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Senate passes Iowa Farm Act with provisions on renewable fuels, Choose Iowa and grain indemnity
Summary
Senate File 24-65, the Iowa Farm Act, passed unanimously after adoption of Amendment 52-27. The bill removes the cap on the renewable fuels infrastructure fund for biodiesel, creates a Choose Iowa school purchasing program and adjusts grain-indemnity requirements, among other ag measures.
Senator Shipley (Adams) presented Senate File 24-65 as the Iowa Farm Act, describing a package intended to expand markets for farmers, spur ag-related economic growth and provide programmatic flexibility. Key provisions cited on the floor included removing the cap on the renewable fuels infrastructure fund for biodiesel, expanding the Choose Iowa marketing and school purchasing programs, updating grain-indemnity fund reporting options to allow a CPA report or nonqualified audit plus a $100,000 bond, a sales-tax exemption on honey-bee sales, and technical fixes including removing a duplicate milk-truck weight provision.
The Senate called up and adopted Amendment 52-27 (technical changes to grain indemnity, immediate effective date for those changes, veterinary loan-repayment flexibility and a honey-bee sales-tax exemption). Senator Shipley moved final passage; the bill passed with a roll call of 47 ayes, 0 nays.
The Senate ordered the measure messaged immediately.
