House proposal would expand landowner damage claims from pipeline construction

By: Cami Koons

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: February 12, 2026

Words: 655

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago

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A House subcommittee advanced a bill Thursday that would allow landowners to renegotiate damage claims and file complaints with the Iowa Utilities Commission, or court, for damages and yield losses due to pipeline construction.

Rep. David Young, R-Van Meter, sponsored the bill and said it was really about “the premise of you want to leave what you found … in the same condition if not better.”

Young specified that House Study Bill …

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