Bill Text: IA HF2382 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing an agriculture's vulnerability to climate advisory task force, and including effective date provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-14 - Introduced, referred to Agriculture. H.J. 249. [HF2382 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF2382-Introduced.html
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FILE
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BY
ISENHART
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
an
agriculture’s
vulnerability
to
1
climate
advisory
task
force,
and
including
effective
date
2
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
AGRICULTURE’S
VULNERABILITY
TO
CLIMATE
ADVISORY
1
TASK
FORCE.
2
1.
The
department
of
agriculture
and
land
stewardship
3
shall
establish
an
agriculture’s
vulnerability
to
climate
4
advisory
task
force.
The
task
force
shall
be
housed
within
5
the
department
of
agriculture
and
land
stewardship
which
shall
6
provide
the
task
force
with
all
necessary
staff
and
supplies.
7
2.
The
purpose
of
the
task
force
is
to
study
the
impact
on
8
agriculture
and
food
security
caused
by
evolving
atmospheric
9
conditions
and
weather
patterns,
including
the
increase
in
the
10
frequency,
duration,
and
intensity
of
floods
and
droughts,
pest
11
infestations
and
diseases,
and
extreme
temperatures
and
wind
12
velocities,
that
compromise
the
health
of
this
state’s
soil,
13
the
supply
and
quality
of
water
resources,
and
the
resilience
14
of
farm
crops
and
farm
animals.
The
task
force
shall
base
its
15
study
of
impact-risk
assessments
over
short-term,
medium-term,
16
and
long-term
periods;
and
recommend
practical
policies
to
17
reduce
those
risks,
including
practices
to
prevent,
mitigate
18
against,
and
adapt
to
those
impacts.
19
3.
The
task
force
shall
include
members
appointed
by
the
20
secretary
of
agriculture
who
are
involved
in
agricultural
21
production,
applied
climatology
and
climate
modeling,
plant
and
22
animal
genetics,
commodity
and
food
supply
chains,
and
research
23
into
available
methods
for
the
transition
of
agricultural
24
production
to
be
both
more
profitable
and
less
vulnerable
to
25
evolving
atmospheric
conditions
and
weather
patterns.
26
4.
The
task
force
shall
submit
its
report
to
the
governor
27
and
general
assembly
by
January
20,
2023.
28
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
29
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
30
EXPLANATION
31
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
32
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
33
This
bill
requires
the
department
of
agriculture
and
land
34
stewardship
to
establish
an
agriculture’s
vulnerability
to
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climate
advisory
task
force
(task
force).
The
purpose
of
the
1
task
force
is
to
study
the
impact
on
agriculture
and
food
2
security
caused
by
evolving
atmospheric
conditions
and
weather
3
patterns.
The
task
force
must
include
members
appointed
by
4
the
secretary
of
agriculture
who
are
involved
in
agricultural
5
production,
science,
and
commodity
and
food
distribution
6
businesses.
The
task
force
must
submit
its
report
to
the
7
governor
and
general
assembly
by
January
20,
2023.
The
bill
8
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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