A bill for an act relating to animal feeding operations, by providing for the regulation of anaerobic digester systems, providing fees, making penalties applicable, and including effective date and applicability provisions.
This bill regulates on-farm anaerobic digester systems used to process manure and organic materials from animal feeding operations. It defines key terms like "digestate" (nutrient-rich byproduct) and "digester feedstock" (organic materials processed in the system), and requires these systems to be linked to the farm via common ownership or adjacency (within 1,250 feet). The Iowa Department of Agriculture must create rules for constructing, operating, and applying digestates, with fees based on the number of structures. The bill applies only to on-farm systems and modifies existing manure disposal regulations to align with this new framework.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 26, 2025
Last action Apr 7, 2025
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
6
Committee
6
Apr 7, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 989.
legislature
Apr 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee vote: Yeas, 24. Nays, 0. Excused, 1.
lower
Apr 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report, recommending passage.
lower
Apr 2, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee recommends passage.
legislature
Apr 1, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee Meeting: 04/02/2025 8:30AM House Lounge.
legislature
Mar 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee: Sexton, James and Wulf.
lower
Mar 26, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, referred to Ways and Means.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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