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88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Tuesday, November 10, 2026

SF 164: Exempting from the individual income tax the wages of individuals who are employed in high-demand jobs and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions

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.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

See the fiscal note

The new tax exemption for qualified high-demand jobholders is projected to reduce net General Fund revenue and local option surtax for school revenue by the amounts listed in Table 3. The revenue reductions are projected to continue in future fiscal years, inc…

Senate subcommittee · named February 4, 2019

  • Sen. Randy Feenstra (R)
  • Sen. Waylon Brown (R)
  • Sen. William A. Dotzler Jr. (D) · bill.dotzler@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 2 for, 1 against

For: Father Flanagans Boys Home; Iowa Occupational Therapy Association

Against: Iowa State Education Association

In plain words

  1. January 31, 2019Filed in the Senate and sent to the Ways and Means committee
  2. February 4, 2019Senate subcommittee named: Feenstra, Brown and Dotzler
  3. February 19, 2019Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Tuesday, November 10, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/88/SF164