The Iowa State Bar Association works tirelessly with its members to develop legislative positions that improve the administration of justice in the State of Iowa. The association speaks with a unified voice to best represent the interests of the legal community. This is accomplished through close collaboration with the ISBA's committees, sections and bar leadership, constructing position papers on legislation and other policy issues, informing and educating legislators on the issues that most profoundly impact the legal community and monitoring all issues of concern to practitioners and their clients. This weekly report will provide you information about The Iowa State Bar's legislative positions, information about Bar advocacy, and legislation of interest. Administrative Law These are bills associated with Adminstrative Law. HSB 0574 Judiciary A bill for an act prohibiting state agencies from adopting rules or certain other policies without explicit statutory or judicial authorization. 2/8/2018 - House - Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage. SF 2190 Jack Whitver A bill for an act limiting the number of rules that can be included in the Iowa administrative code, providing for related duties of the department of management and other agencies, and including effective date provisions. (See SF 2319.) 2/12/2018 - Senate - Subcommittee recommends passage. SSB 3063 Judiciary A bill for an act prohibiting state agencies from adopting rules or certain other policies without explicit statutory or judicial authorization. 2/7/2018 - Senate - Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage. Agricultural Law HF 0495 Agriculture A bill for an act extending the beginning farmer tax credit program and appropriations used to support the program, including the agricultural assets transfer tax credit and the custom farming contract tax credit. (Formerly HSB 140.) 1/24/2018 - House - Subcommittee reassigned: Hein, Kaufmann and Kearns. H.J. 149. HF 2008 Norlin Mommsen A bill for an act changing the name of the watershed management authority to the watershed partnership, and including transitional provisions. 1/16/2018 - House - Subcommittee: Klein, Kressig and Wheeler. H.J. 104. HF 2081 Sharon Steckman A bill for an act establishing an advisory committee to evaluate the use and value of the master matrix when approving a permit to construct a confinement feeding operation structure, and including effective date provisions. 1/29/2018 - House - Subcommittee: Paustian, Cohoon and Klein. H.J. 163. HF 2082 Sharon Steckman A bill for an act relating to animal agriculture, by providing for a public hearing conducted by the board of supervisors in a county where a structure associated with a confinement feeding operation is proposed to be constructed, including expanded, and including effective date provisions. 1/29/2018 - House - Subcommittee: Sexton, Cohoon and Klein. H.J. 163. HF 2083 Sharon Steckman A bill for an act establishing a moratorium relating to the construction, including expansion, of structures that are part of certain confinement feeding operations where swine are kept, requesting an interim study committee, and including effective date provisions. 1/29/2018 - House - Subcommittee: Klein, Cohoon and Sexton. H.J. 163. HF 2084 Sharon Steckman A bill for an act requiring a notice of structural failure involving a manure storage structure that is part of a confinement feeding operation, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions. 1/29/2018 - House - Subcommittee: Mommsen, Cohoon and Klein. H.J. 163. HF 2086 Sharon Steckman A bill for an act authorizing counties to adopt county legislation relating to the siting of confinement feeding operations. 1/29/2018 - House - Subcommittee: Baudler, Cohoon and Klein. H.J. 163. HF 2093 Sharon Steckman A bill for an act relating to a tax credit for pollution-control and recycling property connected to property used for the care and feeding of livestock, and including effective date and applicability provisions. 1/24/2018 - House - Subcommittee: Vander Linden, Kurth and Windschitl. H.J. 150. HF 2132 Art Staed A bill for an act prohibiting the construction of confinement feeding operation structures that are part of confinement feeding operations located in certain subwatersheds, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions. 1/30/2018 - House - Introduced, referred to Agriculture. H.J. 165. HF 2133 Art Staed A bill for an act relating to requiring water quality plans for persons receiving financial assistance for establishing soil and water conservation plans. 1/30/2018 - House - Introduced, referred to Agriculture. H.J. 165. HF 2134 Art Staed A bill for an act requiring that a person submit a bond with a manure management plan associated with a confinement feeding operation, and including effective date provisions. 