Bills › 91st General Assembly
Providing for services relating to agricultural equipment
Sponsored by the House Agriculture Committee
Topics:AgricultureTaxes
Progress
- IntroducedFebruary 17, 2026
- SubcommitteeFebruary 18, 2026
- CommitteeFebruary 19, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- Signed—
Became HF 2709 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 2709 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill regulates practices by an original farm equipment manufacturer (manufacturer). For the purpose of providing services for agricultural equipment in the state, a manufacturer must, with fair and reasonable terms and costs, make available to an independent repair provider or owner of the manufacturer’s equipment any documentation, parts, embedded software, embedded software for agricultural equipment, firmware, tools, or, with owner authorization, data that are intended for use with the equipment or any part, including updates to documentation, parts, embedded software, embedded software for agricultural equipment, firmware, tools, or, with owner authorization, data.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Changed since by amendment H-8407; see Amendments. Full bill text
Amendments · 2
1 adopted · 0 failed · 1 pending. Newest first.
History
Meetings
- Wednesday, April 8 · 1:00 PMWays and Means committee · RM 102Official meeting page
- Wednesday, April 1 · 3:00 PMWays and Means subcommittee · RM 304Official meeting page
- Thursday, February 19 · 9:00 AMAgriculture committee · RM 102Official meeting page
- Wednesday, February 18 · 12:00 PMAgriculture subcommittee · RM 102Official meeting page
Votes
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Lobbyist declarations
- Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM)Against
- CaterpillarAgainst
- Deere & CompanyAgainst
- Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI)Against
- Iowa Nebraska Farm Equipment Dealers AssociationAgainst
- Iowa Cattlemen's AssociationFor
- Iowa Corn Growers AssociationFor
- Iowa Farmers UnionFor
- Iowa Pork Producers AssociationFor
- Iowa Soybean AssociationFor
- Repair AssociationFor
- ADMUndecided
- Cedar Rapids Metro Economic AllianceUndecided
- Helena Agri-Enterprises, LLCUndecided
- Iowa Chapter of Sierra ClubUndecided
- Iowa Department of Agriculture & Land StewardshipUndecided
- Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIOUndecided
- Iowa Independent Automobile Dealers AssociationUndecided
- Valero Energy CorporationUndecided
Grouped by organization. Lobbying overview →