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HOUSE
FILE
927
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
191)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
intentional
emission
of
air
contaminants
1
into
the
atmosphere.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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927
Section
1.
Section
455B.133,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
11.
Adopt
rules
pursuant
to
section
708C.1
3
prohibiting
the
intentional
emission
of
air
contaminants
4
into
the
atmosphere
within
the
borders
of
this
state
when
5
such
emission
occurs
for
the
express
purpose
of
affecting
6
temperature,
weather,
or
the
intensity
of
the
sunlight.
7
Notwithstanding
any
other
law
to
the
contrary,
rules
adopted
8
pursuant
to
this
subsection
shall
be
controlling.
9
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
708C.1
Geoengineering.
10
1.
Notwithstanding
any
other
law
to
the
contrary,
the
11
intentional
emission
of
air
contaminants
into
the
atmosphere
12
within
the
borders
of
this
state
when
such
emissions
occur
for
13
the
express
purpose
of
affecting
temperature,
weather,
or
the
14
intensity
of
sunlight
is
prohibited.
15
2.
The
environmental
protection
commission
shall
adopt
16
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
to
administer
this
section.
17
The
environmental
protection
commission
may
adopt
emergency
18
rules
under
section
17A.4,
subsection
3,
and
section
17A.5,
19
subsection
2,
paragraph
“b”
,
to
administer
this
section
and
20
the
rules
shall
be
effective
immediately
upon
filing
unless
a
21
later
date
is
specified
in
the
rules.
Any
rules
adopted
in
22
accordance
with
this
subsection
shall
also
be
published
as
a
23
notice
of
intended
action
as
provided
in
section
17A.4.
24
EXPLANATION
25
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
26
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
27
This
bill
prohibits
the
intentional
emission
of
air
28
contaminants
into
the
atmosphere
with
the
express
purpose
of
29
affecting
temperature,
weather,
or
the
intensity
of
sunlight,
30
notwithstanding
any
other
law
to
the
contrary.
31
The
environmental
protection
commission
currently
32
adopts
rules
relating
to
air
quality.
The
bill
requires
33
the
commission
to
adopt
rules
expounding
on
the
bill’s
34
prohibitions.
The
bill
allows
the
environmental
protection
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commission
to
adopt
emergency
rules
to
implement
the
bill’s
1
prohibition.
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