A bill for an act relating to animal feeding operations by regulating shellfish, and making penalties applicable.

SF 2337 adds shellfish to Iowa's animal feeding operation (AFO) regulations by defining shellfish under specific weight-based categories for regulatory calculations. It establishes that shellfish weighing 25 grams or more count as 0.001 animal units each, while smaller shellfish count as 0.00006 units each. Shellfish operations can choose to follow general water quality permitting rules instead of standard AFO regulations. This directly affects shellfish farmers and aquaculture businesses in Iowa by integrating them into existing AFO oversight.