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89th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2292: Related to matters under the purview of the economic development authority including the high quality jobs program, the Iowa energy center, and the workforce housing tax incentive program, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions

Became HF 2519 · Its progress continues under the new number.

What it does

This bill relates to matters under the purview of the economic development authority (authority) including the high quality jobs program, the Iowa energy center, and the workforce housing tax incentive program.120, which establishes the Iowa energy center, is repealed on July 1, 2022. The bill extends the date to 2027. The bill requires the Iowa energy center to support research and development of strategies for carbon management. Under current law, for purposes of the high quality jobs program, a county is qualified as an economically distressed area if the county ranks among the bottom of all Iowa counties, as measured by either the monthly unemployment level for the most recent 12-month period, or the average annualized unemployment level for the most recent five-year period.

Sponsors

Economic Growth committee

Cost

See the fiscal note

• The Bill continues annual administrative expenditures by the IEC totaling $250,000 beginning in FY 2023 and continuing through FY 2027. The expenditures would cease if the IEC authorization were not extended beyond FY 2022, per current law.

House subcommittee · named February 9, 2022

  • Rep. Martin L. Graber (R)
  • Rep. David Sieck (R) · david.sieck@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Art Staed (D) · art.staed@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 14 for, 0 against

For: Alliant Energy Corporation; Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance; Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce; Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI); Iowa Association of Electric Cooperatives; Iowa Business Council; Iowa Chamber Alliance; Iowa Credit Union League; Iowa Environmental Council; Iowa Housing Partnership; Iowa Interfaith Power & Light; MidAmerican Energy Company; and 2 more

In plain words

  1. February 8, 2022Filed in the House and sent to the Ways and Means committee
  2. February 9, 2022House subcommittee named: Graber, Sieck and Staed
  3. February 10, 2022Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes
  4. February 22, 2022Approved by the House committee
  5. February 23, 2022Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 2519
  6. March 2, 2022Withdrawn

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/89/HF2292