88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Wednesday, November 11, 2026

HSB 648: HSB 648

Died when the session ended · The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill creates a sales tax exemption period for sales purchases of a firearm including ammunition, if the sales are made during the period surrounding Independence Day, as follows: if July falls on a Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, or Tuesday, beginning at 12:01 a.m. on July or the Friday preceding July 4, as applicable, and ending hours after the beginning; or if July falls on a Wednesday or Thursday, beginning at 12:01 a.m. on the Friday after July 4, and ending hours after the beginning. By operation of Code section 423.6, an item exempt from the imposition of the sales tax is also exempt from the use tax imposed in Code section 423.5.

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named February 6, 2020

Rep. Terry C. Baxter (R)
Rep. Tedd Gassman (R)
Rep. Dave Jacoby (D) · david.jacoby@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 0 for, 4 against

Against: Episcopal Diocese of Iowa; Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa Conference of United Methodist Church; League of Women Voters of Iowa

In plain words

February 6, 2020House subcommittee named: Baxter, Gassman and Jacoby
February 11, 2020Subcommittee recommended passing it