Bills in Committee

Agriculture (H)

Bills under consideration and review by committee.

Bill	Bill Title
SF 2289	A bill for an act prohibiting the mistreatment of animals other than livestock and wild animals, providing reporting requirements, providing for criminal offenses, and including penalties. (Formerly SF 2138.)
SF 2251	A bill for an act providing for the regulation of anhydrous ammonia and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SF 2135.)
SF 2180	A bill for an act providing for the appointment of members of the general assembly to serve on the water resources coordinating council. (Formerly SF 2027.)
HF 2461	A bill for an act relating to water quality and soil conservation efforts, including related powers and duties of commissioners of soil and water conservation districts, county boards of supervisors, county treasurers, the state soil conservation committee, the department of agriculture and land stewardship's division of soil and water conservation, and the attorney general.
HF 2416	A bill for an act relating to commercial establishments keeping nonagricultural animals, by establishing a quality assurance council and providing for a quality assurance certificate awarded to selected commercial breeders. (Formerly HSB 560)
HF 2344	A bill for an act requiring that agreements to terminate farm tenancies be in writing. Effective 7-1-16.
HF 2340	A bill for an act requiring that state efforts to reduce nutrient loads in surface waters be customized based on a watershed's unique characteristics. (Formerly HF 2187)
HF 2296	A bill for an act imposing a fee on certain fertilizers to be credited to the water quality initiative fund.
HF 2269	A bill for an act providing for certain excise taxes imposed on the sale of cattle and including effective date provisions. Effective 3-31-16.
HF 2216	A bill for an act providing for the regulation of anhydrous ammonia containers, and making penalties applicable.
HF 2211	A bill for an act relating to water quality improvement, by providing for water quality programs, projects, and practices, the certification of conservation planners, the use or transfer of fertilizer fees, and the approval of designs for soil and water conservation practices, making appropriations to support environmental specialists, and reducing property taxes on land reserved for conservation practices. (See Cmte. Bill HF 2410)
HF 2202	A bill for an act requiring Iowa state university of science and technology to develop and maintain a database of water quality measurements with the state's watersheds.
HF 2187	A bill for an act requiring that state efforts to reduce nutrient loads in surface waters be customized based on a watershed's unique characteristics. (See Cmte. Bill HF 2340)
HF 2186	A bill for an act authorizing the department of agriculture and land stewardship's division of soil conservation and water quality to support privately sponsored innovative water quality practices.
HF 2176	A bill for an act relating to councils concerned with water quality, by providing for the appointment of members of the general assembly to serve on the water resources coordinating council and eliminating appointed members of the general assembly serving on the watershed planning advisory council.
HF 2038	A bill for an act requiring Iowa state university to develop a database of water quality measurements within watersheds.
HF 668	A bill for an act providing for the incidental sale of unpasteurized milk, or milk products manufactured from such milk, by producers holding a permit issued by the department of agriculture and land stewardship.
HF 586	A bill for an act relating to animal feeding operations, by providing for information contained in public records, the use of vehicles or tank wagons used in the application of manure, biosecurity requirements, and county documents. (Formerly HF 440)
HF 574	A bill for an act expanding the renewable fuel infrastructure program to support the storage and dispensing of E-15 gasoline. (Formerly HSB 186)
HF 508	A bill for an act providing for certification requirements for persons actively involved in the operation of a commercial manure service. (Formerly HF 353)
HF 489	A bill for an act providing for the application of manure originating from animal feeding operations, and making penalties applicable.
HF 458	A bill for an act requiring that honey packaged in this state and sold or offered for sale to consumers be labeled, and making penalties applicable.
HF 456	A bill for an act providing that the use of animal massage or applied animal behavior science performed when treating a horse is not the practice of veterinary medicine or regulated by the Iowa board of veterinary medicine.
HF 440	A bill for an act relating to animal feeding operations, including rulemaking procedures, vehicles used in the application of manure, and biosecurity requirements. (See Cmte. Bill HF 586)
HF 430	A bill for an act relating to areas established as fruit-tree or forest reservations for the purpose of a property tax exemption by requiring the erection or maintenance of partition fences to restrain livestock, and including effective date and applicability provisions.
HF 389	A bill for an act relating to the regulation of agricultural seed, by providing that seed exchanges and seed libraries are exempt from testing requirements and the payment of permit fees.
HF 353	A bill for an act providing for certification requirements for persons actively involved in the operation of a commercial manure service. (See Cmte. Bill HF 508)
HF 289	A bill for an act relating to evidence of financial responsibility required to be furnished by certain pesticide applicators to the department of agriculture and land stewardship, and including effective date provisions.
HF 268	A bill for an act relating to eligible applicants for local watershed improvement grants.
HF 262	A bill for an act prohibiting the slaughter and use of equines as food products to be used for human consumption, providing for penalties, and including effective date provisions.
HF 210	A bill for an act providing for the use of milk derived from certain animals for the animal owner's personal use.
HF 209	A bill for an act providing for the sale of unpasteurized or ungraded milk or milk products produced at a dairy farm to an individual for use as commercial feed for animals and making penalties applicable.
HF 147	A bill for an act requiring consumer labeling information for food, and including penalties.
HF 119	A bill for an act relating to participation in the senior farmers' market nutrition program.
HF 62	A bill for an act providing for the segregation of financial and related duties by soil and water conservation commissioners.