republic-os/legislation/us/states/ia/2025-2026/sf-2465.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to agriculture, including by providing for the powers and duties of the department of agriculture and land stewardship, including the promotion and regulation of commodities and products, the regulation of the transportation of agricultural items, the use of agricultural land, sales and use taxes, and veterinary practice and income taxes, making penalties applicable, and including effective date and applicability provisions."
description: "A bill for an act relating to agriculture, including by providing for the powers and duties of the department of agriculture and land stewardship, including the promotion and regulation of commodities and products, the regulation of the transportation of agricultural items, the use of agricultural land, sales and use taxes, and veterinary practice and income taxes, making penalties applicable, and including effective date and applicability provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SF 2465"
citation: "Iowa SF 2465 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["agricultural land", "agriculture", "agriculture and land stewardship department", "appropriations", "choose iowa promotional program", "commodities", "confidentiality", "farming", "inspections", "land use", "purchasing", "real property", "renewable fuel infrastructure board", "transportation", "transportation department", "weight and measurement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 9
action_count: 25
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-03-04"
last_action: "2026-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f266496-43cb-417a-a139-d72442767cbd"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 2465&ga=91"
source_hash: "d53bd0bf8d94e82e8698d15076614fd2d139e5987d37491441f0b7ef128326ce"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ia"]
---

# Iowa SF 2465 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act relating to agriculture, including by providing for the powers and duties of the department of agriculture and land stewardship, including the promotion and regulation of commodities and products, the regulation of the transportation of agricultural items, the use of agricultural land, sales and use taxes, and veterinary practice and income taxes, making penalties applicable, and including effective date and applicability provisions.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/91/attachments/SF2465.html)
2. **Amendment H-8462** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H8462.pdf)
3. **Amendment H-8469** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H8469.pdf)
4. **Amendment S-5227** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/S5227.pdf)
5. **Enrolled with Governor's Action** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGEG/91/attachments/SF2465.html)
6. **Reprinted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGR/91/attachments/SF2465.html)
7. **Reprinted Marked Up** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGRM/91/attachments/SF2465.html)
8. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/Attachments/SF2465_GovLetter.pdf)
9. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/attachments/SF2465.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-03-04** Introduced, placed on Appropriations calendar. `introduction`
- **2026-03-04** Committee report, approving bill. `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-18** NOBA: Senate Full Approps
- **2026-04-28** Amendment S-5227 filed, adopted. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-28** Passed Senate, yeas 47, nays 0. `passage`
- **2026-04-28** Immediate message.
- **2026-04-29** Message from Senate.
- **2026-04-29** Read first time, referred to Ways and Means. `reading-1`
- **2026-04-29** Subcommittee: Wulf, Hora and Jacoby.
- **2026-04-30** Subcommittee Meeting: 05/01/2026 9:15AM House Lounge.
- **2026-05-01** Subcommittee recommends passage. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-01** Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-01** Committee vote: Yeas, 23. Nays, 1. Excused, 1.
- **2026-05-01** Committee amendment H-8462 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-01** Placed on Ways and Means calendar.
- **2026-05-01** NOBA: Senate Floor
- **2026-05-02** Committee amendment H-8462 withdrawn.
- **2026-05-02** Amendment H-8469 filed, withdrawn. `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-02** Passed House, yeas 81, nays 4. `passage`
- **2026-05-02** Explanations of votes.
- **2026-05-02** Immediate message.
- **2026-05-02** Message from House.
- **2026-05-18** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
- **2026-06-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-02** NOBA: Final

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f266496-43cb-417a-a139-d72442767cbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).