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Iowa Farmers Union

An organization that hires lobbyists at the Iowa Legislature (2025–26 session). Its lobbyists filed 212 positions on 96 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 2 bills

For 48 · Against 12 · No side declared 36

Declared for (48 bills)

Bill Title Status
HF 369 filed as HF 33 Establishing an agriculture education grant program within the department of education and making appropriations no floor vote recorded
HF 404 Solar energy by establishing a community solar facility program no floor vote recorded
HF 413 Damages incurred due to releases of carbon dioxide from liquefied carbon dioxide pipelines or carbon dioxide facilities and no floor vote recorded
HF 578 filed as HF 239 Office of the consumer advocate floor vote recorded
HF 639 filed as HF 240 Hazardous liquid pipelines, including common carrier requirements, proceedings under the Iowa utilities commission, including commission… vetoed by governor
HF 763 filed as HF 242 Procedures to review the exercise of eminent domain, and providing fees no floor vote recorded
HF 780 filed as HF 238 Pipelines transporting liquefied carbon dioxide, including permit renewal and operation limitations no floor vote recorded
HF 790 filed as HF 241 Utilities commission member attendance at hearings and informational meetings 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 939 filed as HF 491 Concerning common carriers and no floor vote recorded
HF 1004 filed as HF 247 Exempting the sales price of honeybees from the state sales and use tax no floor vote recorded
HF 1006 filed as HF 179, HF 32 Providing for the licensing of food processing plants, including certain operations located on the premises of farms or private residences,… floor vote recorded
HF 1032 filed as HF 550, HF 59 Creating a grocer reinvestment program, a local produce processing grant program, and a grocer reinvestment and local food processing fund… floor vote recorded
HF 2104 Exercise of eminent domain for carbon oxide pipelines, and including applicability and floor vote recorded
HF 2167 Providing for a buffer strip program and fund, and making appropriations no floor vote recorded
HF 2227 Land restoration following the initial construction of electric transmission lines, and including effective date and retroactive… signed by governor
HF 2408 Appropriating moneys to support a water quality monitoring network supervised by the Iowa flood center no floor vote recorded
HF 2416 The regulation of confinement feeding operations, including by providing for partially roofed structures and prohibiting the construction,… no floor vote recorded
HF 2417 Animal feeding operations by providing for certain air and water quality regulations, including when two or more related confinement… no floor vote recorded
HF 2419 Regulating animal feeding operations, including rulemaking requirements, and making penalties applicable no floor vote recorded
HF 2425 Appropriating moneys to Iowa state university of science and technology for use by the Iowa nutrient research center in supporting the Iowa… no floor vote recorded
HF 2672 Solar energy by establishing a community solar facility program no floor vote recorded
HF 2690 Water and energy use for data centers, including reporting and tariff requirements, and no floor vote recorded
HF 2732 Providing for water quality practices, including an edge-of-field practice tax credit and cover crop practice tax credit no floor vote recorded
HF 2763 filed as HF 2709 Providing for services relating to agricultural production, providing penalties, and floor vote recorded
SF 3 Designating certain county flood mitigation activities as an essential county purpose no floor vote recorded
SF 9 Establishing license fees for food processing plants no floor vote recorded
SF 74 Repealing provisions for land surveys in connection with hazardous liquid pipeline construction projects and no floor vote recorded
SF 136 Hazardous liquid pipelines, including the establishment of setbacks and safety regulations, specified utility construction project… 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 224 Utilities commission member attendance at hearings and informational meetings no floor vote recorded
SF 225 Pipelines transporting liquefied carbon dioxide, including permit renewal and operation limitations no floor vote recorded
SF 226 Procedures to review the exercise of eminent domain, and providing fees no floor vote recorded
SF 228 Sanctions on intervenors in contested cases before the Iowa utilities commission no floor vote recorded
SF 229 The office of the consumer advocate no floor vote recorded
SF 232 The double up food bucks program, and making an appropriation no floor vote recorded
SF 239 Insurance requirements for the granting of a hazardous liquid pipeline permit no floor vote recorded
SF 249 Damages incurred due to releases of carbon dioxide from liquefied carbon dioxide pipelines or carbon dioxide facilities and no floor vote recorded
SF 326 The federal summer electronic benefits transfer for children program (SUN bucks), making an appropriation, and no floor vote recorded
SF 2027 The double up food bucks program, and making appropriations no floor vote recorded
SF 2058 Pipeline project investor disclosures, making penalties applicable, and providing no floor vote recorded
SF 2258 Animal feeding operations by providing for certain air and water quality regulations, including when two or more related confinement… no floor vote recorded
SF 2260 Providing for county control of the siting and management of confinement feeding operations no floor vote recorded
SF 2269 Appropriating moneys to Iowa state university of science and technology for use by the Iowa nutrient research center in supporting the Iowa… no floor vote recorded
SF 2270 Regulating animal feeding operations, including rulemaking requirements, and making penalties applicable no floor vote recorded
SF 2276 Providing for the processing and marketing of meat and poultry products, including by prohibiting vertical integration, providing for a… no floor vote recorded
SF 2330 Consumer rights to repair specified goods, and providing penalties no floor vote recorded
SF 2493 filed as SF 2188 The excise tax on certain ethanol blended gasoline purchased exclusively for use in an implement of husbandry used in agricultural… signed by governor

