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

SF 5: Repealing the property tax exemption for forest reservations and including 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

6 million. 9% each succeeding fiscal year.

Senate subcommittee · named January 29, 2020

  • Sen. Mark Segebart (R)
  • Sen. Robert Hogg (D)
  • Sen. Ken Rozenboom (R) · ken.rozenboom@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 2 for, 12 against

For: Iowa Farm Bureau Federation; Iowa State Association of County Supervisors

Against: Citizens For A Healthy Iowa; Coalition for Iowa Woodlands and Trees; Iowa Bowhunters Association; Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowa Conservation Alliance; Iowa Environmental Council; Izaak Walton League - Iowa Division; Linn County Board of Supervisors; Manatts Inc.; Midwestern Trading, Inc.; Raccoon River Watershed Association; Urban County Coalition

In plain words

  1. January 15, 2019Filed in the Senate and sent to the Natural Resources and Environment committee
  2. January 17, 2019Senate subcommittee named: Segebart, Hogg and Rozenboom
  3. January 29, 2019Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  4. January 31, 2019Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes
  5. January 29, 2020Senate subcommittee named: Rozenboom, Hogg and Zumbach
  6. January 29, 2020Senate subcommittee named: Segebart, Hogg and Rozenboom

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/SF5