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Read. Follow. Verify.Iowa Senate File 2067 Restricts Eminent Domain for Pipelines and Expands Landowner Negotiation Rules
Last action · January 29, 2026: Subcommittee recommends passage.Sponsor: Mike Klimesh
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What This Bill Would Do
Senate File 2067 establishes that for hazardous liquid pipelines may only be granted after all reasonably available alternative routes using voluntary s have been diligently exhausted. The bill requires pipeline companies to include specific easement templates, valuation methodologies, and damage policies in initial notices, creates an opt-out procedure for landowners, and sets retroactive applicability dates for carbon dioxide pipelines.
Landowners facing potential pipeline construction gain new rights to review template agreements, opt out of further negotiations within specific timeframes, and require pipeline companies to prove exhaustive voluntary routing efforts before seeking authority.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
landowners
Landowners are subject to new notification requirements, opt-out procedures, civil survey permissions, and valuation rules regarding pipeline easements.
pipeline companies
Pipeline companies must follow stricter negotiation prerequisites, submit template easements for commission approval, and prove diligent efforts to secure voluntary routes before requesting eminent domain.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What new information must be included in pipeline informational meeting notices?
How can a landowner opt out of pipeline easement negotiations?
What is required of pipeline companies proposing projects over 20 miles long?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
5 actions- Jan 29, 2026Iowa LegislatureSubcommittee recommends passage.
- Jan 28, 2026Iowa LegislatureSubcommittee Meeting: 01/29/2026 11:00AM Room G15.
- Jan 28, 2026SenateSubcommittee reassigned: Bousselot, Klimesh, and Petersen. S.J. 159 .
- Jan 22, 2026SenateSubcommittee: Klimesh, Bousselot, and Petersen. S.J. 132 .
- Jan 20, 2026SenateIntroducedIntroduced, referred to Commerce. S.J. 113 .
Version history
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Stricter Prerequisites for Eminent Domain
The legislation introduces mandatory exhaustion of voluntary easement alternatives and formal review of template easements by the commission prior to eminent domain requests.
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- Controversy80Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
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