# Iowa SF 632: A bill for an act providing for programs and regulations related to agriculture, including crop production, animal health, and agricultural processing, providing for powers and duties of the department of agriculture and land stewardship, providing fees, and providing penalties. (Formerly SF 522, SSB 1160.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. Iowa SF 632, A bill for an act providing for programs and regulations related to agriculture, including crop production, animal health, and agricultural processing, providing for powers and duties of the department of agriculture and land stewardship, providing fees, and providing penalties. (Formerly SF 522, SSB 1160.) Effective date: 07/01/2025., is a 91st General Assembly (2025–2026) Senate bill sponsored by COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS; status signed, last action 2025-06-06 (Signed by Governor.); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-18). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IA-SF632-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-18 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Iowa SF 632 - State: Iowa - Session: 91st General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: A bill for an act providing for programs and regulations related to agriculture, including crop production, animal health, and agricultural processing, providing for powers and duties of the department of agriculture and land stewardship, providing fees, and providing penalties. (Formerly SF 522, SSB 1160.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-04-21 - Last action: 2025-06-06, Signed by Governor. - Sponsor: COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 2 (132 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 13 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Veterinarians gain limits on license discipline: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, a state or federal law violation supports this veterinary discipline ground only when related to veterinary practice. Unrelated legal violations no longer qualify under this particular ground. - Fertilizer sellers get simpler sales reports: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, fertilizer and beneficial-substance reports list distributions by grade, without county-by-county totals. Reports covering the prior six months are due January 31 and July 31. Fertilizer registrants with packages weighing 25 pounds or less instead report annually by July 31… - Home food processors avoid meat licensing: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, qualifying Iowa home food processing establishments are exempt from the meat and poultry establishment license requirement. The business must meet Iowa's legal definition of a home food processing establishment. - Iowa strengthens animal disease control duties: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Iowa's agriculture department must identify and use practical, efficient methods to find and control animal diseases. This duty covers infectious or contagious diseases that threaten or may threaten animals in Iowa. - Lawful farming gets narrower sabotage rules: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Iowa excludes accidental interruptions from lawful farm production from its critical infrastructure sabotage definition. Covered farm activities include applying fertilizer and beneficial substances. - More crop treatments count as farming: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, applying beneficial substances joins fertilizer, pesticide, and herbicide use as qualifying agricultural production for land classification. Land generally must be held in tracts of at least 10 acres and produce agricultural commodities in three of five years. The definition… - Veterinarians face fines for disciplinary violations: cost, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, Iowa's veterinary board can fine a licensee up to $10,000 after notice and a hearing. The board must find grounds for discipline. The fine can come in addition to license suspension or revocation. The attorney general can seek collection in court, and collected penalties go… - Fertilizer businesses face fees and licenses: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, covered Iowa fertilizer and beneficial-substance businesses need a $20 license per manufacturing or distribution location. Licenses expire July 1 of the next even-numbered year and renew for two-year terms. Inspection fees can reach $0.20 per ton; manufacturing-use sales are… - Meat processors pay higher license fees: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Iowa raises annual meat and poultry license fees for covered establishments. Businesses preparing up to 20,000 pounds yearly for sale, resale, or custom processing pay $50 instead of $25. Those preparing more than 20,000 pounds pay $100 instead of $50. Licenses expire July 1… - Compost and manure face broader oversight: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, compost applied to organic farmland loses its stated exception from Iowa's fertilizer-law requirements. This also covers land transitioning to organic production. Rules for certain unprocessed bulk dry animal manure now cover its use as a beneficial substance, not just ferti… - Court livestock sales follow receiver rules: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, court-ordered livestock sales or transfers are treated as occurring through a court-appointed receiver. Remaining proceeds follow Iowa's receivership priorities after local or state costs are paid. The Livestock Remediation Fund can cover animal care or disposal when other f… - State rules replace local fertilizer controls: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Iowa local governments cannot adopt or keep rules governing fertilizers or beneficial substances. The ban covers use, sales, distribution, storage, transport, disposal, formulation, labels, registration, and manufacturing. Local rules in these areas are void and unenforceabl… - Farm products face stronger safety rules: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, each fertilizer brand and grade, and each beneficial substance, needs registration before Iowa sales. Custom fertilizer orders are exempt but need labels; distributors need not repeat another person's registration. Beneficial substances face ingredient labels, testing, safet… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-05-08 | House | Passed House | pass | 84 | 0 | | | 2025-04-29 | Senate | Passed Senate | pass | 48 | 0 | | ## Actions (13) - 2025-06-06: Signed by Governor. (Senate) - 2025-05-23: Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor. (Senate) - 2025-05-13: Explanation of vote. (House) - 2025-05-09: Message from House. (Senate) - 2025-05-08: Immediate message. (House) - 2025-05-08: Passed House, yeas 84, nays 0. (House) - 2025-05-08: Substituted for HF 998. (House) - 2025-04-30: Read first time, passed on file. (House) - 2025-04-30: Message from Senate. (House) - 2025-04-29: Immediate message. (Senate) - 2025-04-29: Passed Senate, yeas 48, nays 0. (Senate) - 2025-04-21: Committee report, approving bill. (Senate) - 2025-04-21: Introduced, placed on Ways and Means calendar. (Senate) ## Bill text - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/91/SF632.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/SF632.pdf) ## Related bills - HF 2801: A bill for an act modifying the major economic growth attraction program, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 785.) Effective date: 10/02/20… (signed) - SF 2472: A bill for an act relating to state and local government taxes, fees, financial authority, and budgets, by modifying property assessment provisions, divisions… (signed) - HF 2601: A bill for an act relating to campaign finance, including participation in ballot issue campaigns by foreign nationals and investigations of election misconduc… (signed) - SF 2399: A bill for an act relating to bail and bond amounts and conditions. (Formerly SSB 3162.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. (signed) - SF 2471: A bill for an act relating to fees for lifetime fur harvester licenses. (Formerly SF 2317, SSB 3121.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. (signed) - SF 2299: A bill for an act relating to the district-to-community college sharing or concurrent enrollment program. (Formerly SF 2176.) Vetoed 6-2-26. (vetoed) ## Sources - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/91/SF632.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/SF632.pdf) ## Related - [HF 2801: A bill for an act modifying the major economic growth attraction program, and i…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IA-HF2801-2025-2026) - [SF 2472: A bill for an act relating to state and local government taxes, fees, financial…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IA-SF2472-2025-2026) - [HF 2601: A bill for an act relating to campaign finance, including participation in ball…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IA-HF2601-2025-2026) - [SF 2399: A bill for an act relating to bail and bond amounts and conditions. (Formerly S…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IA-SF2399-2025-2026) - [SF 2471: A bill for an act relating to fees for lifetime fur harvester licenses. (Former…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IA-SF2471-2025-2026) - [SF 2299: A bill for an act relating to the district-to-community college sharing or conc…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IA-SF2299-2025-2026) - [Iowa bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/iowa/bills) - [Iowa state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/iowa) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IA-SF632-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-18).