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Iowa Environmental Council

An organization that hires lobbyists at the Iowa Legislature (2025–26 session). Its lobbyists filed 658 positions on 87 bills, one filing per lobbyist per bill, and again on each refiling, so the two counts differ. Each bill is counted once, under the most recent position filed on it, even when the bill was renumbered mid-session ; the organization changed position on 4 bills

For 32 · Against 23 · No side declared 32

Declared for (32 bills)

Bill Title Status
HF 54 Authorizing manufacturers of battery electric motor vehicles to be licensed as motor vehicle dealers no floor vote recorded
HF 151 Surface water quality by requiring the establishment and maintenance of riparian protection measures, providing for financing, and… no floor vote recorded
HF 368 Water quality standards, including by providing for the regulation of animal feeding operations, providing penalties, and making penalties… no floor vote recorded
HF 707 A standing appropriation to the department of health and human services to make free radon test kits available to homeowners and renters in… no floor vote recorded
HF 876 filed as HF 442 Providing for the disclosure of lead service lines in real estate disclosures and including effective date provisions signed by governor
HF 1027 filed as HF 211 Radon by establishing radon mitigation requirements, creating a radon mitigation system tax credit available against the individual and… floor vote recorded
HF 2001 Water efficiency of data centers, including requirements for water-efficient cooling technologies and encouragement for the use of… no floor vote recorded
HF 2046 Requirements for portable solar generation devices no floor vote recorded
HF 2081 earlier: no side Establishing standards for obstruction lights on wind energy conversion facilities and providing penalties no floor vote recorded
HF 2167 Providing for a buffer strip program and fund, and making appropriations no floor vote recorded
HF 2217 Radon testing in schools, including responsibilities of nonpublic schools, applicability to charter and innovation zone schools,… no floor vote recorded
HF 2228 filed as HF 736 The installation of transmission lines on highway rights-of-way no floor vote recorded
HF 2237 The discharge of toxic pollutants associated with coal ash into water sources no floor vote recorded
HF 2297 filed as HF 82 Radon mitigation in residential buildings signed by governor
HF 2313 The discharge of toxic pollutants associated with coal ash into water sources no floor vote recorded
HF 2406 Administration of and taxation on tobacco-related products including imposing a tax on alternative nicotine products and vapor products no floor vote recorded
HF 2668 filed as HF 2365 The regulation of public utilities, including virtual power plants and integrated resource planning no floor vote recorded
HF 2672 Solar energy by establishing a community solar facility program no floor vote recorded
HF 2682 filed as HF 2283 Grid-enhancing technologies and reconductoring, including study and reporting requirements no floor vote recorded
HF 2690 filed as HF 2447 Water and energy use for data centers, including reporting and tariff requirements, and no floor vote recorded
HJR 2003 earlier: no side A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa providing the right to donate private property to public… no floor vote recorded
SF 3 Designating certain county flood mitigation activities as an essential county purpose no floor vote recorded
SF 43 Authorizing cities to require radon testing for single family residences used as rental property no floor vote recorded
SF 183 Water quality standards, including by providing for the regulation of animal feeding operations, providing penalties, and making penalties… no floor vote recorded
SF 267 Solar energy by establishing a shared solar net metering cooperative program no floor vote recorded
SF 425 Providing for the disclosure of lead service lines in real estate disclosures no floor vote recorded
SF 2103 The cessation of appropriations to the Iowa resources enhancement and protection fund no floor vote recorded
SF 2111 Statewide resilience planning, including the development, implementation, and periodic updating of an Iowa state resilience plan no floor vote recorded
SF 2214 The installation of transmission lines on highway rights-of-way signed by governor
SF 2242 Radon testing and mitigation for the conveyance of single-family residences, and including applicability provisions no floor vote recorded
SF 2273 The regulation of public utilities, including rate filings, rate adjustment mechanisms, virtual power plants, and integrated resource… no floor vote recorded
SF 2375 Fire fighting foam purchased by government entities floor vote recorded

Declared against (23 bills)