1/30/2018 - House - Introduced, referred to Agriculture. H.J. 165. HF 2135 Art Staed A bill for an act relating to confinement feeding operations, including by establishing a moratorium, requiring the department of natural resources to adjust compliance fees, requiring the department to submit a report to the general assembly, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions. 1/30/2018 - House - Introduced, referred to Agriculture. H.J. 166. HF 2166 Terry Baxter A bill for an act relating to the management of the spread of diseases in wild animals and making penalties applicable. 2/1/2018 - House - Subcommittee: Baxter, Cownie and Nielsen. H.J. 192. HF 2210 David Maxwell A bill for an act relating to pumping stations that are part of drainage or levee districts, by providing procedures for the establishment of such stations and the annexation of land contiguous to the district. 2/12/2018 - House - Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage. HSB 0608 Judiciary A bill for an act prohibiting the mistreatment of animals other than livestock and wild animals, providing for the rescue of animals by local law enforcement agencies, providing for criminal offenses and court orders, and including penalties. 2/6/2018 - House - Subcommittee recommends passage. SF 2002 Jake Chapman A bill for an act relating to purple marks or caps on top of trees or posts to indicate that unlawful entry constitutes criminal trespass and making penalties applicable. (See SF 2101.) 1/17/2018 - Senate - Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage. SF 2006 David Johnson A bill for an act authorizing counties to adopt county legislation relating to the siting of confinement feeding operations. 1/11/2018 - Senate - Subcommittee: Guth, Greene, and Hogg. S.J. 98. SF 2007 David Johnson A bill for an act relating to a tax credit for pollution-control and recycling property connected to property used for the care and feeding of livestock, and including effective date and applicability provisions. 1/10/2018 - Senate - Subcommittee: Feenstra, Hogg, and Smith. S.J. 84. SF 2008 David Johnson A bill for an act establishing a moratorium relating to the construction, including expansion, of structures that are part of certain confinement feeding operations where swine are kept, requesting an interim study committee, and including effective date provisions. 1/9/2018 - Senate - Subcommittee: Rozenboom, Segebart, and Taylor. S.J. 68. SF 2009 David Johnson A bill for an act establishing an advisory committee to evaluate the use and value of the master matrix when approving a permit to construct a confinement feeding operation structure, and including effective date provisions. 1/9/2018 - Senate - Subcommittee: Shipley, Edler, and Kinney. S.J. 69. SF 2018 David Johnson A bill for an act requiring an application for a permit to construct certain confinement feeding operation structures to include information regarding any production contracts in which the applicant is or may be a party, and including effective date provisions. 1/16/2018 - Senate - Subcommittee: Brown, Bowman, and Edler. S.J. 109. SF 2019 David Johnson A bill for an act relating to animal agriculture, by providing for a public hearing conducted by the board of supervisors in a county where a structure associated with a confinement feeding operation is proposed to be constructed, including expanded, and including effective date provisions. 1/16/2018 - Senate - Subcommittee: Edler, Brown, and Taylor. S.J. 109. SF 2036 David Johnson A bill for an act reducing the size of certain confinement feeding operations that qualify for exemptions from separation distance requirements, and including effective date provisions. 1/16/2018 - Senate - Subcommittee: Shipley, Hart, and Kapucian. S.J. 109. SF 2049 David Johnson A bill for an act requiring a notice of structural failure involving a manure storage structure that is part of a confinement feeding operation, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions. 2/6/2018 - Senate - Subcommittee: Rozenboom, Shipley, and D. Johnson. S.J. 239. SF 2078 David Johnson A bill for an act authorizing the department of natural resources to require reports regarding the number of animals maintained at a confinement feeding operation, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions. 1/23/2018 - Senate - Subcommittee: Shipley, Edler, and Taylor. S.J. 145. SF 2079 David Johnson A bill for an act providing for the evaluation of permits to construct, including expand, a confinement feeding operation structure by using the master matrix, and including effective date provisions. 1/23/2018 - Senate - Subcommittee: Brown, Kapucian, and Taylor.