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Kim Reynolds
GOVERNOR
Office of the GovernorChris Cournoyer
LT GOVERNOR
June 02, 2026
The Honorable Paul Pate
Secretary of State of Iowa
State Capitol
Des Moines, Iowa 50319
Dear Mr. Secretary,
I hereby transmit:
House File 2765, an Act providing for the regulation of mining, and making penalties
applicable.
The above House File is hereby approved on this date.
Sincerely,
Kim Reynolds J
Governor of Iowa
cc: Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House
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House File 2765
AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF MINING, MAKING PENALTIES
APPLICABLE, AND INCLUDING EFFECTIVE DATE PROVISIONS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA;
Section 1. Section 208.2, subsection 2, Code 2026, is
amended to read as follows:
2. ^Affected land" means the area of land from which
overburden has been removed or upon which overburden has been
deposited or land which that has otherwise been disturbed,
changed, influenced, or altered in any way in the course
of mining, including a known or reported subsidence, and
processing and stockpile areas_£_ but not including roads.
Sec. 2. Section 208.2, Code 2026, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION, 14A. a. ^Subsidence" means the collapse,
settling, or sinking of land that occurs at or above an
underground mine located on public land or land located within
a public right-of-way and is caused by mining activity.
b. '^Subsidence" does not include any collapse, settling,
or sinking of land that is naturally occurring or that results
from geological, hydrological, seismic, environmental, or other
causes not related to a mining activity.
Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 208.9A Subsidence.
The division shall adopt rules providing for the regulation
of land affected by a subsidence. The rules shall include but
are not limited to requirements related to the reporting of
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the subsidence, the qualifications of a professional engineer
or other qualified person submitting a subsidence repair plan
to the division, and the timeliness of a subsidence's planned
repair.
Sec. 4. EMERGENCY RULES. The division of soil conservation
and water quality created within the department of agriculture
and land stewardship shall adopt emergency rules under section
17A.4, subsection 3, and section 17A.5, subsection 2, paragraph
^^b", to implement the provisions of this Act within sixty
business days of the effective date of this Act and shall
submit such rules to the administrative rules coordinator and
the administrative code editor pursuant to section 17A.5,
subsection 1, within the same period. The rules shall be
effective immediately upon filing unless a later date is
specified in the rules. Any rules adopted in accordance with
this section shall also be published as a notice of intended
action as provided in section 17A.4.
Sec. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate
importance, takes effect upon enactment.
PAT GRASSBEY AMY SINgZAIR
Speaker or the House President of the Senate
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
is known as House File 2765, Ninety-first General Assembly.
MEC^N NELSON
Chaef Oerk of the House
Approved { ^ t 2026
KIM REYNOLDS
Governor