Bill Title Status
HF 302 Statutory considerations involving the atmosphere and climate no floor vote recorded
HF 439 Citizenship or immigration status for purposes of a driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card, and including applicability… no floor vote recorded
HF 583 Sex and gender, including those and related terms for purposes of statutory construction, indications of a person’s sex on certain vital… no floor vote recorded
HF 625 Providing for the future repeal of tax credits no floor vote recorded
HF 714 Restrictions on the acquisition of real property by the department of natural resources no floor vote recorded
HF 834 earlier: no side Energy systems by modifying electric power generation, energy storage, and transmission facility ratemaking principles, creating tariffs… no floor vote recorded
HF 843 Oil and gas production, including filing requirements, the authority of the department of natural resources, confidential information, and… no floor vote recorded
HF 856 Prohibiting public entities from engaging in certain activities relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion, creating a private cause of… signed by governor
HF 987 Providing for the processing of organic material into renewable fuel and digestate, providing fees, and providing penalties no floor vote recorded
HF 989 Animal feeding operations, by providing for the regulation of anaerobic digester systems, providing fees, making penalties applicable, and floor vote recorded
HF 2041 State law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration and customs enforcement no floor vote recorded
HF 2296 Restricting counties and cities from issuing a local form of identification signed by governor
HF 2527 Providing a limitation on civil or criminal liability for any alleged actual or potential effect on climate caused wholly or partly by a… signed by governor
HF 2530 Requiring the department of natural resources to identify specific animal sources of pollutants to a water of the state when determining… no floor vote recorded
SF 17 Modifying provisions governing the taxation of forest reservations and fruit-tree reservations, and no floor vote recorded
SF 394 Pesticides, by providing for tort liability. floor vote recorded
SF 418 Sex and gender, including those and related terms for purposes of statutory construction, indications of a person’s sex on certain vital… signed by governor
SF 553 Restrictions on the acquisition of real property by the department of natural resources no floor vote recorded
SF 585 earlier: no side Energy systems by modifying electric power generation, energy storage, and transmission facility ratemaking principles, creating tariffs… no floor vote recorded
SF 2097 State law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration and customs enforcement no floor vote recorded
SF 2427 Providing a limitation on civil or criminal liability for any alleged actual or potential effect on climate caused wholly or partly by a… no floor vote recorded
SF 2490 filed as SF 268, SF 546 Oil and gas production, including filing requirements, the authority of the department of natural resources, confidential information,… signed by governor
SJR 6 A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa by repealing the natural resources and outdoor… no floor vote recorded

No side declared (32 bills)

Bill Title Status
HF 142 Creating conservation area designations subject to modified property tax levy rates and eliminating the forest and fruit-tree reservation… no floor vote recorded
HF 404 Solar energy by establishing a community solar facility program no floor vote recorded
HF 634 Forest and fruit-tree reservations, and providing for a fee no floor vote recorded
HF 881 Strict liability for a person in control of hazardous substances no floor vote recorded
HF 923 filed as HF 237 Sanctions on intervenors in contested cases before the Iowa utilities commission no floor vote recorded
HF 944 filed as HF 610 Persons allowed to intervene in proceedings under the Iowa utilities commission no floor vote recorded
HF 2076 Billing methods for distributed generation customers no floor vote recorded
HF 2104 Exercise of eminent domain for carbon oxide pipelines, and including applicability and floor vote recorded
HF 2105 Providing for a study of excess energy production by electric power generating facilities no floor vote recorded
HF 2215 Natural resources, including office locations of the director of natural resources, state park user fee pilot programs, the delegation of… signed by governor
HF 2227 Land restoration following the initial construction of electric transmission lines, and including effective date and retroactive… signed by governor
HF 2229 Administration of the utilities commission, including the creation of the position of executive director and modification of the duties and… floor vote recorded
HF 2246 Education requirements, including continuing education requirements, for certain licensed professions. floor vote recorded
HF 2257 The siting and operation of renewable electric power generating facilities, and including retroactive applicability provisions no floor vote recorded
HF 2261 Customer classes for large energy use facilities, and including applicability provisions no floor vote recorded
HF 2446 Wind energy conversion facilities, including requirements for development, construction, and operation no floor vote recorded
HF 2580 The siting and operation of renewable electric power generating facilities no floor vote recorded
HF 2581 filed as HF 2032 Establishing procedures for system enhancement of infrastructure, including for development of ratemaking principles permitted for recovery… no floor vote recorded
HF 2687 filed as HF 2117 Groundwater monitoring in the state, including the establishment of a pilot program, and no floor vote recorded
HF 2748 filed as HF 2340 Agriculture, including by providing for the powers and duties of the department of agriculture and land stewardship, including the… floor vote recorded
HF 2771 And making appropriations involving state government entities associated with agriculture, natural resources, and environmental protection,… signed by governor
SF 228 Sanctions on intervenors in contested cases before the Iowa utilities commission no floor vote recorded
SF 373 Rate-regulated public utilities, including rate proceedings, automatic adjustments, ratemaking principles, and integrated resource plans no floor vote recorded
SF 426 Strict liability for a person in control of hazardous substances. floor vote recorded
SF 601 Timelines for online information availability concerning the discontinuance of city utilities floor vote recorded
SF 619 filed as SF 591 The natural hazard mitigation financing program, the disaster recovery housing assistance program, the disaster recovery new housing… signed by governor
SF 633 filed as SF 219 Forest and fruit-tree reservations by establishing a program fee and including contingent floor vote recorded
SF 2193 Requiring a water treatment plant to conduct a test of sewage sludge to detect the presence of a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance no floor vote recorded
SF 2249 Customer classes for large energy use facilities, and including applicability provisions no floor vote recorded
SF 2255 The treatment of private sewage disposal systems, including monitoring, maintenance, and reporting requirements, and including… no floor vote recorded
SF 2447 filed as SF 376 The siting and operation of renewable electric power generating facilities no floor vote recorded
SF 2480 The taxation and regulation of alternative nicotine products and vapor products, making appropriations, and including effective date… signed by governor