Declared against (12 bills)

Bill Title Status
HF 851 Student nutrition, including by modifying the curricula provided to students enrolled in kindergarten through grade twelve to include… floor vote recorded
HF 987 Providing for the processing of organic material into renewable fuel and digestate, providing fees, and providing penalties no floor vote recorded
HF 2041 State law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration and customs enforcement no floor vote recorded
HF 2342 Providing for the future repeal of tax credits no floor vote recorded
HF 2700 Sufficient English language proficiency requirements for commercial drivers, providing penalties, and including applicability provisions no floor vote recorded
HF 2716 Supplemental nutrition assistance program; the medical assistance program; the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants,… 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 2067 Easements for hazardous liquid pipelines, including negotiation requirements, eminent domain authorization, and contract execution, and no floor vote recorded
SF 2097 State law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration and customs enforcement no floor vote recorded
SF 2422 Public assistance programs under the purview of the department of health and human services, including the supplemental nutrition… 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 (36 bills)

Bill Title Status
HCR 6 A concurrent resolution urging the members of Congress to amend federal law to increase the maximum gross weight allowed for motor vehicles… no floor vote recorded
HF 83 Prohibiting foreign governments from acquiring or owning real property or agricultural land located in the state no floor vote recorded
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 624 filed as HF 56 Farm tenancy net income exclusion available against the individual income tax, and floor vote recorded
HF 970 filed as HF 796 Double up food bucks program, the supplemental nutrition assistance program and making appropriations and floor vote recorded
HF 989 earlier: against Animal feeding operations, by providing for the regulation of anaerobic digester systems, providing fees, making penalties applicable, and floor vote recorded
HF 999 filed as HF 508 Providing for the marketing of grain by licensed warehouse operators and grain dealers, including by providing for indemnity fees and the… no floor vote recorded
HF 2210 Beneficial use in the context of water allocation no floor vote recorded
HF 2304 Indirect costs charged to state-funded grants, and including applicability provisions no floor vote recorded
HF 2534 Animal feeding operations by regulating shellfish, and making penalties applicable signed by governor
HF 2580 The siting and operation of renewable electric power generating facilities no floor vote recorded
HF 2651 filed as HF 531 Fluid milk products annual permits, and no floor vote recorded
HF 2683 Pipeline projects, including damage claims and landowner rights, and no floor vote recorded
HF 2687 filed as HF 2117 earlier: for Groundwater monitoring in the state, including the establishment of a pilot program, and no floor vote recorded
HF 2733 Water quality, including a water quality monitoring network and the water quality initiative, an agricultural best management practices tax… 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 2767 filed as HF 2444 Providing for the sale and distribution of certain food, providing for fees, making penalties applicable, and floor vote recorded
HF 2798 filed as HF 2343 The excise tax on certain ethanol blended gasoline purchased exclusively for use in an implement of husbandry used in agricultural… no floor vote recorded
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… no floor vote recorded
SCR 2 A concurrent resolution urging the members of Congress to amend federal law to increase the maximum gross weight allowed for motor vehicles… no floor vote recorded
SF 19 The farm tenancy net income exclusion available against the individual income tax, and no floor vote recorded
SF 59 The farm tenancy net income exclusion available against the individual income tax, and no floor vote recorded
SF 299 Establishing the Iowa carbon dioxide disaster relief fund, creating an excise tax, and making appropriations no floor vote recorded
SF 506 Raw farm products for purposes of increased gross weight for motor vehicles transporting such products on this state’s public highways no floor vote recorded
SF 633 filed as SF 219 Forest and fruit-tree reservations by establishing a program fee and including contingent floor vote recorded
SF 2036 Requiring pilot car escorts for the movement of certain implements of husbandry, and making penalties applicable no floor vote recorded
SF 2038 Exempting remotely piloted aircraft used directly and primarily for agricultural purposes from aircraft registration requirements and sales… no floor vote recorded
SF 2069 Imposing a tax on the transportation of liquefied carbon dioxide through pipelines, and providing for penalties no floor vote recorded
SF 2112 Eliminating provisions relating to raw milk, including the production of raw milk at certain dairies, the manufacture of products using raw… no floor vote recorded
SF 2253 Establishing a graduation requirement for instruction related to food nutrition and preparation no floor vote recorded
SF 2337 Animal feeding operations by regulating shellfish, and making penalties applicable no floor vote recorded
SF 2429 filed as SF 258 Fluid milk products annual permits, and including effective date provisions signed by governor
SF 2447 filed as SF 376 The siting and operation of renewable electric power generating facilities no floor vote recorded
SF 2465 Agriculture, including by providing for the powers and duties of the department of agriculture and land stewardship, including the… signed by governor
SF 2472 State and local government taxes, fees, financial authority, and budgets, by modifying property assessment provisions, divisions of… signed by governor
SF 2484 And making appropriations from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund, technology reinvestment fund, and renewable fuel infrastructure fund,… signed by governor