republic-os/legislation/us/states/ia/2025-2026/sf-2490.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to oil and gas production, including filing requirements, the authority of the department of natural resources, confidential information, pooling orders, negotiation of surface damage, imposition and distribution of a tax, and jurisdiction, and providing civil penalties."
description: "A bill for an act relating to oil and gas production, including filing requirements, the authority of the department of natural resources, confidential information, pooling orders, negotiation of surface damage, imposition and distribution of a tax, and jurisdiction, and providing civil penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SF 2490"
citation: "Iowa SF 2490 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["agriculture and land stewardship department", "arbitration", "confidentiality", "damages", "environment first fund", "jurisdiction", "land use", "natural resources", "natural resources department", "oils", "processing and production", "taxation", "wells"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 10
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-04-14"
last_action: "2026-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1ac3ebe-9115-49f3-9a1f-17926c122e5c"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 2490&ga=91"
source_hash: "76e7086ad37509d74afb43757a33908e6ec457f7f2ebe11b8fe13d5b99cf0dd5"
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 2490 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act relating to oil and gas production, including filing requirements, the authority of the department of natural resources, confidential information, pooling orders, negotiation of surface damage, imposition and distribution of a tax, and jurisdiction, and providing civil penalties.

## 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/SF2490.html)
2. **Amendment H-8450** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H8450.pdf)
3. **Amendment H-8474** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H8474.pdf)
4. **Amendment H-8475** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H8475.pdf)
5. **Amendment H-8476** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H8476.pdf)
6. **Amendment H-8477** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H8477.pdf)
7. **Amendment S-5256** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/S5256.pdf)
8. **Enrolled with Governor's Action** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGEG/91/attachments/SF2490.html)
9. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/Attachments/SF2490_GovLetter.pdf)
10. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/attachments/SF2490.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **32–15** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **35–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-14** Introduced, placed on Ways and Means calendar. `introduction`
- **2026-04-14** Committee report, approving bill. `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-15** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-15** Subcommittee: Bousselot, Blake, et al..
- **2026-04-15** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-16** Passed Senate, yeas 32, nays 15. `passage`
- **2026-04-16** Immediate message.
- **2026-04-16** Message from Senate.
- **2026-04-16** NOBA: Senate Floor
- **2026-04-20** Read first time, referred to Ways and Means. `reading-1`
- **2026-04-16** NOBA: Senate Full Approps
- **2026-04-20** Subcommittee: Wulf, Meggers and Wilson.
- **2026-04-20** Subcommittee Meeting: 04/21/2026 8:00AM RM 102.
- **2026-04-21** Subcommittee recommends passage. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-21** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-21** Committee vote: Yeas, 19. Nays, 5. Excused, 1.
- **2026-04-21** Placed on Ways and Means calendar.
- **2026-04-30** Amendment H-8450 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-02** Amendment H-8450 withdrawn.
- **2026-05-02** Amendment H-8477, yeas 25, nays 61, filed, lost.
- **2026-05-02** Explanation of vote.
- **2026-05-02** Amendment H-8476 filed, adopted. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-02** Amendment H-8474 filed, adopted. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-02** Amendment H-8475 filed, adopted. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-02** Passed House, yeas 65, nays 21. `passage`
- **2026-05-02** Explanation of vote.
- **2026-05-02** Immediate message.
- **2026-05-02** Message from House, with amendment S-5256.
- **2026-05-02** Senate concurred with S-5256.
- **2026-05-02** Passed Senate, yeas 35, nays 11. `passage`
- **2026-05-02** Immediate message.
- **2026-05-02** Message from Senate.
- **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/c1ac3ebe-9115-49f3-9a1f-17926c122e5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).