Subcommittee Meeting: 02/16/2026 11:30AM Senate Lounge. (2/12/26) | |
| SF 2255 CO:HSB 736 |
A bill for an act relating to the treatment of private sewage disposal systems, including monitoring, maintenance, and reporting requirements, and including applicability provisions.(Formerly SSB 3125.) | Committee report, approving bill. (2/10/26) | Monitor/Undecided |
| SF 2259 | A bill for an act regulating confinement feeding operations by providing for construction permits, and making penalties applicable. | Subcommittee: Rozenboom, Staed, and Zumbach. (2/12/26) | |
| SF 2261 | A bill for an act relating to confinement feeding operations by requiring the installation and operation of pollution monitoring systems, and making penalties applicable. | Subcommittee: Rozenboom, Shipley, and Staed. (2/12/26) | |
| SF 2264 | A bill for an act providing for a manure management planning map. | Subcommittee: Costello, Schultz, and Staed. (2/12/26) | |
| SF 2265 CO:SF 183 |
A bill for an act relating to water quality standards, including by providing for the regulation of animal feeding operations, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable. | Subcommittee: Zumbach, Costello, and Staed. (2/12/26) | |
| SF 2266 | A bill for an act relating to clean water monitoring by requiring agencies to publish disaggregated data, including data associated with contributions by nonpoint sources. | Subcommittee: Zumbach, Rozenboom, and Staed. (2/12/26) | |
| SF 2267 | A bill for an act relating to clean water projects and programs by requiring agencies to publish data regarding progress in meeting certain benchmarks. | Subcommittee: Zumbach, Costello, and Staed. (2/12/26) | |
| SF 2301 | A bill for an act relating to matters under the purview of the economic development authority, the utilities commission, and the department of education, including creation of the headquarters expansion and development for growth and employment program, and the business incentives for growth program training fund; repeal of the new jobs tax credit program; the major economic growth attraction program; load forecasting and analysis of electric transmission system expansion plans; creation of the electric transmission system expansion planning and analysis and load forecasting fund; the industrial new jobs training program; and including effective date provisions.(Formerly SSB 3103.) | Committee report, approving bill. (2/12/26) | |
| SF 2316 | A bill for an act prohibiting a pesticide containing paraquat, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions. | Introduced, referred to Agriculture. (2/12/26) | |
| SSB 3054 CO:HSB 515 |
A bill for an act relating to utility disconnections of gas and electricity services during severe weather. | Subcommittee recommends passage. (1/27/26) | Support/For |
| SSB 3067 | A bill for an act authorizing certain manufacturers of battery electric motor vehicles to be licensed as motor vehicle dealers. | Subcommittee recommends passage. (2/10/26) | Monitor/Undecided |
| SSB 3097 | A bill for an act relating to the national electrical code. | Subcommittee recommends passage. (2/12/26) | |
| SSB 3099 | A bill for an act relating to fire fighting foam purchased by state agencies. | Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage. (2/5/26) | Support/For |
| SSB 3123 | A bill for an act relating to agriculture, including by providing for the powers and duties of the department of agriculture and land stewardship, including the promotion and regulation of commodities and products, the regulation of the transportation of agricultural commodities, and the use of agricultural land, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions. | Subcommittee recommends passage. (2/11/26) | |
| SSB 3130 CO:HSB 694 |
A bill for an act relating to health-related matters, including health-related professions, nutrition, medication, and taxes on certain products, and including effective date and applicability provisions. | Subcommittee: Warme, Costello, and Trone Garriott. (2/10/26) | |
| SSB 3148 | A bill for an act relating to the national electrical code, and including effective date provisions. | Subcommittee: Webster, Bousselot, and Knox. (2/12/26) |